Not exact matches
BLENDING — I can't really tell a difference in taste between the hemp milk from my old -
school Osterizer and the Breville 605 I just bought.
Rishikul is like the second home to most of our students as we foster a very comfortable atmosphere in our
schools so the students
can blend well.
Whether they are
school - aged or fully grown up,
blending a family
can be tricky.
As sophisticated as del Toro
can be in
blending the supernatural with the sexy (the eroticism here will catch you off guard), this film's Cold War intrigue plays like a high
schooler's book report.
The downside is that the process to arrive there
can waste a lot of time and energy in reinventing the wheel, when, depending on the problem a
school is trying to solve, the level of freedom it has to solve it, and the type of team it deploys to attack it, there is some predictability to the
blended - learning model it is likely to adopt.
To support effective
blended learning, leaders should support more flexible budgeting processes that afford
schools the chance for strategic decision - making: they
can push
schools to articulate new instructional models and then step in to fund those models with the right devices.
As a public
school teacher in a state experiencing painful budget cuts, I want to send teachers a message that they
can create a
blended learning model using web 2.0 technology that is readily available and, in many cases, free.
But even as she acknowledged toward the end that technology has a role to play, she missed spotlighting how technology
can help us redesign
schools to allow students to achieve what appears most important in her mind: the chance for students to have far more meaningful face - to - face interactions with teachers and peers — a counterintuitive yet important part of
blended learning's promise for many students.
If it wants to work with multiple content providers on the other hand, there is a good bet it might work with a company like Education Elements, which is emerging as a leader in helping
schools move to
blended - learning models and offering a single sign - on software solution for
schools so they
can easily work with multiple content vendors.
But Education Elements is smart to understand both how steep the design challenges
can be for districts in moving to
blended - learning models — and consequently where the action is today — as well as the opportunities
blended learning presents to rethink the use of time in
school, such that it
can create
schools that transform teaching and learning for both teachers and students and rack up some wins in the process.
Elements include, models for
blending academic and career education, arrangements for developing skill certifications with widely - recognized credentials, approaches to career - oriented teaching, and career guidance systems that go beyond what
schools alone
can provide.
The founder of Khan Academy, a free educational video library that features over two thousand titles and an interactive dashboard for formative assessment, discusses how his videos
can help create a «flipped classroom» that allows
blended learning — online lectures
can happen at home and project - based learning
can happen during
school.
It does seem like the more I learn about
blended learning, the more it becomes obvious that it
can look REALLY different from one
school to the next.
«The right personalized - learning model»
can engage students who haven't done well in traditional
schools, said Don Soifer, executive vice president of the Lexington Institute, who's researched
blended learning.
This
blended learning approach
can be seen in
schools like Carpe Diem, SF Flex Academy — and even in Envision's own summer
school pilot, being documented right now on the
Blend My Learning blog.
If we
can get this right,
blended learning 2.0 could be a powerful way to run our
schools — where the best of online learning meets the best of project - based learning.
This San Jose,
CA elementary
school shows improvement on math scores with a
blended learning approach
The founder of Khan Academy discusses how his videos
can help create a «flipped classroom» that allows
blended learning, where online lectures
can happen at home and project - based learning
can happen during
school.
If
blended schools throughout the country
can demonstrate similarly strong outcomes, educators may well begin to consider how innovative design
can support and enhance these learning environments.
To date, there has been relatively little research on the effectiveness of
blended learning in U.S.
schools, and what research does exist
can not necessarily be generalized.
Over the past several years, I have presented at several meetings of California's Santa Clara County superintendents about
blended learning and its potential to create
schools that
can personalize learning for each student to help each succeed.
For example, individual teachers often ask how they
can start down the
blended - learning path if their whole
school isn't on board.
And while the paper
can not offer definitive answers for policymakers and
school leaders, it does provide a helpful primer on the overall economics of online and
blended learning.
A growing number of examples show that used well,
blended learning — and hence education technology —
can help boost student achievement in both charter and district
school settings.
We believe that, particularly in light of the growth of online and
blended learning, we are living in an era in which we
can feasibly redesign
school around students» needs and strengths and free up teachers to teach individual and small groups of students more often.
