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A Cloud for flipped classrooms. A “Cloud” for Flipped Classrooms NCCE 3/1/13 Pamela Livingston. Introduction. Pamela Livingston 1-to-1 book Adjunct Professor K-12 teacher grad school Tech director, teacher @ public, private, charter Sr. Product Mgr @ Schoolwires. Schoolwires
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A Cloud for flipped classrooms A “Cloud” for Flipped Classrooms NCCE 3/1/13 Pamela Livingston
Introduction • Pamela Livingston • 1-to-1 book • Adjunct Professor K-12 teacher grad school • Tech director, teacher @ public, private, charter • Sr. Product Mgr @ Schoolwires • Schoolwires • Web solutions for K-12 school districts • Communities • Centricity2 • Nimbus
About Today Collective expertise – let’s tap! Flipped/Blended Learning overview The Cloud for Flipped/Blended Learning
Who Are We – What do We Want? Administrators? Teachers? Other educator/company? Current blended/flipped learning? Investigating blended/flipped learning? Planning blended/flipped learning?
What is a “Flipped Classroom?” Source: http://www.knewton.com/flipped-classroom/ Any other definitions to offer?
What a Flipped Classroom Model Does Source: http://www.knewton.com/flipped-classroom/
Two Key Factors Driving Adoption of Flipped Classrooms Source: http://www.knewton.com/flipped-classroom/ What are your possible reasons?
Two Key Factors Driving Adoption of Flipped Classrooms Source: http://www.knewton.com/flipped-classroom/ What “collateral” do you have? What means of creating recordings, video exist?
Let’s hear from some teachers MarkBurkeJerryChristy.mp4 Anything to share?
Implementing blended learning Often disparate Web 2.0 products Incumbent on teacher to integrate products Students need logins, passwords to many products • Login fatigue Fractured student experience – remembering, adapting Your experience?
A solution for the cloud A flipped classroom community • Nimbus demo Questions?
Schoolwires Technology Supports Flipped Learning Centricity2 and Nimbus support all aspects of the flipped classroom, from multimedia lectures and materials to in-class collaboration and assessment tools — including forms, surveys and polls.
How Centricity2 Supports Lecture Content Centricity2 – Teacher Pages Videos Podcasts Article library Wiki Threaded commenting Website links Photo galleries Assignments Forms and surveys
How Nimbus Supports Lecture Content Nimbus – Groups = Classrooms Work area – files (articles, PPT, Word, Excel) Blogs – videos and podcasts, website links Albums Assignments Discussions Real time text collaboration (shared documents) Chat
Examples of Nimbus Features Share documents in the Work Area Present ideas and understanding in the Blog
Examples of Nimbus Features Share student work through Albums Assign homework in Assignments
How Does Centricity2 Support Flipped Learning? • Teacher pages • Blogs, Wikis, threaded commenting, rating • Users and groups • Forms, surveys, tests, quizzes • Assignments • Files and folders • Accessible online 24x7 • Watch videos, listen to podcasts • Single sign-onto Nimbus
How Does Nimbus Support Flipped Learning? • Workspaces • Discussion board, wall posts, blogs, online chat, messages • Real time text collaboration (shared documents) • Members, groups, project teams • Polls • Assignments • Accessible online 24x7 • Single sign-on from Centricity2
Benefits to Districts and Community District benefits from unified platform • Increases efficiency and security IT benefits from bandwidth and storage for all teacher-created content and materials Teachers benefit from individual pages that are easy to maintain and update • Saves teachers time • Eliminates fractured user experiences Students and parents stay caught up • Students collaboratively work with peers • Avoid frustration at home
Flipped Learning For a simple Nimbus account – respond on Wiki Q & A? • For more information on Schoolwires and Flipped Learning, visit our website: • http://www.schoolwires.com/flippedTo listen to a Webinar from authors of the Flipped Learning book visit here: • http://vimeo.com/51684722 • To contact me: pamela.livingston@schoolwires.com • http://www.twitter.com/plivings • For additional information, please contact • Sales@schoolwires.com