eLearning Update: Blended Learning Key for Growth - 0 views
-
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.
-
Our district is very focused on integrating 21st Century Learning Skills with our current Common Core Standards. What else can we be doing to prepare our students for this type of learning environment? At what age is it appropriate to begin this type of learning? What cost will this have on the emotional/personal relations between students and teachers?
Collaborative Learning Spaces: Classrooms That Connect to the World | Edutopia - 0 views
-
As citizens of the world, students in today's classrooms seek global contexts for learning. Opportunities for networked and international collaborations are bringing both the world to classrooms and classrooms to the world. With a focus on international standards of instruction, globally-minded programs inspire students to be curious through investigation and reflective in analysis of thought.
How GERM is infecting schools around the world - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post - 2 views
-
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
Lilian Katz's Project Approach Handout - 0 views
7 Mid-School Year Reminders on Finishing Strong | Connected Principals - 0 views
-
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.
- ...1 more annotation...
5 Ideas To Bring Parents Into The Learning Process | The Principal of Change - 0 views
-
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.
- ...7 more annotations...
netp.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views
Electronic tablets break down educational barriers in R.I. schools | Rhode Island news ... - 0 views
-
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.
- ...3 more annotations...
Harvard Education Letter - 0 views
-
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
- ...5 more annotations...
On Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives, offered by Zur Institute, LLC for Psychologi... - 4 views
-
not all digital immigrants and not all digital natives are created equal
-
Digital Immigrants fall into the following three major groups
-
Avoiders:
- ...10 more annotations...
Tools for Differentiation / FrontPage - 3 views
daretodifferentiate - home - 1 views
When Not to Use Technology: 15 Things That Should Stay Simple In Education - InformED : - 0 views
1 - 18 of 18
Showing 20▼ items per page