Secure VoiceThread network for students and teachers to collaborate and share ideas with classrooms anywhere in the world.
Group conversations around images, documents, and videos
Messages can be text-based (computer keyboard, phone text), audio (computer mic, telephone call, upload), or video (computer webcam, upload)
Can be used to put "instruction" online.
20 Kids * 20 Kites * 20 Minutes
5 stars
Can a classroom of twenty students make twenty kites, and be outside flying them in twenty minutes? You betcha! Uncle Jonathan from the Big Wind Kite Factory on the Hawaiian island of Molokai shares the kid-tested instructions he's been using with tour groups for fifteen years. The kites are folded from 8 ½ x 11 inch paper, so they are smaller than the usual kite, but the simple directions are easy enough for kindergartners, yet fun enough for big kids too!
"Flipping" is referring to teacher lecture's/instruction being offered in different methods and classroom time being used for project/assignment completion.
Three questions to answer
What was the main idea or point being made in the video?
What audience was the video trying to reach?
Think about the methods used to create the video. Were they effective? Why or why not?
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Instruction Sheet
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