Sentences with phrase «as blended learning schools»

There are many successful schools and classrooms that do not label themselves as blended learning schools, they are simply neighborhoods schools that use innovative instructional models.

Another strategy could be by not funding the upkeep of public school facilities then recreating them as blended learning schools.

KIPP Empower Academy wasn't initially designed as a blended learning school.

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Although some may wonder how this fits into a design competition meant to propel blended - learning schools, from my perspective it's a smart grant because the reality is that many districts are unlikely to convert or open entire schools as full blended - learning programs.

As a reviewer for the NGLC secondary school models, which seeks to not just fund those schools using online learning but those really taking their approach the extra mile with innovative, push - the - envelope student - centric designs, I have been struck further by how much blended learning has arrived.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadschools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

As the use of technology in schools grows rapidly — whether in blended - learning environments, for project - based learning, or just because it's the fad du jour — how much time students should spend learning on a computer is a point of contention.

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.

Successful blended learning educators and schools are focusing on engagement as they work towards student achievement.

As schools continue the march into online and blended learning, there's much to take away from the lessons of Ben Whittaker.

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.

As schools across the country adopt blended - learning models, a few clear trends are settling in, and, at the same time, some groups — like the Next Generation Learning Challenges — continue to help schools push the design envelope on what's possible for slearning models, a few clear trends are settling in, and, at the same time, some groups — like the Next Generation Learning Challenges — continue to help schools push the design envelope on what's possible for sLearning Challenges — continue to help schools push the design envelope on what's possible for students.

As Heather Staker and I have written, the models of blended learning most likely to scale into the core academic subjects at all levels of schooling in the near term are sustaining innovations, in which online learning is essentially an augmentation to the traditional classroom, but there is still a fundamental shift in the learning model from the student's perspective.

Now he speaks at conferences and works with teachers in schools, leading professional development around ideas such as the Flipped Learning Classroom, Blended Learning and the effective use of ICT tools.

She currently uses the flipped classroom model with over 150 students, as well incorporating a blended learning environment in a 1:1 iPad school.

As the director of virtual and blended learning at Indiana's Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township, Michele Eaton strives to bring personalized learning to students and teachers.

Julia: For school leaders looking to transition their school to nontraditional instructional models like blended learning, what do you view as the key leadership skills they need to successfully steer their school in a new direction?

At both schools — one in our city and one in Los Angeles — educators saw blended learning as a way to custom - tailor the school experience for urban students whose backgrounds and learning needs varied widely.

Zoning flexibility for schools with non-traditional approaches (like small - group instruction or one - to - one blended learning models) would make it easier for innovative schools to find space that fits their needs, such as using office occupancy standards instead of the usual school standards for rezoning.

Whereas in higher education, online learning poses an existential threat to many traditional colleges and universities, in K — 12, online learning appears to be a sustaining innovation to public K — 12 schools, as it is growing within, largely in blended - learning environments.

If school leaders and teachers adopt blended learning as a strategy to personalize learning, increase students» academic mastery, and develop students» noncognitive skills, then the technology will improve along those dimensions.

And this is precisely what we see occurring in blended - learning schools such as those in the Los Altos School District in California.

Certainly blended - learning schools that are integrating project - based learning — as part of the face - to - face component of blended delivery models — may also be providing space for interest - based explorations.

If other states also allow students to blend together a curriculum that combines on - site with online learning, and encourages competition among providers while checking to make sure that only quality courses are provided, secondary schools will move as quickly toward online learning as does the higher education sector.

Now, as blended learning continues to improve, it makes an increasingly compelling case to parents, teachers, students, and school leaders that it is better than traditional instruction at addressing their day - to - day challenges.

As schools across the country adopt blended - learning models, a few clear trends are settling in, and some groups continue to help schools push the design envelope on what's possible for students.

Through dozens of short chapters he tells the story of the meteoric growth of the Rocketship network of charter schools, known as a leader in «blended learning,» along with the trials and tribulations of other charter chains.

At the same time, with the rise of blended learning we are also seeing the rise of low - touch formative assessments as a day - to - day reality in schools.

