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Flocabulary Lora and Emma Date: October 16, 2012
agenda
What is the technology? Educational tools? When, How, Who would you use it?Example use/Demo Pros and Cons? Assignment
What is Flocabulary? • Flocabulary is an online learning
platform that delivers educational hip-hop songs and videos to students in grades K-12. • Founded in 2004• Used in over 15,000 schools and
reaches a weekly audience of 5 million students• Provides a free trial, but not a free
program
Educational Tools • http://flocabulary.com/jazz-age/• It starts with a song and video • Important content-area terms are used
and defined in the song lyrics.• Click on highlighted lyrics to learn
more= info boxes will pop out • The Week in Rap info boxes contain
links to full news stories on external sites• Can remove key terms from the song
and then reveal the missing word• Provides Challenge questions • Also has lesson plans, with extension
activities • Follow their blog to stay up to date
Demonstration News InvestigatorReinforce research skills and best
practices for 21st-century education. Using the clickable lyrics as a jumping off point, you can divide up the current events stories amongst your students and create mini- research projects
week-in-rap-october-12-2012
The Week in Rap News Investigator
When and How?• Hook for new material• Note-taking activity• End-of-unit formative assessment using the
challenge questions • Missing lyrics as a study tool• Tests for group review or homework • Have students write and perform academic rhymes • Jigsaw different sections of the song and have
students teach each other • Debate the news • Vocabulary-building with Word Up program
Who?
• All school instructional staff could use this tool• Curriculum can be tailored to a wide range of grade
levelso This Week in Rapo Vocabulary: grade 2-8, SAT prepo Language Arts: K-2 stories, grammar, high school
lit, Shakespeareo Social Studies: ancient world, modern world, U.S.
history, civicso Science: earth science, life science, physics and
chemistryo Math: addition through linear equations
Pros
• Great for cognitive load• Memorable• Colloquializes difficult concepts and
stories• Improves on vocabulary proficiency
and test scores
Cons
• Paid subscriptions. (What would be the benefits of open courseware?) • "Get-educated-quick" scheme? - Fox
News• Has received criticism on some of
the lyrics
Assignment (Choice of Two) 1. Write 8 lines of "educational rap" on a topic of
your choice, modeled after the style of Flocabulary. Tweet a link to the result, using whatever method works best for you (Dropbox, Google Docs, Scribd, or another file-sharing site). Alternatively, you can write out the entire rap in a series of tweets, or even record yourself performing the rap and link to the video or MP3.
2. Tweet a lesson plan using Flocabulary for the classroom or library.