Guest Blogger Angela Kiser: Self-paced Learning with BrainPOP
January 10, 2013
Angela Nixon Kiser is a National Board Certified Teacher who works tirelessly to provide interactive and meaningful learning in a technology enriched classroom. Enjoys provides technology tips, fun, and advice through a collaborative blog called www.techieteachertales.blogspot.com New buzz words continuously emerge within our educator community. With the integration of Common Core, the words on everyone’s mind are ‘Flipped Classroom’ and ‘Self-paced Learning.’ Like every educator, I dive into researching what it all means only to realize that I have been doing some form of the flipped classroom for about three years now with my fifth graders. My version starts with a few key ingredients; my Blackboard page, my curriculum, and BrainPOP. My self-paced learning portal started when I needed to provide my students with work that would keep them active and engaged, while I worked with my small groups. Instead of looking for center activities, collecting all the materials, or making copies, I was developing the Digital Natives’ version of centers via the internet. Life became so easy. As I put together the unit of study, I immediately thought of my friends Tim and Moby. With great anticipation, I logged into BrainPOP and searched for related topics to the unit I… Read the Rest»
