Flipgrid is really cool selfie video site/app. You post a topic and it opens a grid where kids can click and post a selfie video responding to your topic. Every student can see what was posted by all the kids, and the only way they can respond to the videos is by clicking a reaction button with a heart or a smiley face or whatever. This can be done on their phones with the app, or students can use the Chromebook cameras to record their videos.
I can see this being a really cool way to incorporate a virtual Four Corners AVID strategy. Students can read a piece of text or you can give them a specific topic to consider and then post a Flipgrid for what each of the four corners would be.
For instance, you might have the kids read a current event article about Hurricane Harvey. Your four grids could be 1)Drive to Houston and help 2)Donate money to Red Cross 3)Organize a drive for people to donate items 4)Work with the shelters here in DFW with the evacuees. You would tell the kids that their selfie videos must include specific reasons why they think their choice is the best option for helping the victims of the hurricane.
I think this would make an excellent homework assignment because it would all be on the site the next day and students can then respond to each other's videos either in a class discussion or as a written assignment.
So give it a shot! I also have a Flipgrid out there and I would love to have your videos in there so that I can share them with students during my next book lesson with the kids. The topic is: Tell your favorite memory about reading from when you were a teenager. Just go to the website or download the app and put in this code to respond to my Flipgrid - f74180.
And here is a whole Flipgrid of middle school teachers talking about how they use the cool tool in all subjects - https://flipgrid.com/a80f77
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