This is officially my first blog post as an educator! So, with Christmas right around the corner I was invited to attend a professional development opportunity about Promethean Classflow. I'm always looking for new ways to integrate technology into my lessons, so I couldn't resist the opportunity to learn about this new program. Even though Classflow is a Promethean board program, it works great with the Smart board in my classroom. In the program, you can create lessons interactive learning opportunities for students by sending them "student slides" along with your presentation. All students have to do is log into your created classroom and voila they are in!
One of the things my students loved most about Classflow, was the screen share option. While teaching, Classflow gives me the option to push the current slide on the board to every single one of my students' computers. This was awesome for students who typically have a difficult time seeing the board and my students LOVED having the information on their own device. Another part of the program my students (and myself) loved was the different "quick polling" tools. At any time during a lesson, I can send students a quick poll. These are in the form of a "word seed" (kind of like a word web builder), multiple choice, true false, or a few more options! My favorite quick polling tool; however, is the "Creative" quick poll!! In this type of poll, students are given a tool bar that allows them to respond to a question by either drawing, typing a response, taking a picture, uploading a picture, or many other options. All of the quick polling tools can be viewed on the Smart board when completed or downloaded for a quick formative assessment/exit slip.
And did I mention the most fantastic part about Classflow??
IT IS FREE!!! All you have to do is create a teacher account, create a class, and then have your students sign up and register. Needless to say I'm completely in love this program and so are my students! This program is great for engaging students and checking for student comprehension/misconceptions. As I type this entry I'm getting geared up to present the Classflow program to my peers at work tomorrow and Friday, in our 7th and 8th grade PLC meetings. Hopefully they will enjoy it as much as the students did!
Here is the link for the Classflow website in case you are interested!
https://classflow.com/classflow/#!/
