Hello again!
My friends Bora Sarakurt, Salih Karakaş and I were tasked with creating a short flipped classroom video. I will tell you all about what the entire process was like, but let me quickly explain what flipped classroom means.
Flipped classroom is a unique way of teaching that's become more popular in the last couple of years. It's mainly designed to allow for more efficient use of class time, while also aiming to get higher performance from students in class. What makes it "flipped" is that the homework or handouts are given before the class, so the students have to indulge in self-learning and research prior to class. The initial learning process being done out-of-class allows more time to be given to different areas. This can mean that students don't have access to teacher feedback, however. It's important for a teacher to carefully consider if teacher help will be necessary for the topic, otherwise students could have even bigger difficulties learning the subject.
The moment I learnt about this method, I was interested in thinking of ways I could implement it in my teaching in the future, so I knew this assignment would be a ton of fun for me. We decided to make our video about teaching vocabulary to 5th grade students, related to "Games and Hobbies". We knew we wanted to teach vocabulary from the get-go but it took us a while to settle on a subject. After we finally decided what our topic would be, we began looking at all the different options we had for creating a video. After trying out several programs and websites, we decided to go with a website called animaker. Even on a free version, where some features and graphics are locked behind a paywall, we had a lot of options while creating the video. Salih, being the mastermind behind the creative process, did a lot of the visual work. We created scenes and small animations tied to the word we were teaching and began writing our script. After the script was done, we began the voice-over process. Admittedly, our mic quality isn't the greatest, but I'm pretty proud of what we ended up with regardless. We also created a short quiz on the website Wordwall for the students to solve after watching to video, to reinforce the learning process. You can find links to both the video and the quiz below.
Hope you enjoy our work, see you next time!
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