Presenters
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.
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Kristin Merrill: Fourth Grade teacher; 14+ years of experience working in intermediate (3-5) grade levels, 5+ years of implementing iPads, laptops, and Chrome books in the classroom. Kristin is the co-author of the book series, "The InterACTIVE Class," on Elevate Books EDU.
Session description
Discover creative and interactive ways to integrate the power of student voice in the classroom that you can take back and use with your students today. Learn how the power of student voice can instantly level up students’ demonstration of learning with authentic examples and artifacts straight from the classroom.
Purpose & objective
Participants will know and be able to create student centered lessons and student created multimedia projects in Microsoft Flip as a result of their participation.
Specific skills like enhancing student creation, collaboration and critical thinking will be shared and practiced during the presentation.
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Outline
Intro: 3 min
What is Flipgrid: 5 min
Microsoft Flip Updates (what's new and what has changed): 5 min
Tips and Tricks: 10 min
Lesson ideas (lessons taken directly from our own classrooms): 25 min
Q&A: 10 min
Wrap up: 2 min
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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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