Flipgird Presentations

     One of my favorite new apps that I've discovered since beginning the Science and Technology Methods course is Flipgrid. Flipgird is a great way to post personalized videos about yourself, and show them to your students. It's also a place where you can have students submit their work for a project or an assignment, all in one place! My class and I all submitted our own flipgirds, where we answered the following four questions; what's your name and program? If you could pick any superpower, what would it be? What is something awesome you did this summer? Ask a question you want all your future students to answer. We also had to show a "secret talent" in our video. I decided to shoot a basketball as my talent, but there was a big variety of talents my classmates picked. One of them juggled, one of them was a baker, and one of them was a clarinet player. Seeing my classmates "secret talents" was my favorite part of the flipgrid presentations. It really helped me learn a little bit about each of my classmates personalities.

      After watching the flipgrid presentations in class, the presenter would get feedback on eclass from each of their peers. We would give this feedback in the form of three pluses and one wish. This means that everybody would tell the presenter three things they did well, and one thing they could have improved on. I really liked this feedback because it gave me a chance to see what I need to improve upon, but not before it told me a lot of nice, positive things about my presentation and flipgird. The main wish my classmates had for me was that I slowed down when talking, and I think that this is a fair criticism. I was a little nervous before my presentation, and I could definitely sense that I was going a little fast when I was up there This type of feedback was very beneficial, and I will definitely consider using it in my future classroom!

    Flipgrid is an overall great way for teachers to get quick, fun responses from students. And for students, flipgrid is way more interesting than your typical get to know you activity. I will absolutely find a way to fit flipgrid into my lessons occasionally, as I think they are really beneficial. If you want to check out my flipgrid or any of my classmates', take this link here to our class slideshow. On this slideshow, not only do you get to see all of our flipgrids, you also get to see a picture of us, and our drawings of scientists that we made on our first day of class. Check it out!