Flipped&BlendedPDProjectImplementationGuide

DavidSchouweiler
December,2014

Introduction
ThepurposeofthisdocumentistooutlinethecomponentsoftheFlippedandBlended
ProfessionalDevelopmentprojectandtodescribehowtheywillbeimplemented.Asstatedin
thedesigndocument,theprojectwillbeimplementedinthreestages:
1. Apretrainingscreencast
2. A45minutetrainingsession
3. Afollowupsurveywithsupportingjobaid

GoalandPerformanceObjectives
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highschoolteacherswillbeabletocreatetheirowndigitalvideos,uploadthemto
YouTube,anddistributethemtostudents.Thiswillresultinatleast50%ofteacherscreating
videosforstudentsusingaflippedorblendedframeworkatleastonceperweek.

Bytheendofthetrainingsession,teacherswillbeableto:
1. Givenalearningobjective,usedistrictissuedlaptopstorecordaninstructionaldigital
videoofatleasttwominutesusingScreencastoMaticanduploadittoYouTube.
2. Differentiatebetweenblendedandflippedinstructionbydistributingavideodigitallyvia
emailoranLMS(flippedinstruction)orshowingavideoinclasstotheirstudents
(blendedinstruction).
3. Assessstudentsunderstandingofaninstructionalvideobycreatingatleasttwo
assessmentquestionsinaformatofparticipantschoosingtobeusedasawarmupat
thebeginningofaclass(flippedinstruction)orasanexitticketattheendofclass
(blendedinstruction).

Stage1:PreTrainingScreencast
Thepurposeoftheintroductoryvideoistointroduceteacherstotheconceptsofflippedand
blendedinstruction.Thevideoitselfwillserveasanexemplarofflippedinstruction,asteachers
willviewthevideopriortothetrainingsession.Thevideowillbeemailedtotheteachersonthe
Mondaybeforethetraining.Teacherswillbeexpectedtowatchthescreencastpriorto
attendingthetraining,whichalignswiththewaythatprofessionaldevelopmentsessionshave
beenimplementedthisyear.Thevideocanbeaccessedintheduringtrainingslides(linkedin
theStage2sectionbelow)andatthefollowingURL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHdtloh3V4&feature=youtu.be&hd=1

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Stage2:TrainingSession
The45minutelivetrainingsessionwillbeconductedinRoom129ontheThursdayofthesame
weekthatthepretrainingscreencastisdelivered.Fouridenticaltrainingsessionswilloccur,
oneforeachplanningperiod.Teacherswillbeexpectedtobringtheirdistrictissuedlaptopsto
thesessionandtohavewatchedtheintroductoryvideopriortoattendance.ScreencastoMatic
isawebbasedtool,sonofurthertechnicalstepswillberequiredpriortothesession.Teachers
willdemonstratemasteryoftheobjectivesduringthesessionbycreatingavideoofatleasttwo
minutesinlengthusingScreencastoMaticanduploadingthevideotoYouTube.

Thesessionwillmodeltheblendedinstructionalapproachinthatasignificantportionofthe
sessionwillinvolveteacherswatchingascreencasttobeprojectedinthefrontoftheroom.The
screencastwilldemonstratethetechnicalstepsincreatinganinstructionalvideousing
ScreencastoMaticandwillbepausedatcertainintervalsfortheteacherstoperformtheaction
beingdescribed.Additionally,thesessionwillmodelassessmentstrategiesfordetermining
whetherstudentsunderstandthecontentdeliveredbyinstructionalvideosintheflippedand
blendedinstructionalmodels.

