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Flocabulary

Flocabulary. Lora and Emma Date: October 16, 2012. agenda. What is the technology? Educational tools? When, How, Who would you use it? Example use/Demo Pros and Cons? Assignment. What is Flocabulary?.

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Flocabulary

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  1. Flocabulary Lora and Emma Date: October 16, 2012

  2. agenda What is the technology? Educational tools? When, How, Who would you use it? Example use/Demo Pros and Cons? Assignment

  3. What is Flocabulary? • Flocabulary is an online learning platform that delivers educational hip-hop songs and videos to students in grades K-12. • Founded in 2004 • Used in over 15,000 schools and reaches a weekly audience of 5 million students • Provides a free trial, but not a free program

  4. Educational Tools • http://flocabulary.com/jazz-age/ • It starts with a song and video • Important content-area terms are used and defined in the song lyrics. • Click on highlighted lyrics to learn more= info boxes will pop out • The Week in Rap info boxes contain links to full news stories on external sites • Can remove key terms from the song and then reveal the missing word • Provides Challenge questions • Also has lesson plans, with extension activities • Follow their blog to stay up to date

  5. Demonstration News Investigator Reinforce research skills and best practices for 21st-century education. Using the clickable lyrics as a jumping off point, you can divide up the current events stories amongst your students and create mini- research projects week-in-rap-october-12-2012 The Week in Rap News Investigator

  6. When and How? • Hook for new material • Note-taking activity • End-of-unit formative assessment using the challenge questions • Missing lyrics as a study tool • Tests for group review or homework • Have students write and perform academic rhymes • Jigsaw different sections of the song and have students teach each other • Debate the news • Vocabulary-building with Word Up program

  7. Who? • All school instructional staff could use this tool • Curriculum can be tailored to a wide range of grade levels • This Week in Rap • Vocabulary: grade 2-8, SAT prep • Language Arts: K-2 stories, grammar, high school lit, Shakespeare • Social Studies: ancient world, modern world, U.S. history, civics • Science: earth science, life science, physics and chemistry • Math: addition through linear equations

  8. Pros • Great for cognitive load • Memorable • Colloquializes difficult concepts and stories • Improves on vocabulary proficiency and test scores

  9. Cons • Paid subscriptions. (What would be the benefits of open courseware?) • "Get-educated-quick" scheme? - Fox News • Has received criticism on some of the lyrics

  10. Assignment (Choice of Two) 1. Write 8 lines of "educational rap" on a topic of your choice, modeled after the style of Flocabulary. Tweet a link to the result, using whatever method works best for you (Dropbox, Google Docs, Scribd, or another file-sharing site). Alternatively, you can write out the entire rap in a series of tweets, or even record yourself performing the rap and link to the video or MP3. 2. Tweet a lesson plan using Flocabulary for the classroom or library.

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