FLIPGRID

For those of you who do not know what Flipgrid is; it is a way for students to ignite their voice and their thoughts.  There are so many ways to engage students in social learning.  Flipgrid is constantly revamping and releasing new capabilities based on teacher feedback.  If you would like to read more about what it is all about and how to use it, click on the image below.

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Ok, so I LOVE Flipgrid.  I started with using it with one of my small ENL groups last year just to see if it really was awesome! Oh man, my students LOVED it! They loved to record themselves and then see themselves on the computer.  I took it one step further and I had them respond to a flipgrid that their classmate created.  They really enjoyed that too!  Flipgrid was able to give each one of my students a voice and an ability to express themselves.  It truly was a fantastic tool that they were excited about using.

I then took it one more step further and I collaborated with two of my co-teachers from two separate buildings.  I set it up so that the students from each class could Flipgrid one another (we assigned partners to ensure that each student had someone to watch and respond to their grid.  The students worked very hard on their poems, both writing and illustrating them.  It truly was an effective way for students to learn something new and express themselves.  There were some students that feared recording themselves, but then when they saw others doing it and they saw other grids, they seemed to be more comfortable with it.  

I definitely recommend using Flipgrid in your classrooms!  

Ways to Use Flipgrid