Theitineraryforthesessionandtimingofthesegmentsisshowninthetablebelow.The
GoogleSlidespresentationthatwillbeusedduringthesession(includingtheduringtraining
screencastonSlide6)canbefoundatthefollowingURL:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kHTowjhqGNEehwteSANBOxtKZmIu6qi8ywQE8lQ6H
U/edit

Forconvenience,thescreencasttobeshownduringthesessionisfoundatthefollowingURL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylzqO8ESYQ&feature=youtu.be&hd=1

InstructionalOutline
SessionItem
Warmup
Slide3

DescriptionofActivities

Overviewof
Training
Slide45

Objective

Duration

Teachersarrivetosession,warmup
questions(slide1)onprojectorscreen
addressingteachersknowledgeofthe
contentintheintroductoryvideo
Warmupquestionsansweredasa
group,elaborationofwarmupasa
typicalpracticeinaflippedclassroom

5minutes

Teachersremindedofperformance
objectives
Overviewoftrainingsessionshared
Elaborationofsessionasexemplarof
blendedinstruction

3minutes

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CreatingVideos
Slide6

Uploading&
SharingVideos
Slide6

Creating
Assessment
Items
Slide7

JobAid&
FurtherStudy
Slide8

WrapUp
Slide8

Walkteachersstepbystepthrough
downloading/opening
ScreencastoMatic
FunctionsofScreencastoMatic
Webcamcapturesface
Microphoneforvoice
Framingthebox
Thecursorhasacirclearound
itwhenmoving
Recordingavideo
Beginningarecording
Movingobjectsonscreen
Pausing,restarting,orfinishing
arecording
PauseYouTubevideoforteachersto
createavideooftheirown:a
twominutetutorialontheobjective
theyselectedpriortothesession

20minutes

Beginvideoagain:connectingtoa
YouTubeaccount
Pausevideoagainforteachersto
connectYouTubeaccounts
Beginvideoagain:uploadingto
YouTube
AccessingtheYouTubevideo

8minutes

Recalltothebeginningofthesession
whenwarmupquestionswereused
Overviewofhowteacherscan
implementtheseitems
Timetocreatetwoitemsbasedonthe
videosteachersjustcreated

5minutes

Participantsareshownhowtousethe
jobaid
Sharingofresourcesinthejobaidto
findmoreinformation

2minutes

Collaborativebrainstormwithtable
groupsastowhatinformationthey
couldusethesetoolstosharewith
theirstudents

2minutes

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Stage3:FollowupandSupport
Attheendofthetrainingsession,teacherswillbeintroducedtotwofinalcomponentsofthe
training:ajobaidandafollowupsurvey.Thepurposeofthejobaidistoprovideteacherswith
acentralizeddocumentforfindingsupportinformationaboutthescreencastingprocess.The
jobaidcontainslinkstothetrainingmaterialsincludingbothscreencastsandlinkstoexternal
articlesforextensionintonewstrategieslikeusingsmartphonestocreateinstructionalYouTube
videosandusingYouTubeswebbasedvideoeditortoeditvideos.Thejobaidcanbe
accessedatthefollowingURL:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K6XvBD_GnkOpy9YqcVSkBFEquddcexAZij8peRXeKA/
edit

Thefollowupsurveyisbrokenupintotwosections,eachhavingitsownpageinaGoogle
Form.Thefirstsectionaddressesteachersconfidenceintheirtechnicalabilitytocreateand
uploadinstructionalvideosusingaprepostsurveymethodona5pointLikerttypescale.
Responsestothissectionwillmeasuretheeffectivenessofthetrainingandwillhelpidentify
areasinwhichtheteachersmayneedfurthersupport.Thesecondsectionaddressesthe
likelihoodforteacherstousetheseskillsinthefutureaswellastheirgeneralsatisfactionwith
thetrainingsession.Allresponsestotheformareanonymoustoencouragehonestyand
reflection.TheliveformcanbefoundatthefollowingURL:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1aQpok100aCZwFl1Pcq0B42gjjeNCTqOXn8qPDTQqd4/form
Response

ResponsestotheformcanbeaccessedatthefollowingURL:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sLRBpcIQX5oSAScoOg6r0OsLOqunEoBZVv38Vl_E
cQ/edit#gid=114133481

Boththejobaidandthefollowupsurveywillbeemailedtotheteachersonthemorningofthe
trainingandwillbediscussedduringthesession.Iftimepermits,teacherswillhavean
opportunitytocompletethesurveyattheendofthesession.

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