So with my research being based around the flipped classroom, I love this ICARE. Almost every lesson I try and have some aspect of it flipped. I teaching 8th grade have a very difficult time telling kids they have homework. That has been the issue from day one. I also know that there are different types of flipping that do not involve the total flipped model. I have pondered around the homework problem for months now. I have come to the conclusion that I am going to have to start preparing my students next year. I also have a teacher whose concept I may adapt for homework. He looks at homework as extra. If you don’t do your homework you are not penalized. If you want a better grade you do your homework and it helps you bc you are able to know more. You do A work you get an A. They become masters of their grades. I think I will set my class up like this next year. I will have the videos up for kids that want the A or B and they can learn and come with questions and I will have time built in the next day for those kids to review the lesson and do their work in class. Enough of my ranting about homework here is mine! Soundation Web-based audio recorder/mixer Soundation I choose that bc it is web based and it is an add on to google chrome so I would be able to be used with my students. What worked and what didn’t? It does function well if all you want to do is make music with it. To actually record live audio you have to pay for it. So that does not work too well for my needs as a teacher. This is a limited DAW with built in audio loops. How did you apply the tools to your practice? I was not really able to apply this to my practice as I was not able to record anything. What are barriers to your use, or student use? No live recording. Now that is not to say that you couldn't record something and import it in, but there is also limited data usage with the free version. Really you could have Audacity and use that and it has better filters and effects and it is all free. How can video be used as an assessment tool? It really can’t be used as an assessment tool. Audacity Mac & Windows audio recording & editings (intermediate to advanced) Audacity why? Audacity is a free DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). What is a DAW? This is software that you can import audio and mix and manipulate it to your liking. What worked and what didn’t? It all works great but it is only for audio. So no video editing. This works great for podcast and other vocal things. There is a lot of actual editing tools in this dashboard. This works well with GarageBand for mac. How did you apply the tools to your practice? Make a podcast or have students make podcast. Used the effects that are not available in other products. What are barriers to your use, or student use? Very advanced to use. If you have a student that wants or can learn it it is a very useful tool. There are YouTube videos. How can video be used as an assessment tool? This does not work well as an assessment tool for videos. This does work for recording audio and also voiceovers. EdPuzzle Web-based creation tool. Why? EdPuzzle is good to use for videos that already exist and you want to modify them to your particular needs. There are a lot of videos already connected to EdPuzzle that you can freely edit and add questions or quotes and audio notes. It also gives students the opportunity to respond and take an active role in the video watching. What worked and what didn’t? It took maybe 5 mins to find a video add questions and send it out to my students for them to respond to. It also links up to Google Classroom so I didn’t have to create classes they were already listed in the program. I think it is free as well(?). I am not sure if I have limitations to my account or if I have a full version. I looked to see if I had to pay something and I could not find anything telling me either way. How did you apply the tools to your practice? We just started reading The Diary of Anne Frank. As a way to share with them the living situation that The Franks had I found a virtual tour of their house when they were in hiding. I included some questions from the text. I will have them take this tour and answer the questions. What are barriers to your use, or student use? No real barriers yet. It seems to work well I am still not sure about limited usage because of type of account I have. How can video be used as an assessment tool? You can totally use this as an assessment tool. You can assess your student’s knowledge very easily with this program. You can pop a question in at any point of the video and have kids answer them. It also gives feedback to what student has done or not and you can export the grades. This will be used in the future for sure!
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Karly Miller
4/25/2017 07:01:10 pm
Hi Adam,
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Zack
4/25/2017 07:31:54 pm
Adam, I'm happy to see you using Audacity, that is a great program to create with. I'm not teaching in the classroom right now, but I use a DAW to create auditory clips to combine with video. It would be amazing to actually have the time to create something creative with each lesson, wondering what you use the program for? Flipped learning is great, but also the argument for less homework does make sense; just thinking of the entire student's development and home life. I think the method would be great for some contexts, I used to use it with independent study students, but that's mostly front loading of content anyways.
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