Emelita Pineda: ILA Weekly Newsletter Project: Effective Literacy Website #3

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Emelita Pineda

ED 638

Dr. M. Rivera

ILA Newsletter Project: Effective Literacy Website #3

 



 

            Flocabulary was an idea that first came to Blake Harrison, one of the co-founders, during high school in 2003. He wondered why he could remember the lyrics to his favorite rap songs, but he couldn’t memorize new vocabulary words. With the idea that maybe rap songs could help students prepare for the SAT, Blake started creating SAT rap songs in 2004 for Sparknotes.com along with his friend, Alex Rappaport. During this time, Flocabulary wins the Business School Plan Competition at Columbia and starts raising capital.

            In 2010, the International Reading Association conducts a study on Flocabulary efficacy. Their study found that Flocabulary significantly increases vocabulary proficiency among students, and the company then starts producing videos and working with artists around the world. In 2019, Flocabulary is acquired by Nearpod to increase student engagement and achievement for millions of students around the world.

            Each lesson in Flocabulary has a sequence that starts with a video that engages all learners with a hip-hop vibe that introduces the lesson. Followed by vocabulary cards, word knowledge is built by writing and drawing key words from the lesson. Word knowledge is tested through a vocabulary game that uses a variety of interactive exposures. For each lesson, there is an opportunity to practice reading with passages and text-dependent questions. Lesson comprehension is then assessed through a 10-question, auto-graded quiz.

            My personal experience with Flocabulary has been 100% positive. I was able to import all my Google classrooms and assign certain portions of each lesson to individuals or the whole class. The grading system was also imported, so scoring the assignments were so much easier. My students enjoyed the lessons when I would show the videos in class, and they were more engaged and interactive amongst their peers. There were also teacher resources that could be printed out as hard copies. Unfortunately, the district was unable to renew our subscriptions, and the only resources that I could access now are the videos. However, there is a free trial that new teachers can subscribe to give them a taste of this resource. I am hoping that our subscriptions will be renewed so that all my students will again benefit from this engaging website.

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