Educators then need to adopt processes — such as discovery - driven innovation — for testing, iterating, and refining their blended - learning models in low - cost, low - stakes ways before taking them to scale across a school or district.

As blended learning has grown within district schools, it's often been a bit more ad hoc — a class here, one subject there — than in many charters in which blended learning has become a core part of the school's operations.

Although some charter school operators, such as Rocketship Education and KIPP Empower, as well as some school districts, like Riverside School District, have created stellar blended - learning models, the most advanced school districts in California in online and blended learning have seen their efforts frustrated and curtschool operators, such as Rocketship Education and KIPP Empower, as well as some school districts, like Riverside School District, have created stellar blended - learning models, the most advanced school districts in California in online and blended learning have seen their efforts frustrated and curtschool districts, like Riverside School District, have created stellar blended - learning models, the most advanced school districts in California in online and blended learning have seen their efforts frustrated and curtSchool District, have created stellar blended - learning models, the most advanced school districts in California in online and blended learning have seen their efforts frustrated and curtschool districts in California in online and blended learning have seen their efforts frustrated and curtailed.

As Matthew Peskay, the chief of innovation and technology of KIPP LA Schools — which is pursuing a bold blended - learning model across the network — explained, «You need to be able to fund whatever your plan is without E-Rate funding.»

We published the first of these reports recently as a series of case studies titled Proof Points: Blended Learning Success in School Districts.

As with any instructional model, quality in blended learning may vary widely along these and other spectra, particularly as schools experience the growing pains of transitioning to brand new modelAs with any instructional model, quality in blended learning may vary widely along these and other spectra, particularly as schools experience the growing pains of transitioning to brand new modelas schools experience the growing pains of transitioning to brand new models.

As schools adopt blended learning, many are eager to use the floods of student learning data gathered by their various software systems to make better instructional decisions.

Over time, as the disruptive models of blended learning improve, these new value propositions will be powerful enough to prevail over those of the traditional classroom in secondary schools.

Second, it is investing in instructional approaches that increase student and parental engagement — such as differentiated school offerings for different student needs, as well as products and services for blended - learning environments, where the bulk of K — 12 online learning will ultimately be — both for its own full - time managed schools as well as for districts through its Fuel Education business.

As the use of technology in schools grows rapidly — whether in blended - learning environments, for project - based learning, or just because it's the fad du jour — the amount of time students should spend learning on computers is a point of contention.

As blended learning grows and teachers» roles shift, more schools may have to follow the lead of these CMOs to varying degrees in the immediate future.

Many kids will need to spend some of their day or their week getting face - to - face therapies, such as speech and language therapy and counseling, in a brick and mortar school, such as in the blended learning model at Denver's Rocky Mountain Prep.

My Evergreen Education colleague John Watson, who led the research, has done a good job distilling several of the lessons behind these schools» successes in a series of blog posts that chronicle the importance of leadership in blended learning; the critical role in - person teachers and mentors — not just monitors — play; the persistence district schools must have as they navigate the inevitable bumps on the road to implementing successfully blended learning; and the important role data plays.

The blended - learning environment in Los Altos schools allows for seamless targeted intervention and flexible groupings, as well as real collaboration among students — all of which allows them to exercise their own student voice and choice.

As I noted in a blog post yesterday, public school districts began innovating with blended learning before most charter schools did, but charter schools pioneering blended learning get far more attention for their innovations.

Now, at least 29 of the state's 41 districts offer online coursework — and many innovative blended - learning schools have emerged, such as Innovations Early College High School in Salt Lake City.

Proof Points: Create more examples of exemplar blended - learning school models, such as Carpe Diem's schools and Rocketship Education.

For a successful school - wide blended learning program, administrators should remove obstacles, let teachers lead, and remain engaged with the process as well as the results.

That said, one of the biggest ironies I noted was how much of the book's techniques may be, to varying degrees, irrelevant for the jobs of teachers in the future, as online learning continues to grow in blended - learning settings and remakes the learning environments in schools.

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.