I was inspired at TCEA to start exploring a model of Flipped Professional Development. After a week of toying with the idea I decided it was time to actually work design and complete a flipped training to get my feet wet. I’ve learned a lot so far and I am only in the beginning stages.
Here are my take-aways so far:
- It is a lot of upfront work!
- Have a good outline of what you want to cover and then create your presentation. I started with the presentation and had to scrap it as I needed to get a better focus on the outcomes of the session.
- Determine the best format to present the information. What needs to be video, what needs to be written and what should be done face to face.
- Choose a presentation tool to fit your audience. I chose Prezi for this training because it allowed me to zoom in on the images so I could point out the details. I thought using powerpoint would be too flat for a video and would lose their interest for this. Also – I haven’t played with it in a long time and wanted some practice.
- Make sure you are having a good hair day if you are going to include a webcam shot of you during the presentation. Vain I know, but this video will be around for a long time.
- It takes a lot of work! I know I am repeating myself, but I have spent hours on a simple presentation becuase my hope is to create something that I can use again and again with different groups. That makes the time investment worth it.
I am going to set up the video in our district’s moodle and will incorporate an embedded google form to ask questions after the video. I am choosing google forms to demonstrate how the teachers can use them on their own websites when they are intimidated by moodle.
Here is my Prezi that I will be narrating and recording with Camtasia Studio. The topic of the training will focus on creating Infographics in the social studies classroom using tools they are familiar with, more specifically Powerpoint.
