Sign up for a time on February 15

As we discussed at our January 11 meeting, the February 15 session will be a Google Hangout.
To since the site will only permit a maximum of 10 connections at any time, we must limit participants for the 8 am or 10 am sessions to 10 connections.  If multiple people will be using the same connection (using one computer or tablet) you can put all the names of everyone on that connection on one line.
Please sign up for a time on the shared Google Document and I will send an invite out to those who have signed up a few minutes before 8 am and 10 am.

Some Ideas on Ways to Mirror iPad

Tony Vincent has compiled some tools that work for mirroring an iPad. Make sure to weigh the pros and cons before choosing an option for your classroom. Here is the chart from the article that compares the various options.

From:
Vincent, Tony. (2014) Learning in Hand: 7 Ways to Show Your iPad. Retrieved from: http://learninginhand.com/blog/5-ways-to-show-your-ipad-on-a-projector-screen.html

How one school turned homework on its head with 'flipped' instruction

From PBS NewsHour

Full article and narrative available at:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/12/what-does-a-flipped-classroom-look-like.html

Why 86 Percent of UNC-Chapel Hill Students Prefer the Flipped Classroom

Click image to read article.

Small-Town Perspectives, Big-Time Motivation: Composing and Producing Place-Based Podcasts

A pal from Virginia sent a link to this ERIC abstract to me this week.

iMovie app

Hey guys,

    I was messing around with my iPad I got for Christmas (thank you Santa!!!!) and I noticed that iMovie, Keynote, pages, and a bunch of those other apps are free right now. Not sure how long it is going to last, or if anyone else needed to download them, but I thought I would share the news. Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Flipped Classroom Tips (From A Teacher Who Is Mid-Flip)

Great tips for flipping newbies:

Interesting Report of a Flipped Classroom in the UK

Be certain to check the links provided in this article:

connector for apple TV to projector

December 14 Flipped Classroom Session

The December 14 session of the June Harless Center Flipped Classroom group was very productive despite the coating of ice that coated many streets and sidewalks in the area.

We had review and enhancement sessions on iMovie, ExplainEverything and Touchcast.  We reviewed procedures for connecting to Google Hangouts from a PC and a tablet.  PJ, Summer, Nikki and Jason shared some of their instructional videos and how they used them in their classes.

Dr. Maynard made an announcement that significant donations are being made to the Harless Center to continue and expand the flipped learning project through the purchase of classroom sets of iPad tablets.  Dr. Maynard also submitted a proposal to the Higher Education Policy Commission to fund the professional development portion of the flipped learning project.

It was suggested that we take a look at Nearpod to determine if it will fill a niche in this project.  It is being used very effectively in many schools for blended delivery and reinforcing classroom instruction.  After we have a chance to download the Nearpod app and try it we should have a discussion of it in an upcoming session.

The Wayne County teachers have asked that the Harless Center follow up with Wayne County to determine when they can expect to receive their iPad tablets for the project.

The professional development session concluded by selecting Saturday, January 11 as the next meeting date.  The time will be from 10 am – 3 pm and the location of Drinko Library will be confirmed.  The agenda for the day will be supported development of flipped video.  Everyone will need to bring materials to prepare one flipped lesson.  This could be notes, a textbook, images, links or anything you think you will need to prepare a short lesson for your class.  We will breakout into small groups for the morning. Each small group will have a mentor who will assist with technical aspects of your choice of development tools (iMovie, Touchcast or Explain Everything).  After lunch, we will share our videos and help each other in making better resources for our students.  Of course, this January date is subject to weather.

The possibility of a February meeting as a Google Hangout was suggested with the focus on assessing flipped lessons.  We can split our Hangout into morning and afternoon sessions as we did in November if desired.  A sign-up sheet will be posted as before for the Hangouts if a Hangout is selected for February.