Beyond Books!
Using Playlists to Personalize Learning
CCSA Spring 2016
Meet and Greet
Mamie Hall
Research Triangle High School
English 1 & Dean of Students
North Carolina Teacher Voice Fellow
Today’s Objectives
● To clarify what a playlist is.
● To explain how playlists work.
● To provide resources for
building playlists.
● To allow time for creating and
curating playlists.
Why Personalized Learning Playlists?
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Students are individuals!
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They come from a wide variety of backgrounds.
They have a wide variety of abilities.
They have a wide variety of learning styles.
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Teachers aren’t supermen
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Resources are limited
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Even strong students lack the skill set to break
through barriers that develop.
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High Expectation + High Support School Culture creates
students reliant on scaffold to be successful.
We need to build for independence!
What is a playlist?
● A collection of resources a student can
select from to help him/her learn
necessary content.
● Digital playlists are easier to build,
but paper/pencil playlists are
possible.
How do you build a playlist?
● Create
○ Videos (Flipping)
○ Worksheets
○ Games
● Currate
○ Texts
○ Online Resources
○ Resources of Other Teachers
How do you use playlists?
● In whatever way works for you and your
classroom!
● In conjunction with essential content
assessments.
○ 10 Question Multiple Choice (from question bank)
○ Student chooses when to take and can retake as
many times as necessary for proficiency (80%)
Primary Examples
The Next Level
In an LMS
Moodle
Personalized Learning Plan
Where Should I Start Looking?
Finding Existing Playlists
Come visit our LMS! Check out
the resources we’re utilizing
and the playlists we’re
creating!
RTHS Moodle
Finding Existing Playlists
● Find and create
collections of
multimedia
resources, digital
textbooks, videos,
handouts, games,
and quizzes.
Gooru.org
Start Simple - YouTube EDU
● Thousands of
user generated
videos categorized
by grade levels and
subject matter
YouTube EDU
Start Simple - TedED
● Great searchable
repository with
the ability to
generate focused
questions with
content.
TedED
Start Simple - OpenED
● Giant repository
searchable by CC
standards
● Create playlists
within the site
OpenEd
Start Simple - Khan Academy
● Practice Exercises,
Instructional videos,
and a personalized
learning dashboard
● Math, Science,
History, and More
khanacademy.org
Exploring Other Options
● Interactive
Standards Based
Resources in the
Core Disciplines
SAS Curriculum
Pathways
Exploring Other Options
● Interactive,
research-based
science and math
simulations
PhET Interactive
Solutions
Exploring Other Options
● Provides short video
biographies for several key
historical figures.
● Not just for history - use it to
introduce units in science and
math.
cloudbiography.com
YouTube Channels
● Subscribe to a channel
that fits your teaching
style and grade level
● Provides e-mail
notifications when
new videos are
uploaded
Crash Course - You Tube
YouTube Channels
● Short entertaining and
explanatory videos on
varying subjects, including
politics, geography,
economics, and culture
C.G.P. Grey - You Tube
Keep Exploring
Websites and video channels outside of the
education community can be incredibly useful.
Work Time
● Think about a concept that you will
be teaching in the next few weeks.
● What resources would best help your
students learn that content?
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Will you create a video for them?
Where can you find other resources?
● Now build your playlist!
Beyond Books: Using Playlists to
Personalize Learning - Resources
Making Flipped Videos for your Classroom
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WEB ADDRESS
NOTES
The FIZZ method
http://lodgemccammon.com/flip/
Lodge McCammon’s 1­take video system
and training series for flipping your class.
INFOgraphic
http://elearninginfographics.com/f
lipping­the­classroom­infographic
/
Brief graphic with basic overview of the
flipped concept.
Katie Gimbar’s N&O
article
http://www.newsobserver.com/20
12/03/02/1897269_new­teaching­
promotes­achievement.html?rh=1
One of the 1st public mentions of flipped
classrooms in North Carolina.
“Lectures Aren’t Just
Boring, They’re
Ineffective, Too”
http://news.sciencemag.org/educ
ation/2014/05/lectures­arent­just­
boring­theyre­ineffective­too­stud
y­finds
Research on why flipped classrooms are
more effective.
Flipped Learning
Network
http://flippedlearning.org
Great gathering place for lots of background
on flipping and chances to network with
others in your grade/subject area. Sponsors
an annual conference.
Flipped Class Bootcamp
https://sites.google.com/site/flipp
edlearning101/1­getting­started/g
etting­started
Really excellent short tutorials and
suggestions on how YOU can get started
with flipping. Great breakdowns by grade
levels and subjects, too.
Center for Teaching &
Learning
http://ctl.utexas.edu/teaching/flipp
ing­a­class/what
Podcasts about the
flipped classroom
http://www.flippedlearning.org//sit
e/Default.aspx?PageID=82
Flipped Learning Blogs
http://www.flippedlearning.org/Pa
ge/54
Pros & Cons of a flipped
class
http://www.teachthought.com/tren
ds/10­pros­cons­flipped­classroo
m/
TED Talk Cycles of
Learning
http://www.cyclesoflearning.com/
Collection of individual blogs by teachers
trying the flipped method
What’s Already Out There?
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WEB ADDRESS
NOTES
VoiceThread
http://voicethread.com/
Annual fee for an educator’s account, but
worth it if you already have multiple
Powerpoint style lessons.
Animoto
http://animoto.com/
Sign up for Educator accounts for you &
your students. Create short videos from still
photographs.
Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org/
Huge collection of short instructional videos
and other resources. Heavy on math &
science.
Short Biographies
http://www.cloudbiography.com/
Brief bios that can be used across many
different subject areas.
Documents that Changed
the World
http://blog.sherrardewing.info/2
014/08/16/documents­that­chan
ged­the­world/
Scientific simulations
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simul
ation/rutherford­scattering
Open Ed
https://www.opened.io/
NC Learning Object
Repository
http://explorethelor.org/
CGP Grey YouTube
Channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/C
GPGrey
Crash Course YouTube
Channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/cr
ashcourse
eduCanon
https://www.educanon.com/
Video Notes
http://www.videonot.es/
Gooru
https://www.gooru.org
Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org/
YouTube Education
https://www.youtube.com/channe
l/UC3yA8nDwraeOfnYfBWun83g
TED Ed
http://ed.ted.com​
/
Slideshare
http://www.slideshare.net/?ss
Short videos that provide overview and
analysis of several important documents.
Awesome simulations for math & science.
Collection of pre­made powerpoints that
come with creative license and permission
to download.
The Tech
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WEB ADDRESS
ShowMe
http://www.showme.com/
VoiceThread
http://voicethread.com/
ScreenFlow
http://www.telestream.net/screenf
low/overview.htm
Screencast­O­Matic
http://www.screencast­o­matic.co
m/
Google Hangouts On Air
https://plus.google.com/hangouts
/onair
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/
Vimeo
https://vimeo.com/
URCast Network
http://www.urcastnetwork.com/ab
out­urcast.html
DropBox
https://www.dropbox.com
NOTES
Interactive whiteboard app ­ Apple only.