I just completed a flipped lesson plan and rarely have I been prouder of a professional creation of mine. I began exploring with Edpuzzle and was shocked at how few good PE videos I could find. I ended up finding a perfect 2:20 heart rate video on YouTube and created my own Edpuzzle by adding in five multiple choice questions. Then it was time to check out Nearpod. Again… could find very little useful stuff on there for PE. I began creating my flipped heart rate lesson slide show and after a few minutes, I was getting in the Nearpod groove. I was not in love with not being able to embed links within a slide with text. I also did not love not being able to italicize, bold, underline or change any fonts within my slides with text. Maybe one is able to —but these functions at least were not cooperating on my Mac desktop. I embedded my Edpuzzle Heart Rate video at the beginning of the Nearpod slide deck, as it serves as a perfect intro/hook. I utilized the Mac screen capture (command/shift/4) very much throughout this creation. I embedded a screenshot of portion of a google spreadsheet table. The last part of the lesson is an embedded a google form as a means of assessment and data collection.
So I had my flipped lesson, but now it was time to create my screencast. I thought of this screencast as a sort of “accompaniment” to the Nearpod slide deck. In other words, while students could probably successfully execute this lesson with just the slide deck, I wanted the screencast to be a tool to help support students’ understanding of the content and assignment. After creating my first screencastomatic, I wasn’t totally in love with my “script” and the flow. I exported the video file, dropped it into iMovie and started made a bunch of small edits there (and added background music, hopefully it’s not too distracting!). Elementary teacher Eric Sheninger offers a variety of “blended learning” options and makes the claim that students can ultimately learn in ways with technology that they simply couldn’t without it. Makes me wonder if I should be utilizing the flipped classroom more. Could my students learn more effectively from this lesson than a more traditional worksheet, pen and paper heart rate lesson? To recap, for this flipped lesson creation I used the following tech tools: Edpuzzle (first time) Nearpod (first time) Screenshots Screencastomatic (first time) Google Sheets Google Forms iMovie Can you tell I am proud of myself?
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Laurie J. Gaynor
7/7/2020 12:38:30 pm
Hi Dustin,
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Laurie J. Gaynor
7/7/2020 12:52:01 pm
I watched your video. I can see why you weren't thrilled with Nearpod. I was wondering if you could create a fillable form in sheets that you could embed in Google slides. Students could fill it out (plug in their RHR etc.) and have the sheet do the math. You could add some Nearpod features but you wouldn't even need to change it into a full nearpod. Just an idea.
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Dustin Green
7/8/2020 12:59:20 pm
Laurie, Thank you so much for the advice! I really appreciate it. I did think about embedding the form, but I decided on making pen and paper mandatory because it should help them with working out all the math. Please feel free to share your expertise with me whenever you want! Thank you!!!
Lynda Tuttle Bergner
7/7/2020 05:50:53 pm
Dustin,
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Dustin Green
7/8/2020 12:59:47 pm
Thank you Lynda!!
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Jason Chatham
7/8/2020 01:58:55 pm
I love the enthusiasm! The iMovie app is something I always forget about. I am having trouble melding video from different sources. Perhaps that could be the way. As to your question at the end, I think that is absolutely worth a shot. It would seem we are going to be distance learning— trying this and asking for feedback from them would be pretty useful I think!
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7/8/2020 05:06:21 pm
I used EdPuzzle for the first time too! What an amazing tool!!! I like that you found a need and filled it by creating your own. I haven't watched your video yet, but have you created your own YouTube channel? You could create your own content and customize to your students.
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Scott Marsden
7/8/2020 05:46:05 pm
Dustin,
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