Using Flipgrid in the Online Film Studies Classroom

ABSTRACT

[...]discussion" often wasn't organic in this platform and could become quite repetitive or stilted as students would offer short responses that tended to stymie a conversation before it had even started. In face-to-face classes, I always try to ensure there are opportunities for students to communicate ideas in both verbal discussion and written activities. [...]I wanted to translate over the same practice in my online asynchronous classes. Twitter provides an active forum in which educators share ideas and exchange questions about using Flipgrid in many types of classes, including foreign languages, mathematics, science, English language and literature, social studies, and much more. [...]a 2018 Pew Research Center Study found that 97% of teens interviewed used a social media platform like YouTube, Instagram, or SnapChat.