Flipped Lesson

Flipped Lesson Challenge

by Katherine Ramsey

• What did you create, and why? 

         I created a video of a mini-lesson with Snagit, uploaded it to YouTube, and edited it with EDPuzzle. This lesson would be viewed by students before coming to class to take part in a lesson on Dividing Fractions. 

• What went well for you?

         Well, not much. Watching the videos worked well. Uploading to YouTube was surprisingly easy. The rest was challenging for me.

• What was challenging?

        I had a very difficult time deciding on a lesson to teach via video. It was very challenging to get Snagit to record. It took a long time to load the options and I ended up rebooting the entire laptop after trying a few times. I am currently filling this out while I'm waiting for ED Puzzle to "upload my voice" according to the message that has been on my screen for the last five minutes or more. I'm hoping that it will eventually finish loading my voice so I can add questions and finish the task. Still feeling very challenged. I finally closed the ED Puzzle page and restarted the edit from YouTube. It appears all better now. Here is the link. https://edpuzzle.com/media/5785599427ed9aaf133e18cd

• What did you enjoy? 

        I enjoyed thinking about how I might actually use this to record mini-lessons to have students watch in class so I can help individuals while the entire class is watching the video. That portion of the challenge seems like something I might do. Uploading to YouTube was simple enough as well so maybe uploading videos there so students can see what they missed on a given day would be beneficial as well. 

• What ideas do you have for using this tool with your students, grade level, staff or to communicate with families? 

         I foresee using the video capture in Snagit to upload for students to watch at home when they miss a day of school. I could see using it as a way to give information to parents ... the YouTube part maybe but not the ED puzzle part.