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Tracey Kracht

Have You Flipped Your Faculty Meeting Yet? - Finding Common Ground - Education Week - 0 views

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      Tracey Kracht on 13 Feb 13
       
      When you first try to flip a meeting for your building, it might not go exactly as planned.  Keep in mind to flip what needs to be direct instruction and then engage in deeper conversations as a staff when together.  I really like the idea of using video gathered from classrooms to get conversations started.  You can't focus on everything at once.  Pick one or two things and focus your conversations around these important points.
  • through flipping, administrators can send out these articles and questions in order to give teachers the proper amount of thinking time so the ultimate conversations are more enriching.
  • The flipped faculty meeting approach offers administrators and educators the opportunity to dig down deeper and get to the heart of what matters in school.
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  • Getting together as a faculty should be about focusing on curriculum and instruction, and more importantly focus on our students.
Tracey Kracht

6 Steps to a Flipped Classroom | Learning Unlimited | Research-based Literacy Strategies - 0 views

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shared by Tracey Kracht on 26 Mar 13 - No Cached
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      Tracey Kracht on 26 Mar 13
       
      Sara calls this 'broadcaster envy'.  At some point you have to get over the parts that jump out at you on the screen.  It does get easier...if you keep screencasting!
  • you slip up a little, no big deal. It should take you 5 minutes to make a 5-minute video.
  • just upload your video to YouTube, preferably your own channel.
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  • My main reason for choosing YouTube is that it is available everywhere, on every device. My students have literally no excuse for not watching my videos.
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      Tracey Kracht on 26 Mar 13
       
      Here are some interesting limits - often people who flip don't take into consideration the amount of work they are requiring students to do at home... 
  • The limits I decided on were a maximum video length of 5 minutes, and no more than 3 videos assigned per night.
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      Tracey Kracht on 26 Mar 13
       
      Don't forget if you structure your next day around deeper discussions you are going to know if the students watched the video.  I hesitate to get excited about quizzing and hiding things - the next day has to be meaningful or why in the world would students watch in the first place?
  • Because my students are responsible for watching and understanding the videos, they are becoming much more independent learners
  • In the Flipped Classroom model, short instructive videos are watched at home in lieu of lecture in the classroom. This allows for much more time in the classroom for remediation and differentiation.
  • You really need to choose something that is easy and straightforward for you.
Tracey Kracht

Education World: Using Twitter for Professional Development - 0 views

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shared by Tracey Kracht on 27 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Making professional connections via social networking can not only result in a lot of great sharing of ideas and resources, but also combat the sense of isolation that many teachers experience.
  • highlighting best practices and innovative thinking about instruction.
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      Tracey Kracht on 27 Jan 13
       
      Keep in mind, with Twitter you can share information with your audience, or you can dialogue with hashtags # to connect with conversations.
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      Tracey Kracht on 27 Jan 13
       
      Reading Twitter posts isn't like reading a book.  You don't start at the top and read everything that was ever posted, you need to just set aside a few minutes and 'dip' in and read what is going on and then exit.  Do not get bogged down in making sure you read everything from everyone or you will immediately become overwhelmed and not want to come back!
  • managing the constant flow of information on Twitter.
  • Twitter’s search feature to find people in your field
  • follow educator-related "hash tags."
  • a hash tag is used to organize a live "chat" event, where participants sound off by tweeting about a given topic.
  • attend one of the many education-related Twitter chats that happen each week, such as #edchat on Tuesdays at 12 p.m. EST.
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      Tracey Kracht on 27 Jan 13
       
      Your challenge - get out there and join #edchat on one Tuesday and see what types of connections you can make!
  • Tweet like your mama and principal are watching.
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    "Twitter, it's a social networking platform where users share everything from what they had for breakfast to professional dilemmas - all in 140 characters or less. It attracts a wide spectrum of users, including a vast and growing contingent of educators."
Tracey Kracht

Web Highlighter - 1 views

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shared by Tracey Kracht on 19 Feb 13 - No Cached
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    You can find the code for your iPad highlighter in the diigo app. Then follow these directions. It is easier if you have the instructions up on another device to follow step by step
Tracey Kracht

4 Things To Consider Before You Flip Your Classroom | Edudemic - 4 views

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flippedclassroom flipping

shared by Tracey Kracht on 10 Jul 13 - No Cached
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      Tracey Kracht on 10 Jul 13
       
      This time will significantly decrease quickly as you become more proficient with screencasting for sure!
  • Saving each lesson in multiple formats might be a solution to this problem. Also, creating a Youtube channel and posting videos on Youtube will make videos more accessible to all students.
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      Tracey Kracht on 10 Jul 13
       
      YouTube will be open for LPS students next year so that will help!  It is also great when you have an .mp4 video file saved to a usb device as well for the students without access to be able to download before going home.
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      anonymous on 10 Jul 13
       
      Tracey - What implications does this have for my grade 3 students? Do you suggest that I upload videos to my Youtube channel (on my school account) for student and parent communication (i.e. a short video tutorial - maybe someday a screencast when I learn how- of modeling the steps in the process of solving a word problem)?
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  • Some students might not do their homework because they are used to a more concrete and traditional paper-and-pencil homework assignment, and therefore they might perceive this “new homework” as abstract, irrelevant, and perhaps not as important.
  • the most effective videos are the ones that manage to keep students accountable for their learning.
  • at key parts of the lesson/video the teacher might instruct the students to pause the video
  • Such techniques make students active participants and empower them to take control of their own learning.
  • Most people who flipped their classroom agree that in the beginning, teachers should expect to spend an average of 30 minutes of recording time to create a 10-minute lesson.
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