After creating my first TWO video tutorials, I will definitely be using that strategy next year when infusing technology. The tutorials are still pretty shaky and rambling, but I can see the videos helping crush that time barrier when I get the hang of it. The videos and tutorials will prevent students from losing out on instructional time and keep the technology instruction to a short concise tutorial. Very exciting!!
Also, as I was exploring the ToonDoo app (which I am embarrassed to say I never used last year) I took a second look at all of the wonderful web 2.0 apps on our symbaloo. I used maybe 10 percent of those last year. I really took the time to explore a wider range of those apps and am going to work on finding ways to make them easy tools for my second graders to use next year.
I used Educreations to create my Flipped lesson. I liked it a lot. It took me a fair amount of time though. I am not big on watching or reading tutorials (ironic), so I was not able to figure out some of the functions, such as how to erase a recording without starting over! That was a little frustrating and time consuming, but overall I was pleased with the lesson. Like the video tutorials I mentioned above, flipped lesson applications are not as complicated or scary as I once believed. I feel like adding flipped lessons into my instruction will not be a problem once I get the hang of it.
For my lesson I ended up using three different forms of technology. I used a Kahoot which is on the remembering level; a crossword creator on the applying level; and the toondoo website on the creating level.
Great job on hitting multiple levels of Blooms! Educreations can be pretty tricky but with practice it comes much easier. Educreations also allows you to set student accounts which allows them to create their own interactive white board lessons... perhaps something to look into :)
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