When the pandemic happened I was forced to shift my work to all virtual and watched lots of webinars and trainings to prepare me to make the transition. Since then I have used lots of different apps to adapt my interactive, in person learning to virtual learning. I like using hands on manipulative toys to enhance my teaching and have had to make a lot of adaptations to find online tools that can make my in person activities still work.
Flippity is one that allows you to do lots of things including making flash cards, games, spin wheels. For my tech tool highlight I decided to feature a flippity manipulative tutorial. I recorded how I use Flippity in a lesson that I do on analyzing risk for transmission of HIV. I like the students having the ability to move around the statements on the screen the same way they would if we were in person. This tech tool was part a presentation I did for the RI HIV STI prevention coalition called Prevention during a Pandemic. I enclosed the slides here in case anyone wants to check out the entire session which featured lots of tech tools and ideas for how to use them.
Now that we are transitioning back to in person sessions I think there are some apps I will continue to use. Taking the time to go through and think intentionally about the learning strategies I use have improved my students experiences. I analyze the objective for the session and determine what the best instructional tool will be to evaluate whether the objective is met. I have learned about so many cool tools that help make learning more independent and fun. I plan on continuing to use these tools even in my face to face sessions.
Thank you Lisa for this tutorial of flippity, I think my middle school students will enjoy this and I had never heard of it. You are right that we now get to decide what tech we need and what really enhances learning in an in person environment now that we have been exposed to so much during remote learning.
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