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This discussion forum is being moderated as an expression of servant leadership in teaching & learning. As a collaborative tool for brainstorming enriching experiences for students, teacher learning groups, and district learning teams, we can inspire and build experiences to help empower each of us to personal leadership in learning. Thank you, in advance, for your contributions and leadership to realizing outcomes for improving student achievement, equity and well-being.

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Flipped Elementary?

10/15/2014

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Welcome back to Flipping the Focus.

In the last post to this blog, I described an internet-based service, EDpuzzle, for hosting your own videos--videos that you can edit and to which you can add assessment items.  Altogether, this service has the potential to help educators help their students make the most out of the videos they're watching both in and out of the classroom.  In conjunction with the post, a professional learning opportunity was posted and is accessible by all--this opportunity is still available ... feel free to check it out.

This week, Sandy Pignon--Grades 4 and 5 teacher at Kemptville Public School, Upper Canada DSB--shares her experience re: a flipped model of learning in the elementary grades (see below).  I am thankful to Sandy for sharing her experiences with you, in this forum, as I believe that there is much to explore and much for teachers and students to gain by considering how flipped learning could tranform the teaching and learning experience in the elementary years.

In advance, I thank you for your interest in our writings and look forward to your comments to this and other postings.

Questions?  Feel free to contact us at
flippingthefocus@gmail.com.

Sincerely Yours,

Chris Stewart, OCT
Program Resource Teacher-Mathematics
Upper Canada DSB
Brockville, ON

SANDY PIGNON, OCT
It is not a secret that in the elementary school setting, parents are truly the key holders to a successful Flipped Learning model.  Yes, I tell my students that it is their responsibility to go to my website, open the homework tab and watch the videos posted there for them.  But the truth remains: they are young children who need their parents' support to ensure that they are using the internet in a safe way and that they are completing their 'homework' requirements.  To my parent community, I am very grateful.

But here is what surprised me most so far about Flipped Learning in a junior classroom:  It not only facilitates student learning in a quiet, 'safe' environment, but it allows PARENTS to learn alongside their child.  I know ... that sounds a bit ... "over the top".  It even sounds that way to me, as I write it.  Let me explain.

During the second week of Flipped Learning, I had a parent approach me and ask whether my flipped lessons were covering grade-level material.  "No, as it stated in the video; we were reviewing some of our primary, adding strategies such as doubles facts for single digit numbers," I explained.

He was truly not aware that this was a 'lagging skill' for his child. 

Armed with the new information, building basic math facts became a priority in his and a few other households in September.

At our school Open House, I was curious to hear reactions to the Flipped Learning.  Almost all the parents were supportive and a few asked me to clarify how adding strategies (such as double facts, compensation, etc.) would help with multiplication later in the year.  They had only considered repeated addition as an alternative to memorizing multiplication facts.  Why?   Because rote memory and algorithms are the way they learned multiplication.

Finally, just last week, I had a parent explain to me that when she was in grade three she missed almost her entire school year due to illness.  She now watches each and every video with her child and is learning strategies alongside him.  She commented that, even as an adult, she had no idea that there were strategies to make adding easier.

Flipped Learning is a rewarding, and sometimes, surprising journey.  When I started, I knew that parents were a key stakeholder in their students' success.  I never stopped to consider, however, that some parents may be on a journey of their own.

The bottom line is that although parents have a big role to play in the success of Flipped Learning in elementary school, one should consider the value it may hold for the parents personally or in their ability to support their child's learning.

Sincerely,
Sandy Pignon, OCT
Grades 4, 5
Kemptville Public School, UCDSB

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Afl through Video: A pL opportunity

10/4/2014

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Welcome back to Flipping the Focus.

Last time, you were introduced to a new opportunity for Ontario Educators to collaborate over
flipped learning models they would like to try and/or are using in their practices--the
Flipped PLN Finder. 

Today's post is one example of how I might leverage technology, pedagogy and change knowledge (leadership by providing and facilitating a professional learning opportunity), as Michael
Fullan (Stratosphere) points out, to creating a mathematical experience (i.e., in this case, a mathematics lesson) to deepen student engagement and understanding.  The most interesting aspect of this post, I believe, is the provision of an opportunity to engage in the learning process just as your students would--first-exposure learning by video, collection of assessment for learning information as per assigned video, follow-up in-class problem-based activity, and consolidation of thinking.

But ...
Just how can we aim to accomplish this through this forum?  The remainder of this post provides the necessary details and notes to help facilitate such an opportunity for professional learning.

A. Introduction:

EDpuzzle is a video-hosting site that allows account holders (teachers) to upload their own videos and/or other videos off of the web (e.g., YouTube videos, Kahn Academy, ...).

Given that there are several sites that are becoming available for doing this, EDpuzzle is going several steps further to brandishing a service that students and teachers will find indispensable when it comes to flipped classrooms. 

