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On the News...at least the Flipped Part
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Monday, November 12, 2012
So my Google Teacher Academy friend was kind enough to ask my advice about his podcast. I am always willing to give advice which may be my fatal flaw. In the end, he decided that including segments in the podcast would liven it up and create more of a complete show. Therefore, I am now producing weekly news items for the Flipped Learning Network's Podcast.
It starts with the basic twitter feeds from the week. I filter and scan everything that has been tweeted in a week and go over as many of the interesting blog posts, ideas and web tools that relate as I can. Funny that I usually can find so much just using Twitter that is newsworthy but tweets are not my only sources. I also use the Google search features to limit the time frame and sort by news events. This usually produces the local news items that occur within a community. I have located several teacher features that cover the flip classroom as a new concept. Finally, I check Google plus for any good info about upcoming events. That seems to be the place to find webinars, conferences, and any workshops other than the flippedlearning.org.
I write a vague script because I want to be able to talk rather than read. Some of the articles or websites I base on personal experience. For example, when I discussed the app CoachesEye, I used for a full weekend at my son's sports events. I loaded it on my iPhone and tried various uses. Unfortunately, I don't have a class of students any longer to try out these tools on but based on previous years experience, I have a good eye for useful classroom tools.
Is this is a lasting gig? I highly doubt it. Even the pundits on Flipped are trying to remove the term and merge it with just good teaching methodology that is already proven. I can't believe they will want a Good Teaching News segment anywhere. That is what we attempt to do at the local school every day. However, I am creating a large scale Flipped PD for my large school district and hope that the making of content there will be far reaching and a long term gig.
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It starts with the basic twitter feeds from the week. I filter and scan everything that has been tweeted in a week and go over as many of the interesting blog posts, ideas and web tools that relate as I can. Funny that I usually can find so much just using Twitter that is newsworthy but tweets are not my only sources. I also use the Google search features to limit the time frame and sort by news events. This usually produces the local news items that occur within a community. I have located several teacher features that cover the flip classroom as a new concept. Finally, I check Google plus for any good info about upcoming events. That seems to be the place to find webinars, conferences, and any workshops other than the flippedlearning.org.
I write a vague script because I want to be able to talk rather than read. Some of the articles or websites I base on personal experience. For example, when I discussed the app CoachesEye, I used for a full weekend at my son's sports events. I loaded it on my iPhone and tried various uses. Unfortunately, I don't have a class of students any longer to try out these tools on but based on previous years experience, I have a good eye for useful classroom tools.
Is this is a lasting gig? I highly doubt it. Even the pundits on Flipped are trying to remove the term and merge it with just good teaching methodology that is already proven. I can't believe they will want a Good Teaching News segment anywhere. That is what we attempt to do at the local school every day. However, I am creating a large scale Flipped PD for my large school district and hope that the making of content there will be far reaching and a long term gig.
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