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Remember that time we did the Flip (Formally Flipgrid) tech incentive? It was the hottest tool, and really cool and everyone signed up for it and we all, students and teachers, got burned out by it??
I bet that might be the last time you used it. Since then, they have rebranded, increased functionality, and are still offering a Flip'n (see what I did there?) cool platform that you can use to ignite engagement.
I recently watched a Ditch Summit Episode with the Merrills EDU - If you have never heard of them they are fantastic. They love Flip! Granted they work in a more primary setting, but two of the interACTIVE activities they presented I saw great value in and wanted to share!
#1 Let the Dice Decide
- Student Agency and choice = engagement. Using discussion questions in Flip and a simple die create a platform where students are responding to prompts, analyzing text, reflecting on learning, or reteaching a concept based off the number they roll on the die.
-If they roll a number twice, they can respond to a response within that question.
-Simple... Yet super effective
Interested in setting this up? Quick tutorial on creating the topic and the question buckets
#2 Flip Stickers
Flip stickers are images with transparent backgrounds that can be added to your videos in Flip. Flip has fun stickers and emoji's built in, but to really make connections, sometimes you need to make your own. You can create these in any graphic platform like Canva or Adobe Express. If you are trying to use a photo and remove pieces and create spots of transparency Adobe Express was easier. If you are trying to use cute elements to make a character, Canva would be best. I'll show it in both.
Log into Adobe Express with your @ga.hiltoncsd.net account. Do not use the "Sign in with Google button". Manually sign up/in with email and then select "Company or School Account"
Create a new design I made one 8.5"x8.5"
Creating a sticker in Adobe Express.
Creating a sticker in Canva. You can use my file template here
Ideas for using Flip Stickers: Perspective, character emotion, setting, details, events and more!
Friday, October 20, 2023
A free flashcard tool with Quizlet set importing, class options, and self study mode is something I Knowt you will be excited for!
Let's get started! Go to Knowt
I created my account with the Sign in with Google SSO button (You, and your students should too)
From your Knowt Home you can create new flashcards, notes video lecture notes, import flashcards from quizlet, and upload files from your drive
You can also create folders to organize your content.
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Use the search bar to explore notes, flashcards, and textbooks. You can also get to this by clicking "Explore" at the top.
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The best part of Knowt is that you can use it's AI to generate flashcards and content for you from websites and tools. You will want to install the Knowt extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/knowt-quizlet-import-ai-n/akegecpdcdbkjioddaingaedacjgfjhm
Once you have installed the extension. You can Import directly from Quizlet, from Videos and websites, and from PDFS.
Import from Quizlet:
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Have vocabulary in Gimkit? No problem. Export the text from Gimkit to create a flashcard set in Knowt.
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Students can study Knowts By:
- Creating a personalized learning plan from the study set, a practice test, spaced repetition, matching game, or flashcards.
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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Use Smart Chips and tables inside docs to create custom workflows, resources and materials for yourself and students. Select your creation, create a custom building block and reuse whenever you need!
1. Create the layout and add the elements you want. I like a table for this.
2. Add Smart Chips to make it amazing 😍... Don't know what Smart Chips are? Check out my post here.
3. Select what you want to make a block
I have made a Google doc with a few great templates that you can create custom blocks from. Simply make a copy of my doc highlight my tables (1 at a time) and create a custom block for yourself! I would love to see the ways you are going to use this amazing tool.
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
What's a smart chip?
How do I add them?
Why didn't I know about this sooner?
Let me answer these questions for you and while I am at it I can answer the all encompassing question - Are we alone in the universe? Ha, not really, I can't answer that, but I certainly can give you all the deets to getting started with smart chips now!
Smart Chips are interactive elements that you can add into docs and sheets by typing the "@" symbol.
Tag People
@ - then start to type their name (recent people you have shared docs with appear under people)
Date
@Date -Select a day, @tomorrow, @yesterday
Files- Insert a chip for a file
@file- or @start typing the name of the file. You can also paste a link to the file and then press Tab. Note- Be sure the file you chip in is shared with view rights so they can see it.
Copy the share link of the video > Paste into doc and select (or press tab) to insert the smart chip.
Add a timer or a stopwatch
@timer, @stopwatch
Voting Chips
@vote
Create Custom Building Blocks
Building blocks are pre made templates that allow you to use dropdowns for status tracking, email drafts, meeting notes etc. Now you can create your own building block and save it to reuse and add with a simple @.
Great for Lesson Plans, project management, labs, study guides and more!
Image Credit: Eric Curts - Ctrl Alt Achieve
Thursday, March 16, 2023
The Gist:
1. Take two aspects of a category that you would like students to compare.
ex: Primary source documents for Global I on a topic.
2. Divide students into groups of two and share a Google Slide template with them for dissecting their sandwich. Get the template here
3. Give each pair of students the two different "things" you want them to digest (get it, 😜). This can be articles, pages from a book you are reading, videos, documents, tables etc.
Each student will spend 10 minutes reading their document and list important details or information from that document.
4. Students will spend 5 minutes discussing their findings with their partner and complete a Venn diagram highlighting details unique to each document and details common to both.
5. Using the shared Venn diagram each students will then synthesize a summary paragraph with details from each document. You can even use a guiding question here.
Tips:
It won't be perfect the first time...EduProtocols are instructional practices that are meant to become practice in your routine. The more you use and students get comfortable with the flow the more successful they will be
- It is designed to be a 20 - 30 minute activity. Keep summary paragraphs short. You can build capacity for this over time and expand the task, think essay or DBQ.
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