The Top 10 Ways to Engage Elementary Learners with Flipgrid

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Joe Merrill
Kristin Merrill
The Merrills walk you through their top ten ways to engage with Flipgrid. Learn how to use Flipgrid's camera to explain Math situations, how to use Stickers to retell a story and more! These ideas come straight from their First and Fourth Grade classrooms and are perfect for any classroom!

Audience:	Library media specialists, Teachers, Technology coordinators/facilitators
Skill level:	Beginner
Attendee devices:	Devices useful
Attendee device specification:	Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC Tablet: iOS
Participant accounts, software and other materials:	No equipment is necessary, but users can download and install Flipgrid on their devices if they would like.
Topic:	Creativity & curation tools
Grade level:	PK-5
Subject area:	Language arts, Math
ISTE Standards:	For Educators: Designer Use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs. Design authentic learning activities that align with content area standards and use digital tools and resources to maximize active, deep learning.

Proposal summary

Purpose & objective

Participants will gain a better understanding of how to create more student centered lessons and student created multimedia projects using Flipgrid.

Specific techniques using applications such as using Backdrops, Stickers and Media will be shared. By the end of the session, the attendees will be able to walk away with ideas to implement into their classrooms immediately.

Outline

Introductions: 2 min

Background knowledge of Flipgrid (what is it, what can it do, how it works): 5 min

Top ten ways to use Flipgrid:
Lesson #1: 4 min
Lesson #2: 4 min
Lesson #3: 4 min
Lesson #4: 4 min
Lesson #5: 4 min
Lesson #6: 4 min
Lesson #7: 4 min
Lesson #8: 4 min
Lesson #9: 4 min
Lesson #10: 4 min

Q&A : 10 min

Outro: 3 min

Supporting research

"The InterACTIVE Class" by Joe and Kristin Merrill (Elevate Books EDU - Jan. 2020). Link: https://amzn.to/39RiHQF
"Flipgrid in the InterACTIVE Class" by Joe and Kristin Merrill (Elevate Books EDU - Jan. 2021). Link: https://amzn.to/3zOjvAz
"The Microsoft Infused Classroom" by Holly Clark, Tanya Avrith, Felisa Ford, Natasha Rachelle, and Kristin and Joe Merrill (Elevate Books EDU - Mar. 2020). Link: https://amzn.to/3AOCmwA

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Presenters

Joe Merrill, The Merrills EDU, LLC

Kristin and Joe Merrill share a passion for infusing EdTech into their Fourth and First Grade classrooms. Together, they have a combined 20+ years of teaching experience, where they collaborate to create engaging lessons that turn into memories for their students. Even though they teach different grades, they share one common goal: learning needs to be interactive. This mindset drove them to write the books: The InterACTIVE Class and Flipgrid in the InterACTIVE Class (Elevate Books EDU), and put a new spin on traditional strategies to help implement technology that meets the needs of all students.

Kristin Merrill, The Merrills EDU, LLC