{"id":13149,"date":"2024-04-26T14:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T18:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nearpod.com\/blog\/?p=13149"},"modified":"2024-12-16T10:33:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T15:33:49","slug":"4-ideas-for-using-nearpod-and-flocabulary-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nearpod.com\/blog\/4-ideas-for-using-nearpod-and-flocabulary-together\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to combine the power of Nearpod and Flocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nearpod and Flocabulary<\/a> came together in April 2019 as one company with two platforms and a single focus: to create high-quality, authentic, and memorable learning opportunities for students of all ages. Since then, our innovative teams have created additional pathways to combine the content in these two platforms. With both tools in your toolbox, learning can be elevated beyond what either can offer independently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combining powerful education tech tools, like Nearpod and Flocabulary, to do more than either one can separately do is not a new concept. App smashing is \u201cthe process of developing content on multiple digital applications and then integrating or \u2018smashing\u2019 them together in order to create a richer, innovative digital product.\u201d (Brenner & Hauser, 2015). App smashing can also increase the efficiency of using multiple edtech tools in the classroom. With an average of 42 tools<\/a> used by an individual teacher in a classroom, it is more important than ever to use the tools in the most effective way possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the benefits of using Nearpod and Flocabulary together?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When you consider the platforms and the content available with Nearpod and Flocabulary, it becomes clear that each tool contributes to powerful learning in its own way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearpod, at its core, is a robust, multi-purpose instructional platform that transforms instruction from direct teaching into an interactive, two-way learning experience that drives results. It has the functionality to bring most, if not all, of your instructional resources together for an efficient delivery. This can increase instruction by decreasing the time needed to move between tools, so you avoid losing students between tabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flocabulary, on its own, accelerates learning and academic vocabulary of Tier 2 and Tier 3 words through rigorous and authentically engaging learning experiences centered on video-based lessons. Using a tiered word system helps teachers and students focus on the words they need to be successful in the academic space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Laura Rigolosi,<\/a> Curriculum & Literacy Specialist at the Center for Professional Education of Teachers, references Dr. Isabel Beck\u2019s<\/a> work when she describes the tiers as follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTier 1 words are basic words that students typically know, unless they are an ELL, and in that case they may need to be taught that word. Tier 1 words include: computer, sunlight, coffee, sleep, etc.<\/p>

Tier 2 words are those that are often used in classrooms and extend beyond one particular subject area, including: analyze, tweak, estimate, determine\u2014words in that academic arena.<\/p>

Tier 3 words are highly specific for each content area, and are housed within a particular subject. Examples of Tier 3 words include: parabola, hypotenuse, simile, monarchy, osmosis, etc.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Through the Flocabulary video, students have a first introduction to a set of vocabulary words in a given context. Flocabulary\u2019s memorable and rigorous activities then allow students to have multiple exposures and practice opportunities to apply their learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two platforms, Nearpod and Flocabulary, can significantly impact learning all by themselves, but have you ever wondered what might be possible if these tools were used together in creative ways?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Explore unlocked Flocabulary lessons on Nearpod<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

How to add Flocabulary to Nearpod<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Nearpod lessons can easily house activities from any other platform using the Web Content option<\/a>. But adding a link is just the beginning. Imagine one of your favorite Flocabulary activities as part of your best Nearpod lesson, or finding an entire lesson in Nearpod that is built around a Flocabulary video. These are just a few of the ideas we consider as we explore how to bring Nearpod and Flocabulary together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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