Screen-Cast

Do you have Power Points or other presentations you are proud of? Why not record yourself talking while showing what is on the screen? This way, students can move at their own pace.

Following up the ideas from the last post about flipping the classroom, this week I've added a screen-cast.

The Idea

Record a lecture for students to watch at home.  Have them show what they learned be producing notes or an assignment from the listening.  Practice in class.

Why and what?

Why do it? It is fun! It's a different format for students.  They can do it at their own pace.  Here is a closer look on why, it's a page that my teacher, Dr. Wilson created.

What to do? Anything that may benefit your students. Last post, there was a flow chart to assist.

How to do it

There are lots of programs that can record your computer screen along with your voice.

Community clips (google it)
Screencast-O-Matic
Quick Time Pro
and many more

I really liked Community Clips and found it really easy, though I am sure Quick Time has better editing.

1. Download Community clips
2. Prepare your lecture
3. Click record
4. Save the file
5. Upload it to Youtube or whatever site you would like

Community Clips has a nice walkthrough as well.  I felt like it was pretty user friendly and the video files quite managable.

Example

Here is a screen-cast I made about either or.



In class the next day, I check their notes and do some example exercises.  I also have them do this Polleverywhere.com survey so that I can check their answers as they come in.

What about you?

Have a video you would like to share? Anything else that could be done with Screen-Casts? Let me know what you think!

SketchCast

How do you see your role in the classroom? As a lecturer or a facilitator?  If you are a facilitator, you may like to flip your class.

Flipping the classroom is a bit of a trend right now,  and it is actually pretty easy to do.  I've tried it a couple times and have really enjoyed the results.  Here is the set up.

The Idea

Instead of doing exercises at home, do them in class.  Instead of lecturing in class, lecture at home.  That is the principle.  There  are many different reasons for doing it, and many resources for it.  This is a website that my teacher made which I found to be particularly useful explaining the studies done about it and how to do it.

What do to

Choose a topic to teach. I find that teaching grammar works really well for this.

Pick a way to present it.  Here is a nice picture that you may find helpful.

http://flippingclasspedagogyandtools.weebly.com/index.html

Then you pick a way to share it.  I just used a program on my iPad called Educreations.  I really liked it, found it really user friendly.

What do to do after

Now you class is freed up to actually use the grammar.  Have conversations and do exercises.  Have the students explore the topic as much as possible.

Here is the lesson I made and a follow up conversation to have the next day.



Here is one example of a follow up activity to do the next day.

What do you think?

What are your thoughts on Flipping the class? Any concerns? Do you have any favorite sites or lessons? Have you made one yourself?  Let me know!