Title of Unit Developed By

SoftChalk for a Flipped Classroom

Grade Level Time Frame

Teachers / Professional Development 30 minutes

William Daryl Allison

Identify Desired Results (Stage 1) ontent Standards

!"TS#T$% Design and Develop Digital Learning "&perien'es ( )ssessments% Teachers desi n! develop! and evaluate authentic learnin e"periences and assessment incorporatin contemporary tools and resources to ma"imi#e content learnin in conte"t and to develop the kno$led e! skills! and attitudes identified in the %&TS'S( d) Provide students $ith the multiple and varied formative and summative assessments ali ned $ith content and technolo y standards and use resultin date to inform learnin and teachin ( !"TS#T*% "ngage in +rofessional Gro,t- and Leaders-ip% Teachers continuously improve their professional practice! model lifelon learnin ! and e"hi*it leadership in their school and professional community *y promotin and demonstratin the effective use of di ital tools and resources( A) Teachers participate in local and lo*al learnin communities to e"plore creative applications of technolo y to improve student learnin

Understandings
/verar'-ing Understanding

"ssential .uestions
/verar'-ing Topi'al

Students ,ill understand t-at% Content creation can *e easily accomplished throu h effective technolo y SoftChalk $ill allo$ teachers to create and deliver en a in di ital content re ardless of your su*+ect area(
Related 0is'on'eptions

,o$ can technolo y *e used to increase delivery of content to students in ,all County in a flipped classroom-

Can SoftChalk increase student learnin in a flipped environmentCan teachers develop content in .uick and convenient format-

/se of technolo y in content creation is time consumin venture( The content of a lesson cannot *e edited or manipulated from year to year(

1no,ledge
Students $ill kno$0

S2ills
Students $ill *e a*le to0

The *enefit of usin the cloud in many areas of education The fle"i*ility that SoftChalk allo$s in content creation The advanta es of posted content to a pu*lic drive

1o on to SoftChalk usin their ,all County credentials Create content *y importin ima es and lessons into SoftChalk Deliver content any$here you could post em*ed code(

)ssessment "viden'e (Stage $) +erforman'e Tas2 Des'ription

The oal is for teachers to *ecome familiar $ith the SoftChalk soft$are! so that they can utili#e it in order to increase student learnin ( Teacher2s $ill *rin their laptop computers to the presentation so that thy $ill *e a*le to $ork step'*y'step in the SoftChalk pro ram in order to increase understandin (

/t-er "viden'e
3uestion and Ans$er as the lesson is *ein presented( Ans$er the essential .uestion(

Learning +lan (Stage 3)

4( 5oom Setup 6( 7ake sure technolo y is functionin properly( 3( 8ntroduction to the soft$are and an overvie$ of ho$ it can *e *eneficial( 1et teacher kno$ that ,all County has already purchase this soft$are( 9( Demonstrate ho$ to lo on usin ,all County credentials( &ncoura e attendees to also lo on and follo$ alon ( :( Ask if you $ere a*le to en a e in a ;flipped classroom< $hen ,all County $as out several days *ecause of inclement $eather( =( 1et the teachers kno$ that all created content is saved on SoftChalk Cloud and the *enefits of usin the cloud in their content creation( >( &"plain the interface in the home pa e of the SoftChalk pro ram( ?( ,over over ;7y Content< and then lead the teachers to dou*le click on the create content *utton to open the create content pa e( @( Discuss the ri**on on the content pa e and hi hli ht the fact that it is very similar to a $ord processin ri**on( 40( Demonstrate addin content and ho$ easy it is to manipulate the data(

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&ncoura e participants to e"plore the content pa e( Demonstrate ho$ you can add different assessment tools such asA True/False! 7atchin ! Short Ans$er! &assy! etc! Sho$ ho$ to previe$ the inputted content can *e previe$ed in the *ro$ser( Save $ork throu h SoftChalk Cloud! demonstratin ho$ to name the created lesson Demonstrate ho$ to access the pu*lic folder from the SoftChlk home pa e in order to vie$ and then edit other lessons that have *een pu*lished usin SoftChalk( 4=( 3uestion and Ans$er Se ment 4>( 8nform teachers a survey $ill *e iven via email(
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