- Where will I get the resources I need, like a Bamboo, and microphone?
- Should I try for a grant to get these resources?
- How far in advance should I try to get these done? Can I get the next topic up and ready, or should I shoot for a little farther down the road?
- How will I provide for kids who are not able to participate online from home? Do I provide them with a downloaded version on a thumb drive? Are there other alternatives?
I'm excited to find some answers to my questions and start giving this a try!
Great questions! Prairie Point would be a great resource to help you address some of these questions. I sent them a tweet to ask if they would respond to some of your specific questions from their perspective.
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--The Bamboo pad and microphone can be purchased from multiple big box stores. Amazon has multiple Bamboo tablets with stylus by Wacom. They range from $70.00-$200.00. There are many microphones; however, the ITFs use a Yeti Blue microphone (USB). It has a hefty price ($100.00-$200.00), but it has a good sound quality and is very durable.
--Regarding the time frame, you can easily create screencasts quickly if you remember a couple of tips: 1) You will have errors so don't try to redo them over and over. You will get better as you do more, but treat the screencasts as you would class time---keep going! 2) I would think about creating screencasts a couple of weeks ahead of when you want to use them. Remember, the screencast (flipped) lesson is just step one. You have to also consider how you will assess/monitor learning when the students come back to class. Will you use VE to check for understanding? What you do in class after the flipped lesson is a critical component of the flipped classroom. Students have to know that they are accountable and that what will be happening in class the next day is valuable enough to warrant completing the flipped lesson at home!
--Like other content, students without internet access at home sometimes has to prepare for homework a little differently than those who do have internet access. At the end of the day, students who do not have internet access can download the video from D2L to their desktop, download the video from YouTube using Keepvid, or use an external drive to copy and save the video file.
Again, these are just ideas. I think you should definitely confer with PP!
My team purchased an app for the iPad called Explain Everything (I think it was $16) and I have been using that to create videos similar to Prairie Points for the Reteaching portion of enVision. You can get to my channel through this URL-- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5L4KhBhhPuYHfoVWRcB63g-- if you would like to check them out. I think it works pretty well, definitely isn't as fancy (or expensive) as Prairie Point's. Once I upload them to my YouTube channel, I just email my students the link. Hope that helps!
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