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Microsoft announced the shutdown of Flip today, effective in September. They’re actually just making it available to people who use their “Teams” tool, which means it’s effectively shut down for most teachers who use it.
Flip has been a good tool for students to be able to respond to questions and prompts with a video recording, or an image with narration.
Many teachers use it, though I really haven’t.
I have my ELL Newcomers do plenty of speaking practice with their peer tutors, and they do lots of “speed dating” presentations.
However, I have sometimes had them create posters on paper, and they then provide audio narration to it using the Adobe Express app. Then, I just upload the video to YouTube.
There are other alternatives, too, including:
Padlet. Here’s a tweet about it:
Flip (previously Flipgrid) is being discontinued. The site and apps will not be available after September 2024. 😢
Padlet is an alternative. Students can add videos of themselves to a post using Padlet’s Video Booth.https://t.co/2beLFjxbuV pic.twitter.com/spshqXXNci
— Tony Vincent (@tonyvincent) June 3, 2024
Folks, if you won’t be able to use Flip now that it is moving to Microsoft Teams, you can use Padlet for video discussions.
We are also working on a Flip importer that should be out before the end of the week.
— Padlet (@padlet) June 3, 2024
Very long ago, I used Voice Thread, and it is apparently still around.
Other people have mentioned WeVideo as an alternative, but I’m not really sure how that would act like Flip.
What am I missing?
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