Bills_Flipped+Class_VoiceThread

Welcome to Barret Bills' Technology Presentation!


The topic I chose for my presentation is the use of VoiceThread within the flipped classroom framework. Many people (including myself increasingly) believe that the flipped classroom concept represents a new paradigm in education. I hope you will take the time to provide constructive feedback and please share any resources you may have on this topic.

Click below to view parts 1 and 2 of my presentation: media type="youtube" key="AamsUwm3VbU" height="315" width="420" media type="youtube" key="cZerkbodBDw" height="315" width="420"

Here is the link to the VoiceThread I used in my presentation: @https://voicethread.com/share/3382351/

Additional Video Resources:

Fantastic walkthrough of creating Interactive YouTube videos with annotations. Absolute must see if you are thinking of using youtube for Flipping. media type="youtube" key="VX6dESxbMfA" height="315" width="420"

How to make and educational screencast (Mac) media type="youtube" key="qySegNxtiNg" height="315" width="420"

Make your classroom into a video game media type="youtube" key="4qlYGX0H6Ec" height="281" width="503"

Here are some academic articles that support the use of this technology:

Atkinson, Simon and Burden, Kevin. Evaluating pedagogical affordances of media sharing Web 2.0 technologies: A case study . //Ascilite, 2008 //.

Augustsso, G. Web 2.0, pedagogical support for reflexive and emotional social interaction among Swedish students . //The Internet and Higher Education. Volume 13, Issue 4 //

Borup, J., Graham, C.R. & Velasquez, A. The Use of Asynchronous Video Communication to Improve Instructor Immediacy and Social Presence in an Online Course . In D. Gibson & B. Dodge (Eds.) //Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 //. (pp. 337-344)

Boyle, Ian. Dyment, Janet E. O?Connell, Timoth S. The intersection of Web 2.0 technologies and reflective journals: An investigation of possibilities, potential and pitfalls <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">. //<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Academia.Edu //

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The following page has links to the papers above and others related to VoiceThread in K12 education:

@https://voicethread.com/support/resources/publications/k12/

This page has links to a number of newspaper-style articles about the flipped classroom: @http://www.emergingedtech.com/2012/04/the-flipped-classroom-is-hot-hot-hot/

Content uses: VoiceThread and other flipped classroom tools can be used across the educational spectrum:
 * Language Arts
 * Digital storytelling
 * Journaling
 * Math and Science
 * Step-by-step instructions and practical formative assessment
 * Collections of easily accessible informational videos, web pages and documents
 * Social Studies
 * Vocabulary visualization
 * Historical event or person presentations
 * Primary source explorations
 * Art
 * Galleries of student produced art
 * Virtual museum trips and art history assessments
 * All subjects
 * Class note recordings
 * Pre-recorded lectures for "homework"
 * Synchronous and asynchronous collaboration on and offline
 * Use your imagination

Pedagogical Considerations for this technology. As with any technological integration the focus should first be on whether this is an effective means of delivering content. Setting technology aside, the primary focus of the flipped classroom is to allow students to engage with content at their own pace and continually revisit topics until they have achieved mastery. Moreover, content can be crafted to suit individual students specific needs. This differentiation, and shift from in-class lectures and formal assessment to a more personalized environment opens up the potential to more effectively use class time to provide focused attention to connecting student's knowledge base and higher order skill set. Clearly, access is an issue for many, yet even those students who do not have computers or internet access can benefit from alternative means of content delivery and assessment by allowing their more basic needs to be more quickly identified and accommodated.

Where to purchase or acquire. VoiceThread is available at voicethread.com and there are a number of price options available depending on the type of license you desire: @https://voicethread.com/products/k12/educator/ https://voicethread.com/products/k12/school/
 * Free Account to Start with limited storage and options
 * Single user license starting at $75 - one teacher and 50 student +$2 for additional students
 * School licenses starting at $450 for 350 users