I used Flipgrid for a few lessons back in the day. My students and I were not overly impressed. If you
are a long time S.F. Chronicle reader you will understand our rating. We were paying attention, but not really excited. It was a little man politely sitting in his chair reaction.
When I stumbled across a web page “introducing the all-new Flipgrid curiosity forced me to to take a look. I could not believe what I was reading. The individual student time limit was raised from the old 1.5 minutes to walloping 5 minutes. What student can speak for five minutes straight about an academic subject? If you find such a student, these five minute segments can be linked together seamlessly for as long as you might desire.
Students can also create their videos in iMovie or some other video program and import their files by simply dragging them onto their Flipgrid. Another amazing new feature.
The teacher can sort and link the student videos in any way she wants simply by dragging them up or down, or by creating a new grid for selected videos. This is beyond cool. I just divided my class into six teams. Each team researched an example of United States imperialism. Each student read a segment of the example with inserted images. I ordered these sequentially to make coherent (sort of coherent for this first attempt) videos that covered the whole subject. When we played them back, bada bing bada boom (this set had more bing than boom). It’s a work in progress, but with such potential.
There’s more! Flipgrid has a rubric for grading built in. No kidding. Here is a screenshot of a custom rubric. Students can also see the criteria for the top level of each category. How cool is that?
Notice that you can email individual feedback to each student. No one will have any doubts about their grade, especially after they read the comments section. How cool can you get without being redundantly cool?
I have become a Flipgrid aficionado. The possibilities are so many. The all-new Flipgrid really is all new and had me jumping out of my chair. Give it a try. I bet you will like it as much as the little man.
I love it, I love it, I love it! and my students too! although I don't use all its features yet, I like that you can attach videos and prompts for students to watch before submitting a response. I also like grading and commenting right there as I'm watching them and listening to their adorable French accents:)
With the new features you could do some really great lessons. You can take the best from all your students and make a grid to exhibit the best to other students or for lessons. You could make stories with multiple endings or beginnings. I don't know. The possibilities seem endless.i have not tried the prompt one yet either. Let me know if you use it.
Thanks for you exploration Mitch. I was impressed by your Flipgrid arrangement in a historically chronological way, so students heard the story chronologically. Also, I did not know that about iMovie. I am ALWAYS looking for new ways to upload iMovies, which tend to be big files .
Mitch for our next unit each group will be tasked with a sample video of their Confirmation curriculum they're designing. I guess curriculum design is a thing this year (lol). I love the idea of using the new Flipgrid for this. It'll be a great way for the class to see everyone's videos without having the play them for the class on the projector. I like this more interactive digital way.
Thanks for doing the leg work on testing this!
We've been using Flipgrid in our math program this year. We have students upload a video working through how to solve a problem in each topic. Due to the large volume of videos I haven't placed much thought into organizing them because it overwhelms me. I do think there is value in highlighting some of the best videos in each topic so students can watch as they review for an assessment.
I love the new features! thanks for sharing!
I'm going to use for one of my online class days – grateful for your blog and the confidence you exude in experimenting with new tools!