Student Voice

During the summer I discovered Flipgrid at ISTE. I found interest in the Flipgrid booth because their people seemed very upbeat (you obviously don't stop at a quiet, lonely booth). I automatically caught #flipgridfever because it reminded me of Youtube videos, which my students are obsessed with!

I have used Flipgrid twice in my room and my students LOVE it! They feel that they are "Youtubing" when really, they are answering a math problem. My goal for my students is to find different ways to show their work, explain the reasoning behind their work, practice using academic vocabulary and have fun. I have had students make an outline of their video before recording themselves as well as students who have gone to pull a word from our word wall to have it ready for the Flipgrid recording. 

What we've done well: 

• use of academic language
• putting an individual twist to individual thoughts

What we need to improve: 

• using only 2 stickers as opposed to 10
• placing stickers AROUND our face
• NOT deleting a video because our hair did not look cute

I'll definitely continue using Flipgrid this year. I can't wait to see more of my students' responses. 

Hopefully you'll catch #flipgridfever too!

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