Category: flipgrid
Flipgrid Shorts and Wakelet
A common frustration from my colleagues in Issaquah and from many global educators on the Facebook and Twitter groups that I belong is how to put all of the instructional stuff together in a neat little package. How can I put all these great Ed Tech tools in one spot for my students, and perhaps, ...
Flipgrid’s Appsmash Madness
You know by now that Flipgrid is a tool to help students share their voices, experiences, and learning. By "app smashing," you can help students create engaging, creative, and interesting projects. Each of the highlighted grids shows a brief tutorial for how Flipgrid can be layered on top of other apps to produce engaging digital ...
Hack STEM with Digital Reflections
Did you know that next year will be the 20th anniversary of humans living on the International Space Station? Flipgrid, Microsoft Education and NASA's STEM on Station team are teaming up to create awesome content for students as part of their Hacking STEM series (by the way, there are other topics available too)! For secondary ...
Collaboration with #GridPals
ISTE's Global Collaborator Standard calls for students to broaden their perspectives by working with others at the local and global level. This means leveraging digital tools and resources to connect with others across their school, community, and world. Technology is a perfect platform for fostering relationships beyond the classroom walls… think of it as having ...
Flipgrid + Immersive Reader = Access for All!
Flipgrid is taking on the ISTE standard of "Empowered Learner" to an entirely new level, by incorporating Microsoft's Immersive Reader tool. This way, not only are students encouraged to use their voices to post their own videos, but there are built-in supports for them to listen to the initial prompt. By incorporating Immersive Reader ...
Inspiration for Your Innovation
Did you know that Flipgrid has "Innovation Leads" that provide inspiration and support for using Flipgrid in classrooms? These Innovation Leads have compiled Integration Docs that have links to documents that are organized by grade band and content area. Once in the document, there are typically three lessons created for each level and/or topic. If ...
Making Learning Concrete: Add a Rubric to Flipgrid!
Are students sharing their writing via Flipgrid? Are they orally reporting on something that they have researched? Would you like students to give peer feedback, leaning on language from a rubric? Consider adding a rubric to a Flipgrid topic! There are numerous reasons why you might consider adding a rubric as a resource to Flipgrid. ...
Flipgrid: A Tool to Inspire
Flipgrid is one of the most creative tools currently on the market with a mission to engage, innovate, and amplify student voice. As such, they have an entire link dedicated to "inspiration," out-of-the-box prompts that will spark conversation, with Flipgrid as the platform to accomplish this. When you're logged into Flipgrid, it's as easy as ...
Be in the Know: Consent Forms and Flipgrid
Flipgrid is a tool that is taking off in our district, and rightly so. Students can engage with one another by reflecting on content or lessons, and they can respond and hear classmate responses. The possibilities for sharing learning in creative ways are endless! Click here to read past posts on Flipgrid and how to ...
New to Flipgrid? Check out the Disco Library!
There are almost 10,000 "Topics" in Flipgrid's Disco Library - plenty to explore and consider. Within Flipgrid, a "Grid" is your class or content area, and the "Topic" is the project or assignment. The Disco Library has two main sections: Weekly Hits: these are quick templates that you can add to any of your ...