Sentences with phrase «because blended schools»

But that may be because blended schools offered youngsters more learning time, more content, or perhaps both, rather than because of the different approach to teaching.

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Many working scientists have fond memories of undergraduate days spent in the field or in the lab — including Wilson, who graduated from Wooster in 1978 and came back because he liked the way the school blends undergraduate teaching and research.

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 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.

Because we were one of the few daily face - to - face blended schools, we ran into the problem of trying to decide how to deliver instruction to students in the proper format.

Although there is plenty of data to understand the growth of charter schools or the numbers of students in districts, because blended learning is a phenomenon that doesn't occur at the school level — it instead occurs at the level of individual classrooms and teachers — capturing what's happening is difficult.

In contrast, because there is rampant nonconsumption in secondary schools — of advanced courses, foreign languages, credit recovery and so on — the disruptive models of blended learning are likely to replace the traditional classroom over the long term.

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.

Mitchell said she did not recall much discrimination in high school but added that she blended in with the other students because she has lighter hair and skin.

Murphy - Brewer saw Summit's model as a good fit for Pomeroy: Because of the school's blended - learning pilot, its teachers already had some experience with self - paced learning.

We did this because many schools are blending online learning into their onsite programming but using paraprofessionals or facilitators as the face - to - face supervisors.

This doesn't mean that all digital learning does this well, but the best blended - learning schools today are great because they reach the students who appeared to be «unmotivated» in the old system.

The principal was excited by what he saw as the future potential of blended learning, but admitted that he and his staff have been reluctant to move the school's core instruction online because they just haven't found any online curriculum that is as good as the lessons and learning activities that their expert teachers create.

In contrast, in high school, and to a lesser extent middle school, we said that in the long run, the disruptive models of blended learning will substantially replace traditional classrooms because there are so many areas of nonconsumption for online learning to plant itself.

In elementary schools, because there appears to be little nonconsumption within, the theory leads us to expect that the sustaining innovation Rotation forms of blended learning will dominate in the long run, and the disruptive models will play less of a role.

Carpe Diem represents what will likely be a crucial chapter in the story of blended schools: a turn to a blended model because of financial or facilities challenges.

Just as there's a lot of information and data out there that talks about students, particularly low - income students coming from low - performing schools or communities, going to college and struggling because they've been so used to being spoon - fed information and not taking responsibility for their own learning, we need to use blended learning to support students being more self - directed and have more ownership of their learning so they're able to more successful in college and career.

Because these AP teachers are not tied to one particular school where they would have daily interactions with fellow teachers and staff, the Blended Learning team hosts its own staff meetings so the instructors have a sense of community.

«In 2030 and 2050, we're not going to talk about blended learning because all schools will be blended,» Patrick says.

Because of the personalized path it offers, blended learning is a flexible, innovative way for schools to address the diverse needs of struggling students.

The school expanded its use of blended learning, an exploding trend in education nationally because of its ability to personalize instruction.

Just because I am old school I do get the oil changed every 5000 miles instead of the 7500 recommended by Nissan and I have been using a synthetic blend each time.

I'm a fan of Bill's Town and High School from the original map pack, because those two maps are the perfect blend of going sniping, going sneaky, playing your cat and mouse chase and ultimately standing tall even if your teammates are F.A.I.L..