Give teachers the support and resources they need to lead collaborations with their peers and hold public conversations about changes to existing policy and practice grounded in their
experiences with blended learning initiatives.
Combining project - based learning
models with blended learning techniques allows students to work independently and with others to gain and apply knowledge and skills in a real - world context.
With her first charter in hand, she started looking for a space to house a 900 - student school and scale up her
work with blended learning.
The ultimate challenge is to support
learners with blended learning which is about building in a thoughtful, systematic, personalized way a structure to enable and support how people can learn best.
These examples highlight how students can
engage with blended learning to gain content and instruction, but the coaches also described how digital tools give students new voice and choice in demonstrating their learning.
By implementing levels and points
along with blended learning, you give learners a goal to work toward, which can result in more learner - led material.
She will cover both essential considerations for systems just getting
stated with blended learning, plus effective professional development and evaluation techniques for schools further along in implementing blended models.
Below are some key principles that inform effective blended learning, a discussion of why these principles are useful, and some tips for getting
started with blended learning.
This San Jose, CA elementary school shows improvement on math scores with a blended learning approach
Designed with blended learning and group learning in mind, the PD In Focus ® platform channel FIT Teaching ® in Action outlines the elements of the Framework for Intentional and Targeted Teaching ® (FIT Teaching), a tool for teachers that provides strategies they can use to elevate instruction.
Earlier this summer, LEAP won over $ 5 million in grants from the Gates Foundation and committed $ 4 million to local schools from other sources to continue their model of testing edtech solutions and outfitting
schools with blended learning.
Small, Jr. offers four practical tips for getting
comfortable with blended learning: don't assume every kid is a tech wiz, be wary of online textbooks, use PowerPoint sparingly, and encourage student - to - student communication.
But principal Michelle Tubbs, a veteran of the classroom who holds a doctorate in education technology, had conducted a pilot
program with blended learning at an Alliance school in the city's Watts neighborhood, where the average freshman read and did math at the 4th - grade level.
In other words, the school's focus on teachers teaching remained constant,
with blended learning as a tool to support rather than detract from face - to - face instruction.
Learning and Development managers can better attain the «10:20:70» effort in learning model using the inverted classroom method
with blended learning projects.
«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.
When considering our work
with blended learning in schools like Bronx Arena, a transfer school designed to take advantage of computer technology to adapt to student needs, I have seen how they proceed with their work carefully and thoughtfully.
Elizabeth leads PowerMyLearning's Family Engagement Services in Los Angeles and works
closely with the Blended Learning Consulting team and the Family Engagement cross-regional team.
Oscar also leads professional development workshops for teachers to strengthen teaching
practices with blended learning inside and outside of the classroom.
EducationWeek's newly released special report, «Blended Learning: Breaking Down Barriers» explores how K - 12 schools are
grappling with blended learning — from districts providing wifi for students» homes to a review of meaningful research about technology's impact on learning.
While personalized learning is gaining traction nationwide, there is still much confusing terminology surrounding it, as well as
conflation with blending learning and other terms.
Our afternoon session shifted focus to what's
happening with blended learning in the D.C. I had previously thought that blended learning was almost exclusively happening at charter schools, but educators from the D.C. charter sector and D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) challenged this notion.