Use Flipboard in the classroom to curate information into a visuallly appealing magazine. Information from various educational content providers, government organisations or student/school blogs or twitter hastags.

1. Flip the
Learning
with
Flipboard
with Australian
content ideas

2. What is Flipboard?
Flipboard is an App that allows
you to draw in content from
Flickr, Twitter, Youtube, Blogs,
RSS feeds and more.
It presents this information in a
visually appealing magazine style
format that can be flipped
through.
You can customise the content
and look of your Flipboard.

3. How can Flipboard be used to
support learning?
Students can search for a range of information sources and
add this content to Flipboard to curate knowledge about
topics they are learning about.

4. How can Flipboard be used to
support learning?
Students could create their own blog or
class twitter account & use Flipboard as
the means to curate/make meaning of
their subject content in a visual way.

5. Educational Content
from Twitter
Australian
...........or follow a
content class created twitter
account or hashtag

6. Educational Content
from Flickr
Also twitter feed @NatgeoKIDS
Australian
content

7. Educational Content
from YouTube
Australian
content

8. Educational Content
from Blogs
Follow some blogs on
various topics The Kid Should See This
is a collection of
interesting and fun
resources designed to
stimulate discovery and
curiosity about science,
nature and music.
...........or follow
Kitchen Gardens in Schools is an blog from content from your own
our Diocese sharing information about our students/class blog
schools using Kitchen Gardens for learning

9. Educational Australian Feeds for
Flipboard
Check out the various Australian
Government social media links to find
sources for authoritative content on a
range of Australian topics
http://australia.gov.au/news-and-media/social-
media/
http://www.nsw.gov.au/social

10. Educational Feed ideas for Flipboard
100 Excellent
Educational
twitter feeds
http://www.bachelorsdegreeonline.com/blog/2009/twitteredu-100-
excellent-educational-twitter-feeds/#.UGpxqDnxZaE

11. Flipboard -
things to Flipboard
consider pluses
No need to set up an account, but
content will not be saved. Could Free App
set up a shared class account or
No advertisements
individual accounts.
Can flag
Flipboard draws material from
inappropriate content
the Internet so check that sources
have appropriate content.

12. Flipboard in Education
resources
http://teachingwithipad.org/2012/06/24/app-12-flipboard-
for-ipad-and-iphone/
Fliboard for Kids: http://inside.flipboard.com/2012/08/21/
flipboard-for-kids/
http://engagetheirminds.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/
flipboard/

13. Flipboard Help
Youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
feature=player_embedded&v=5aqSFgxw7Fw
http://tips.flipboard.com/
http://flipboard.com/support/ - support by device/topic