I'm adding questions that I receive via email to this page, figuring that if one person has the questions, probably someone else does as well. Maybe this will help you. Feel free to shoot any questions, thoughts, or concerns my way at [email protected].
Question: I want to be sure I understand what your ideals are for contributions on discussions for GRA. Should we contribute via flipgrid and weebly? I've spent some time exploring them both today, and from what I understand weebly is where students should contribute individually and on flip grid we brainstorm and contribute as a class?
Answer: You are welcome to use this platform any way that you see fit, but I think it would be ideal if you discussed the prompt as a class and through your class discussion you'd collaborate and produce a whole class written response in the comments on this Weebly site. You can make the response what you want it; you can add a lot of detail or you can be brief...it all depends on the time you have available to contribute to it. One class responded to this prompt on Friday. You can see their response in the comments and how they signed off at the end.
Basically, approach it like this - The online discussion through Weebly is a way for classes to communicate with other whole classes around the world. It helps us see how we are similar and different. Look at the Flipgrid responses as an optional extension. If you are able, have the students create their own individual responses. They'll be ready to elaborate on their own thoughts because you've just discussed the topic as a class. The Flipgrid responses usually have some personal element to them...some sort of personal opinion to contribute. I hope this helps you. There isn't a requirement to do both or one or the other. You can pick and choose as you go. My class will be doing it as I described above. We'll discuss the prompt as a class, generate a class response, read responses from other schools and investigate where they are connecting from, and then my class will respond individually by creating their own videos via Flipgrid. Finally, they will view and react to videos on Flipgrid that other students have posted. Your class can also respond to others' comments on the Weebly site as well if you'd like.
This week, we'll be creating our responses on Monday, and we'll be viewing others' responses on Tuesday. Someone contributed this resource to use as kids view and digest videos from other students. I'm not sure what grade your class is in, but I plan to use this with my 5th graders. It gives viewing the responses a little bit of structure, and if you have to provide grades or evaluate their reading/writing skills, this can be a good tool.
Answer: You are welcome to use this platform any way that you see fit, but I think it would be ideal if you discussed the prompt as a class and through your class discussion you'd collaborate and produce a whole class written response in the comments on this Weebly site. You can make the response what you want it; you can add a lot of detail or you can be brief...it all depends on the time you have available to contribute to it. One class responded to this prompt on Friday. You can see their response in the comments and how they signed off at the end.
Basically, approach it like this - The online discussion through Weebly is a way for classes to communicate with other whole classes around the world. It helps us see how we are similar and different. Look at the Flipgrid responses as an optional extension. If you are able, have the students create their own individual responses. They'll be ready to elaborate on their own thoughts because you've just discussed the topic as a class. The Flipgrid responses usually have some personal element to them...some sort of personal opinion to contribute. I hope this helps you. There isn't a requirement to do both or one or the other. You can pick and choose as you go. My class will be doing it as I described above. We'll discuss the prompt as a class, generate a class response, read responses from other schools and investigate where they are connecting from, and then my class will respond individually by creating their own videos via Flipgrid. Finally, they will view and react to videos on Flipgrid that other students have posted. Your class can also respond to others' comments on the Weebly site as well if you'd like.
This week, we'll be creating our responses on Monday, and we'll be viewing others' responses on Tuesday. Someone contributed this resource to use as kids view and digest videos from other students. I'm not sure what grade your class is in, but I plan to use this with my 5th graders. It gives viewing the responses a little bit of structure, and if you have to provide grades or evaluate their reading/writing skills, this can be a good tool.