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""Blended Learning Boot Camp: Extending Classes Online""

A webinar on Blended Learning at 4 pm on Wednesday, March 14

relates to our tweeting as part of the blended learning community

This article discusses trends in technology use in higher ed institutions, including a growing role of blended learning and technology-integrated meetings.

As schools mix online instruction and face-to-face learning, educators are identifying promising hybrid approaches As blended learning models, which mix face-to-face and online instruction, become more common in schools, classroom educators and administrators alike are navigating the changing role of teachers-and how schools can best support them in that new role.

This article discusses 20 tips to enhance one's collaboration and blended learning experience.

The 2012 Digital Learning Report Card, funded by Jeb Bush's Digital Learning Now organization, was profiled in this week's EdSurge e-newsletter. The Digital Learning Report Card grades significant policy decisions (on a state-by-state basis) which "are advancing student-centric reforms, reducing barriers to blended learning, and encouraging the use of technology to offer a more personalized college- and career-ready education."

Interesting use of technology in the classroom. According to the article, "flipping" classes shifts the role of teachers "from the gatekeeper of knowledge to the role of the coach."

also mentions the sandbox summit and learning styles of young people

"These digital natives expect to share information on social media, collaborate, and create their own content." This sentence reminds me of the apparent contradiction of digital natives vs. digital divide. What happens to a student who doesn't have access to these types of tools and then is expected to collaborate and create at the same level? One more piece of evidence that schools need to be committed to 21st century skill development for all children.

This paints a picture of what a whole-school approach to educational technology-use could look like. Interesting to think about what can motivate teachers to use technology consistently and effectively...

This is not entirely education focused, but interesting interactive experience of blending the physical with the digital world in an engaging way for an information/data driven society.

Free online 12 minute instructional videos on different topics