Introduction to Flipgrid Videos

It’s been a great experience so far taking on the role of Learning Support Teacher with Prairie Valley School Division’s Remote Learning classes this past February. A big shout out to Mrs. Yarnton Grade 5 class for involving me in their weekly Flipgrid Friday video-making challenges.

Here is the first Flipgrid video I created back in March for the Book Awards. The students were asked to choose a book that they’ve read and give it an award. Then create a Flipgrid video of what the book is about and share why you gave it that award. This video gives a pretty good example of the full-functionality that students have access to when creating a Flipgrid video, and highlights one of my favourite books of all time, The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho.

My next Flipgrid video challenge that I took up with the Grade 5 class was to interview a pet or a stuffie. Mrs. Yarnton asked students to use their video cameras to interview their pets or a stuffie by asking fun questions that they will provide answers for on behalf of their pet. The video below showcases my interview with my dog Wilfred.

If you’re interested in utilizing Flipgrid videos with your students, there are many great tutorial videos out on the internet that provide great introductions to get you up and running with your students. Personally, I recommend tutorial videos from New EdTech Classroom, as their videos are informative and engaging and provide great tutorials on a host of other Ed Tech apps that teachers can tap into, especially when working with students in a remote learning environment during this pandemic.