Case Study: Edmonton Catholic School District achieves stronger student voice and engagement with Microsoft Corporation's Flipgrid

Flipgrid, learning communities, and the power of personal transformation

Edmonton Catholic School District, through Emerging Technology Consultant Christine McKee, was looking for ways to make learning more student-centered and inclusive, especially for young learners with diverse communication needs. After discovering Microsoft Corporation’s Flipgrid, McKee saw its potential to support reading comprehension, speech development, and classroom engagement while helping every student feel heard.

Microsoft Corporation implemented Flipgrid as a simple video discussion platform that let teachers create topics and students respond with short videos, extending learning into classrooms and families. The solution helped build learning communities across the district’s 96 schools and 47,000+ students, and for McKee’s son it contributed to measurable progress in speech clarity and confidence: he improved from being understood 30% of the time in class to 70% by the end of the school year.

Edmonton Catholic School District

Christine McKee

Emerging Technology Consultant