Flipgrid

Flipgrid is a free video response tool (YAY!!) that is used to generate discussion and collaboration among students in your classroom. Teachers post a topic or question via text or video and students then respond to the prompt. Flipgrid allows students to respond to one another as well!

Key features of Flipgrid:

• A Microsoft or Google account is required to record
  
• Unlimited grids (which house your topics)
• Unlimited topics within your grid
• All your videos are easily shared and can be password protected (because privacy settings are important)
• You can freeze or unfreeze to share or to stop sharing videos and responses
• Student comments to one another can be turned off
• It now includes immersive reader!

Create a QR Code

Create a QR Code that links to your Grid or Topic! Click the Share option and choose QR Code.

Disco Library

Share and find Topic templates that have been submitted by educators from around the world. All subject areas and grade levels are included.

Mixtapes

A MixTape is a place to showcase student videos. Create a MixTape and add videos from any Topic to build your custom playlist. Read more about MixTapes here.

#GridPals

Connect with other Flipgrid educators and classrooms around the world with #GridPals! Read more about #GridPals in this guide by Bonnie McClelland.

Shorts

Use the power of Flipgrid's camera with Shorts. You can easily share quick videos with anyone, anywhere in the world! Click here to learn more about Shorts.

• Teacher and Student Guides

• Flipgrid Blog
  
• Flipgrid on Twitter
• Flipgrid Response Cheat Sheet
  
• Flipgrid Plan Sheet
• Searchable Help Center
  

Flipgrid now has the ability to place videos in the real world!

With FlipgridAR, you can “stick” any Flipgrid video wherever you want by printing the video's QR code and then scanning the QR code with the Flipgrid mobile app.

1. Log into your Educator account.
2. Select a Grid by clicking on it.
3. Scroll down to see a list of your Topics. Select a Topic by clicking its title.
4. Scroll down to see a list of videos. Click the Share button for a video and download/print the QR code.
5. You can now place a printed copy of the QR code on a student's work, picture, etc. and others can scan the code to view their individual video.

1. Open the Flipgrid app on your mobile device and select the QR code option to scan the FlipgridAR code.
2. The video will pop off the QR code and play right in front of you! Pinch to zoom in/out or select full screen, share or download.

• Bring visual displays to life
• Communicate with families
• Sub plans
• 3D printed/Laser engraved holiday ornaments of kids singing
• Introduce yourself to others
• Kathi Kersznowski's Wakelet of Ideas
• Ann Kozma's Wakelet of Resources

A Flipgrid Fliphunt a fun way to share learning, interact with content, or just get to know each other better. The task list provided with the fliphunt gives a variety of activities to record. Newbs to Flipgrid may want to work in pairs as they collaborate to complete the tasks.

• You can find Fliphunts by subject area at this community crowdsourced grid.
• Search the Disco Library (at the top of your Flipgrid page) for Fliphunts!
• Follow the creator of Fliphunts, Kathi Kersznowski - @kerszi
  

• Geometry Fliphunt
  
• Skeletal System Fliphunt
• Geometric Scavenger Hunt
• Parent-Teacher Conference
• Zoo Fliphunt
• Student Conference
• PE Fliphunt
• Holiday Fliphunt

You definitely do not need any of the items below, but they help in a 1-to-1 iPad environment like ours to help make the most out of our videos.

Educational experiences with interdisciplinary approaches in STEAM education have guided Martha’s library program as does her pedagogical belief the library is the heart of the school where knowledge and empathy is constructed not just books but from collaboration and inquiry. The library should be an innovative space in which students ask questions, create new learning experiences, and collaborate to deepen their knowledge of the curriculum and the world around them.

Martha resides in Lawrenceville, Georgia with her husband (who is also a teacher) and two spunky children. When she is not working or volunteering for the Georgia Library Media Association, she and her family can often be found hiking or fostering a love of all things nerdy in her children by adventuring to historical places, festivals, or DragonCon.

Martha holds a Bachelors in Middle Grades Education, a Masters in Learning, Design, and Technology, and Ed.S. in Instructional Technology. Her accolades include being the 2019 Fulton County Library Media Specialist of the Year, a 2019 AASL Social Media Superstar Finalist, and the 2018 Coastal Georgia Library Media Specialist of the Year. She founded #GaLibChat, is President-Elect of the Georgia Library Media Association, and maintains Discovering the Remarkable, a website and blog dedicated to middle grades library resources.

Skills

Martha's certifications include receiving Levels 1 & 2 Google Certifications, being a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert and Microsoft Trainer Expert, and serving as a Flipgrid Student Voice Ambassador. She is also confident in her ability to embed literacy within STEAM and uses AR/VR in the library.

Email: bongiornom@fultonschools.org
Website: http://www.discoveringtheremarkable.com/
Twitter: @mrs_bongi