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Blended learning is any time a student learns at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home and at least in part through online delivery with some element of student control over time, path, and/or pace.

The definition implies simple remote correspondence—like online videoconferencing or web chatting in a real-time environment only—does not qualify as blended learning, and perhaps points to a theoretical division between the labels of "online" and "distance" learning.

The report then labels six types of blended learning approaches:• face-to-face driver programs where teachers deliver most instruction in a live classroom and use online activities to supplement or remediate what goes on in the brick-and-mortar school;• rotation models where students follow a schedule that alternates between face-to-face class sessions and in-person instruction;• flex formats where most of the curriculum originates online, but an on-site instructor provides instruction as needed in individual and small group sessions;• online lab sessions where students do work online, but in a computer lab at a brick-and-mortar school with aides who offer supervision but little subject guidance;• self-blend schools where students may take online courses a la carte to supplement their brick-and-mortar school's curriculum; and• online driver constructs where students receive most of the course online and independently, but participate in required or optional face-to-face meetings.

According to the Center for Public Education, standardized testing has increased teaching to the test, narrowed curricula to prioritize reading and mathematics, and distanced teaching from the art of pedagogy to mechanistic instructio

1. Remember to use both sides of your brain: instruction and management.

4. Always be professionals in conversations, emails, social media, and personal appearance.

6. Be a goal-setter personally, professionally and collaboratively.

Here are some ways that we can build strong connections with the parents in our school communities:

1.  Use what the kids use

If we can connect using mediums (blogs, YouTube, Twitter, etc.) that our students use, not only are we building an understanding and instructional leadership within our schools, but we are familiarizing our parents with many of the tools that their children will be using. 

using iPads to write essays, edit videos, practice their multiplication tables and e-mail their homework to teachers

revolutionizing the way a handful of Rhode Island schools provide instruction, communicate with students and parents, and evaluate teacher performance.

using the iPad to evaluate what teachers are doing in the classroom.

have their ID badges scanned to record their attendance.

individual study carrels in a big open space

students work independently at their computers, learning core subjects or electives through online curricula

not all digital immigrants and not all digital natives are created equal

Digital Immigrants fall into the following three major groups

Avoiders: