Using videos in the classroom can be a valuable tool for enhancing student learning and engagement. Videos provide visual aids to help students understand and remember the material better. For many students, videos are more engaging than text, and can help them stay focused and motivated to learn. Videos show students what they are learning and how it relates to the real world.
We are continuing our series of tool updates. If you missed our previous post, click here and here. As a Microsoft district, I am focusing on Microsoft tools and Teams is up next. Teams, as a tool, was integral during our Remote learning time but it had some growing pains. I think sometimes Microsoft rushes tools out there for Education (EDU). Teams were originally created pre-remote learning for businesses to have a place to collaborate. While we had access to…
The first thing that you might not realize is that Flipgrid is no longer called Flipgrid, it’s been shortened to Flip! This was announced during the Flipgrid’s yearly celebration. With the announcement of the name change, Flip has a fresh look and a new mascot called Smubble. At the celebration, the Flip team focused on how over the last decade, users of Flipgrid pushed the product to become better. To them, it made the most sense to refresh the product…