Saturday, October 20, 2018

Sharing in the Classroom with Flipgrid

As a teacher, I know how important it is that students be able to share their writing with each other. Most of the time we are sharing in the classroom either with a buddy or with a small group. We rarely have time for everyone to share at the same time--especially as the year goes on and our writing stamina allows for longer and longer drafts! It is important that students be able to share at all stages of the writing process: not just at the end when there is a finished product. Sharing builds community, confidence and most importantly it allows the writer to write for an audience. Sometimes we share to help us solve a problem within the writing process and sometimes we share because we just need an audience to bounce ideas off of. In all cases, it is highly motivating and rewarding for all parties.

Recently, I have been using the Flipgrid app in the classroom. On Friday, we used it as a sharing tool with our personal narrative drafts. It allowed us to share at the same time (thanks to 1:1 iPads) AND be able to view our shares at a later time as well. Embedded in this type of sharing was the need for draft organization, pre- and re-reading for reading fluency and legibility. You may notice that we need to work on some of our recording skills, but our writing shines through!

Below are some examples of personal narrative drafts (not all student recordings were available at the time of this post):


















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