For example, not only can you create your own archive of videos for on-demand use by your students, but you can edit them in ways that make others’ videos your own—adding assessment questions and/or comments, recording audio over the existing audio, adding in audio notes, and cropping.  The service is easy to use and can be managed simply from a computer.  Below, you'll find an embedded, introductory demo video for EDpuzzle.
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For students, viewing can be done on a computer, tablet or smartphone.  Recently, EDpuzzle released an app for iOS8 iPhones and iPads.  A teacher version is currently in development.


Below are a few screenshots (and notes) of the features available on the teacher’s dashboard.
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Fig 1. 
A teacher’s landing page shows the classes they’ve created along with the assignments (videos) they’ve given to a specific class.  From this page, you also have the ability to create/add new assignments, check student progress, and generate links to share/embed your EDpuzzle videos on webpages (e.g., teacher webpage).  The ‘Class code’ shown (above) is an example of a code that you would share with students.  Once they’ve created their own EDpuzzle account, they can join the class by providing the class code when prompted.
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Fig 2. 
When checking student progress, you are able to determine which of your students have watched and when.  If using assessment questions, you’ll also be able to determine their relative success with those questions.  Students are able to view their performance with video lessons when logged into their account.  Also note that a teacher has the option to score open assessment items.

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Fig 3
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For each student, you can analyze their viewing habits along with their responses. In the top left panel, an overview of video completion, questions completed and relative success with questions is
provided.  What you might also find informative and beneficial is a ‘Video Views’ panel (top right). 
This panel provides details regarding which assessment items might have been missed along with the amount of time that a student has watched specific segments. Lastly, as shown in the bottom panel, a teacher is able to view student responses to questions and can choose to comment (speech bubble) or score each item (‘check’ vs ‘x’). 

As you can see, there is much valuable information that can be obtained about students’ viewing habits and understanding of the content—all of this before returning to class the next day and/or engaging in a follow-up lesson the same day of viewing the video!


B. Getting Started with EDpuzzle: Teacher Self-Directed Learning

How do I get started?

1. Firstly, create your own, free, teacher account. You can log-in with Edmodo, Google, or by email/password.

2. Create your first class. Upon creation of a class, you’ll get a class code. This class code is shared with students so that they can find your EDpuzzle class once they’ve signed up (free).

3. Upload (and edit, if you choose) content—videos.

4. Assign videos to classes for viewing.

5. Track student progress and use the information you gather to help inform teaching and student learning!

C. Sample Lesson: Measurement (Area of Composite Shapes)

What if I'm not prepared to go 'all in' with my students (I'd like to start by evaluating the potential of the service and pedagogy that goes along with teaching mathematics)?

To help ease into combining this technology and pedagogy, I have a couple of suggestions:

Option: On Your Own
Follow the instructions in the pdf (email me for the class code ... I'll respond within the day), get some feedback on your responses from me (log back in later to check your progress), try the lesson problem (provided below), and wrap up (or grow!) your experience by commenting to the blog.  Your post could contain any or all of the following:

1-your thoughts about EDpuzzle (this experience, how you might use it in your own class, ...)

2-anticipation of student thinking about the lesson problem

3-some ideas about follow-up, in-class activities--"How would you make the most out of face-face time with students (post-viewing)?"

As the community contributes their thoughts to the blog, we will all receive consolidation of our own thinking re: any or all of the criteria (above; #1 to 3).
Post-Video Lesson Problem
Using an inquiry stance, provide the following problem to pairs of students. 
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Option: With Your Students
You can use the same instructions (or modification, thereof) with your students to provide them with an EDpuzzle experience. To help facilitate implementation, use any or all of the following:

1-soft copy of the instructions and lesson problem

2-download of an unedited mp4 of the video lesson I used (Here's the perfect opportunity for you to try out EDpuzzle editing my video!)

3-a Smart Notebook file that contains the slides in the screencast (use/modify them to suit your own purposes, have them available for follow-up in class)

4-a notes template that your students can use to record their thoughts while watching your video

5-a set of questions that you can use to create your own on-line poll to gauge the impact of this experience upon student engagement.

Following the experience you create for your students, it would be appreciated if you could provide our on-line community with some feedback to this blog re: any or all of the following:

-Teacher and student feedback re: EDpuzzle
-Anecdotes regarding student thinking during/following the in-class lesson problem
-Some of the key ideas/highlights that you and your students were making during the consolidation of their thinking
-Notes re: your follow-up to the collaborative stage--e.g., Did you assign an independent task? If so, what was the problem that you chose?  How did students do with it?

D. In Closing ... And Next Time

In closing, I'd like to thank you for your participation in one of these activities. If, upon completion of the process, you find it useful, maybe you might try incorporating video assignment, through EDpuzzle, in your own classroom. Enjoy! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at
flippingthefocus@gmail.com.

Next time, on Flipping the Focus, we'll take a look at some feedback from the upcoming Small School Summit--Deep Learning Now! as well as delving into what it means to be part of a flipped PLN.  Until then ...

Sincerely Yours,

Chris Stewart, OCT
Program Resource Teacher-Mathematics
Upper Canada DSB
Brockville, ON
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