QuickTime – Ed Methods

Prompt: Students were asked to design a flipped lesson and then write a blog post that showcases their flipped lesson and reaction to designing it.

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Above is a flipped lesson that I designed using Quicktime on a Mac. I used an already uploaded video from youtube featuring the boss fight of the Manticora from Elder Scrolls Online. In my flipped lesson I go over details on how to defeat the boss using the burn method.

I decided to use the Quicktime program because it seemed more suitable for the lesson that I wanted to teach. The program was a bit confusing at first, but this is do to my lack of experience using a Mac computer. After figuring out how the program worked, I am really pleased with the final product. I could see myself using this program again for my classroom. In fact I did a lesson today on how to use a globe in order to answer question about our planets geography. I believed a flipped lesson of this would have been better then me standing in front of the class lecturing for 20 minutes.

The issue I can see with using the flipped classroom method is that if I was just going to play the video in class I might as well lecture. Instead I would want my students to do the lesson at home. This becomes a concern in having my students do the assignment at home, and do they have access in order to do this assignment at home. The flipped lesson using quick time does not take very long to create. If I was going to use this in the future I would write out my question before hand and model the video a few different times.

For a class project for upper grade level I would like them to use Quicktime to create a presentation rather then having them do an oral presentation. I can see using flipped classroom as more of a project base Jig Saw for the students to create rather then something I would use.

The traditional classroom is filled with a lot of lower-order, information transmission that can be-off loaded to “homework” via content-rich websites and videos. That frees up more classroom time as a center for student interaction, production and reflection.

While some may think flipping is all about watching videos, it’s really about creating more time for in-class student collaboration, inquiry, and interaction.

Designing a flipped lesson begins with thinking about what’s the best use of classroom time.

Flipping content is also a catalyst for transforming the teacher from content transmitter to instructional designer and changing students from passive consumers of information into active learners taking a more collaborative and self-directed role in their learning.

Over the first 9 weeks of this class, I have used video tutorials to pre-teach material using a flipped approach. For example here’s a sample of a TEDed video lesson we used earlier in the course to teach historical thinking skills.

I’ve also used short tutorial screencast to provide specific just in time training for students as needed. This has freed up class time since we haven’t had to teach for example, how to use WordPress.

I’ve sent a link out to students to watch the slide deck in advance of today’s class. So we’ll spend time exploring two options to create content. Students will be asked to design a flipped lesson during this class using one of the following methods.

Use TEDed to host existing YouTube content

Teacher can use existing videos on TEDed and YouTube to create customized lessons. They can use, tweak, or completely redo any lesson featured on TEDed, or create lessons from scratch. Visit this YouTube Playlist to a few short tutorial videos on using TEDed.

Create your own screencast to share with students

There are many free and easy to use apps for creating screencasts. One option is the free Snagit Chrome extension for screen casting (great for Chromebook schools). For our class activity we’ll be using the QuickTime Player app built into Macs. Here’s a how to video tutorial on creating a screencast with QuickTime Player.

Assignment for Class 11

Students will design a lesson using one of the two methods above. They will then write a blog post that showcases their flipped lesson and reaction to designing it. Feel free to generalize on the challenges and opportunities of flipped delivery of course content. See student posts here.

Students that develop a screencast can upload and host the video on Media@UP edMethods Flipped Lessons.

Students that use TEDed for lesson design can include a link to their TEDed lesson in the blog post.

Tag: QuickTime

Flipped Lesson to Defeat the Manticora Elder Scrolls Online

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