assessment of lessons

I would like to give a pre-test and a post-test with many types of questions: labeling, multiple choice, true/false, matching, fill in the blank, essays, etc. All of the questions will come only from the material covered by the video lesson. I will use Kahoot site to create the questions and have students answer them as soon as they finish watching the video.

Edcamp this weekend at WVU Parkersburg

As I look in on the blog and receive notification on posts, there are excellent ideas and lessons being generated by the group. I know there was a flipped classroom session last week, but if you are interested, there is an Edcamp being hosted in Parkersburg this weekend, October 24, 2015 from 8:30AM to 3:30PM at WVU Parkersburg. Never heard of an edcamp?

Our vision is simple: innovative professional learning for educators. Our collective experience spans international education, professional development, technology, innovation, non-profit and for-profit business, and paramount to the work we do is input from others. Our charge is to help educators discover new ways of learning and teaching, reigniting their passion in the classroom and passing it on to students across the globe. (From Edcamp, http://www.edcamp.org/learn-more)

If you are interested, here is the information is below.

Assessment of Lessons

I will be able to assess the flipped lesson that I created today through the online program Lure of the Labyrinth. All students are given a username and a password. When they login, the game records progress, puzzle completions, times, etc. This program allows students to work independently while I monitor progress.

Assessing the lessons

For my passé composé lesson, I am going to have the students do a pre-test before they watch the video and a post-test the day they are supposed to come in having watched the video. We will do a final assessment at the end of the unit. 

We have already completed the pre-test and the students did as expected. They didn't know which helping verb to use or to make the past participle agree with the subject. I am anxious to hear their thoughts on the video. 

Not sure if anyone has discovered this or not.  But, I just found an interesting site called goformative.com.  It is free for teachers and students.  It allows you to get live results from your students and do immediate interventions.  This looks similar to Geddit, but since it is no longer available, this may be a nice replacement.

Snow Days going well for Lawrence County, KY

(This is the video I shared at the beginning of our session.)


Lawrence County, KY


The link above is the WSAZ news report on how Lawrence County KY has raised their students' scores and college entrances. I know that utilizing a new approach to a snow day is only a part of it, but it IS a part of it.

Question 4-October 17, 2015

I found already learned so much.  I am very excited to use this knowledge to make history class a little more engaging.  I believe that by adding a personal touch, the students will make a connection.

Sesson 3-October 10, 2015

Question: How do you think you will be able to assess the lesson created?


I am still exploring possibilities.  I would like to be able to explain a project and write an essay.  Perhaps, I could simply use a few comprehensive questions that the students could answer.  I also would like the students to create their own questions for classroom discussion.  I hope to use Engrade so that the students can respond to lesson.

Flipped Classroom/use of video

Question 2: Find a video that you would work in your classroom. What would you do differently if you created that video?


I plan to use 30 seconds of the We Are Marshall movie. In addition to this short clip, I plan to video the Memorial Fountain on Marshall's campus, the turning off the fountain and it's significance. Also, I will visit the crash site memorial in Wayne County. I will include my personal memories of where I was that Saturday night in November 1970.  I think that making a personal connection to a historical tragedy will bring the lesson into focus.

Flipped Classroom

September 12,2015-Question: How will flipping enhance you content delivery of instruction?


I teach 6th grade American History and 8th grade WV History. History class rely on pictures, charts and graphs.  I hope to use the flipped classroom to incorporate a variety of virtual field trips to different events in Huntington and the surrounding area.  Upcoming events include, Christopher Columbus's ships the Nina and Pinta will be dock in Ashland Ky. later this month. Guyandotte Civil War Days will be October 30-November 1, 2015. In addition to these events, I would like to add the Marshall Plane Crash of 1970 and visits to Heritage Farm.