Flipping Doesn't Need to be the Whole Lesson

This morning I was talking with two teachers and we were talking about ways to record lessons. One mentioned that PowerPoint has recording built in. The teachers were wondering aloud about what it might look like. 

The recording of the lesson doesn't need to be everything you teach. In fact, I don't think it should be. It should just be the essential learning outcomes. (Which sounds strange when I read it back because learning outcomes are essential.)

For example:

Math

Is the lesson is Logarithm practice, maybe they need to know the laws and a few example problems.

Language

If you are having them write a response to an article, they might need a reminder about what the directions are, an idea for how to structure the writing, and an example is that is what you show the rest of the class.

An easy-ish way around not having PowerPoint (us) is to use Google Vids. (vids.google.com)

MYP Design Vibe Coding Unit Reflection

I got a little behind on my grading, and I can see the issue now, and I will try not to make the same mistake next year.

This year, I allowed students to redo assignments after I graded them. I did not put any constraints on it; I just said anything. As a result, I had a hard time motivating students. 

I started the second semester with a unit in Vibe Coding. This was an assignment that I thought of based on a conversation with a friend and a podcast episode I had just heard. I had intended it to be a way to improve the students' AI skills. 

We did include a checklist at the top of the assignment, 

• I followed my specifications
• I made an adequate prompt
• I made additional prompts
• I did some actual coding
• I looked up code to solve an issue

The checklist was good for the students for sure. But for next time:

• It would be good if the students talked about the prompts with other students,
• It is necessary to ask the students to write the prompts they used,
• We should have had a lesson or two about prompting, but we were time constrained. Next time I would build that in.

Reflection

• The prompt was the most technical part of this criteria. 
• I need to be clear on the outcomes beforehand. That is what really got me. This unit was put together too quickly and next year I will watch for that.