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.
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