«The measurement of achievement is important data to understanding how students
can improve their work and how
schools can improve their instruction,» writes Francisco Hernandez in his exclusive interview with
blended learning expert Michael Horn.
Blended learning, the mix of online learning in brick - and - mortar
schools,
can shift how teachers allocate their time by allowing them to actually work with students based on individual students» needs, rather than simply lecturing to an entire class that may have vastly different levels of understanding.
Montgomery County Public
Schools» plan includes enhanced online - learning opportunities within the Pathways for Learning that
can take advantage of advances in
blended learning to support competency - based progressions.
The eco ‑ friendly design and green building materials mean that modular buildings
can blend into the
school's natural environment; some
can even be created with living green roofs.
Take advantage of the wide range of resources available online that
can teach you the ins and outs of devices, predominant programs used at the
school, and any other topics related to
blended learning and the incorporation of technology in the classroom.
In a new Public Impact policy brief, A Better
Blend: A Vision for Boosting Student Outcomes with Digital Learning, which we co-authored with Joe Ableidinger and Jiye Grace Han, we explain how
schools can use
blended learning to drive improvements in the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student learning at large scale.
Colleges and universities, high
schools, and training and tutoring centers
can use the online learning platform to create and deliver self - paced, live online or
blended courses — without the need for third - party plug - ins or added costs to support advanced features and support any number of students with a flexible, SaaS - based pricing model.
We find that middle and high
school teachers who use
blended learning and lead teaching teams
can earn 20 to 67 percent more, within current budgets, and without class - size increases.
This article provides a description of how a fictional
school system
can benefit from implementing
blended learning strategies and appropriate...
As you
can tell,
Blended is a book for
school officials in the process of change.
Charter
schools need the flexibility to move to new facilities if their current buildings are in the wrong place or can't accommodate instructional innovations (for example, new uses of technology, student grouping strategies,
blended learning models).
The expectation is that this collaboration will lead to the kind of systemic
blend DesignShare lauds as «a seamless grade 9 - 16 curriculum» and that blur physical and program boundaries in a way some educators believe
can lead to a paradigm shift for learning in all inner - city high
schools.
This article provides a description of how a fictional
school system
can benefit from implementing
blended learning strategies and appropriate technologies in all grade levels.
A San Jose,
CA elementary
school shows improvement on math scores with a
blended learning approach.
A foundation - funded experiment is testing whether «
blended learning»
can personalize instruction in eight Oakland
schools.
Nationally - recognized educators Tracey Roden and Clarissa Plair share a three - point checklist
schools can use to assess how beneficial a
blended initiative supported with technology works best.
The Alamance Burlington
School System (ABSS) partnered with Participate to design a
blended professional learning system where educators
can learn without limits.
For small
schools with limited markets,
blended learning
can support effective multi-age classes, allowing
schools to right - size staff and become sustainable small -
schools.
The
blended learning world
can be bewildering when trying to get started, and
schools either need to devote sufficient human resources to the task or to identify a partner organization (company, non-profit, university, etc.) to help.
Over in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the WINGS model of
schooling — now Divine Providence Academy — is an example of how
blended learning
can facilitate effective multi-age classrooms, allowing
schools to right - size staff and become sustainable as much smaller operations, akin to one - room schoolhouses of old.
Larry is a Senior Research Fellow at the Center on Reinventing Public Education leading its
school finance initiatives, including projects analyzing the cost of
blended learning
schools and an initiative to understand how we
can finance
schools in support of innovation.
It was primarily about
blended learning and how
blended learning, especially its online component,
can destroy the notion of seat - time as a measure of how we move kids through
school by giving students the power to progress at their own rate.
Her research focused on how
schools support personalized, social - emotional, and
blended learning, how
school community members experience these approaches, and how education systems
can support these methods.
As more educators begin to see the tremendous impact
blended learning
can have on student learning and engagement,
school leaders have begun scrambling to train teachers on how to utilize technology to enhance instruction.
For early adopters,
blended learning
can provide an edge and help brand
schools as innovative models offering a personalized approach.