"I have also found that High score wins also works very well. There is a price to pay for a chance to retake though. Worksheet reinforcement, vocab, etc. AND going over the previous quiz with myself in small group. I've…"
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Couple of Technical Questions on Flipping
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I'm going to be shifting Full Throttle next year into a Flipped Class setting. Two questions presently:1. I use Keynote to create my notes and plan to use its Record feature to voice-over the slides.…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Paula Oct 12, 2012.
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Garrett Kerr replied to James Smith's discussion Couple of Technical Questions on Flipping
"Paula. I am glad to hear that even in your 25th year of teaching you are excited. This will be my 8th and feel lucky to have such a great position.
Our district adopted Haiku because of the things it can do. We were told that it would import…"
Paula replied to James Smith's discussion Couple of Technical Questions on Flipping
"Garrett, thanks for the suggestion of Haiku. Your right this is a great site. It has some really great features such as being able to put work in progress, or past units, in the inactive folder. I teach a college class and Haiku…"
Paula replied to James Smith's discussion Couple of Technical Questions on Flipping
"Thanks Amanda. Our school has not offered to host moodle and I think it has to have a server host right? It sounds like your school, like ours, has offered you some great teaching tools but have also left some out. There are…"
Garrett Kerr replied to James Smith's discussion Couple of Technical Questions on Flipping
"Consider using Haiku which is a Learning Management Suite. It offers everything you are looking for including the assessment piece. The questions can be randomly generated along with imported exams.
I just started using Haiku because it brings all…"
Amanda Bennett replied to James Smith's discussion Couple of Technical Questions on Flipping
"Paula, I think you should look into moodle for assessments if you have the technology available for students to use during class. A couple of years ago I used mygradebook.com to have students take tests. It is about $50 a year but I was…"
Paula replied to James Smith's discussion Couple of Technical Questions on Flipping
"At the middle school level, we are considering "proof of effort" for retakes so that students don't just continue retaking a quiz until they default into the percentage they need. A "proof of effort" might be a…"
Jonathan Bergmann replied to James Smith's discussion Couple of Technical Questions on Flipping
"To answer your 75% question: I just let them take it as many times as they wanted/needed. High score wins. No penalty for multiple takes of the test. I don't want to penalize those who are slower learners. We used…"
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"In chemistry, there is an awful lot of emphasis on writing out work. What I would like to be able to provide my students is some kind of version of the worksheets I utilise in a "Forms" style that allows them to input right on iPad. Does…"
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Couple of Technical Questions on Flipping
I'm going to be shifting Full Throttle next year into a Flipped Class setting. Two questions presently:1. I use Keynote to create my notes and plan to use its Record feature to voice-over the slides. Keynote can then convert them to .mpg files. My guess is this can work for having the notes presented for your students to watch and listen, yes?2. I remember seeing John Bergman once talked about students having to re-take assessments until they gain a 75% or better. From a grading perspective,…See More
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