Using Ted Ed, Khan Academy & Sophia to Flip Your Classroom Presenter: Shannon J. Holden

Overview of Today’s Session What is “Flipping” Why flip? TED Ed Khan Academy Sophia Other sources for free digital content Which one you should use

Information Overload With all of the free resources available, where do you start? Don’t worry about that…just start somewhere! Pick a website or two, and explore

What is “Flipping”? Flipping is a technique where teachers post digital content for students to watch at home –Videos –Podcasts Students come to class the next day with some clue as to what is being taught Instead of lecture, students engage in –Cooperative learning –Projects –Class discussions

Why Flip? Flipping reduces the amount of class time spent on lecture –More time available for other activities Students do their “homework” under the supervision of their teacher, not at home alone Teachers can differentiate their lessons for students of all ability levels –Repetition helps students transfer information to long term memory

TED Ed

Where to Find Videos to “Flip” Series –Big ideas Subject –Science, Math, History, etc. Best Flips –Videos already in TED Ed’s library YouTube –Choose any YouTube video, and TED Ed will do the rest! Make your own and upload to YouTube

One Cool Feature: You can use the assessment attached to the video, or write your own When you “borrow” the video, lesson, and assessment – you get a unique URL Remember, you can edit the “Quick Quiz”, “Think”, and “Dig Deeper” sections of the lesson When your students use the URL you them, YOU get the results of their quiz!

TED Ed

One More Cool Feature If your lesson is nominated and accepted, an animator will make an animated version of your lesson! The vision of the site’s builders is that a gigantic resource will be built for teachers…one video at a time

TED Ed Advisory Board Jonathan Bergmann Aaron Sams Sir Ken Robinson Melinda Gates Salman Khan Jackie Bezos John Hunter

Next Up: Khan Academy

Every video in Khan Academy was built using screencasting software by Salman Khan His site has grown exponentially due to the generous donations from people like Bill Gates The goal of this non-profit organization is that anyone will be able to learn anything – for free

Khan Academy Once you set up your account, you have access to all of the videos and lessons on the site Here’s an example lesson on “Order of Operations”

Order of Operations Lesson

Order of Operations You can type an answer in the box on the left side of the screen You can elect to watch a video if you get stuck You can hit the “Show Next Step” button to see how the problem is solved step-by-step

Search What to Learn The next two slides show two different ways to find lessons –By topic (eg. Order of Operations) –By subject (eg. Math, Algebra I, etc.)

Khan Academy

Be a coach! Have your students log in to their account Click on their name at the top of the page Click on the “Coaches” tab Enter your Coach ID, then click “Add Coach”

Khan Academy My Coach ID is You are now their coach! You will have access to all of your students’ activity and achievements You will be able to access all of that information under the “Class Stats” tab

Khan Academy “Teacher Toolkit”

Next Up: Sophia

You Can Create… Tutorial Playlist Group

Creating a Tutorial Use the built in screen recording tool to make a short video, or add powerpoints and pdf files Choose what subject describes your tutorial Hit the “Create” button You are done!

How to Create a Quiz in a Tutorial

Creating a Playlist As a Teacher, create an ordered set of tutorials for your students to follow. Students can use these for a structured course, or create their own playlist as a study guide. Click “Create Playlist” Name your playlist (and write a description) Click “Create” Surf tutorials and choose which ones you want in your playlist (and in which order)

Sophia Playlists

Creating a Group Create a structured private classroom or study group. You will have ability to upload content and communicate with other group members. Students will also have the ability to submit coursework and projects.

Creating a Group Name your group Write a description Allow members to post content to the group library (Choose “Yes” or “No”) Hit the “Create” button You are done! Give students your six-digit group code

Putting a Lesson in Your Playlist or Group

Playlists & Groups You can make an UNLIMITED number of playlists and groups for your students This would be a good feature if you teach different classes or subjects Keep track of all of your playlists and groups in your Sophia Dashboard

Your Sophia Dashboard

Sophia “Teacher’s Toolbox”

What Kind of Learner Are You? Sophia gives users a quick, five-question quiz to determine your learning style –Visual –Verbal –Auditory –Interpersonal –Applied (“Real World” application)

Other Sources For Digital Content WatchKnowLearn YouTubeEDU Discovery Education

So…Which One Should I Use? I have NO clue! Every teacher has different needs I don’t think you can go wrong with any of these options The only way you can go wrong is to not use ANY of them!