UWCSEA Teachers

This is a great read about obstacles and pathways to improved collaboration for teacher teams.

Gorgeous presentation templates that work on Google Slides - total win!

Gorgeous free slide templates

Homework appears to have little impact on learning in elementary 

Great ideas to use visual language with photos in the classroom

Kids are writing more than ever before. 

Brilliant perspective in the need to broaden our understanding of literacy.

Take a moment to reflect: How many minilessons have you taught this year that guide students to become effective digital readers? Do you have anchor charts or scaffolds in place that will support them as they attempt to read digitally with independence? Have you provided ample time for them to read diverse genres or self-select their onscreen reading material?

6 different models of blended learning in an infographic

Ideas for using technology for different types of learning, here called "moments of need." 

What is blended learning? Do people like it? Does it work? What goes in the blender? 

"Blended solutions combine contrasting learning methods and media in order to maximise effectiveness and efficiency. The More Than approach goes a step further to ensure the blend results in application to real-world tasks and the learner is supported along the whole length of their learning journey." This site includes a portfolio of resources, case studies, and video. 

How does assessment work in an online or blended environment? This resource has many ideas and suggestions to align with taxonomy. 

A Guide to Personalizing Learning -- rather USA-centric but very well-referenced and with some clear guidelines as to how online spaces can provide personalized learning experiences.

Early patterns of blended learning and competency-based education in New Hampshire - from the Christensen Institute

Research from the USA Department of Education - a meta-analysis of many studies looking at Online and Blended Learning. Mostly higher-ed focused, but still relevant points. From 2009-2010.

"Digital pedagogy calls for screwing around more than it does systematic study, and in fact screwing around is the more difficult scholarly work. Digital pedagogy is less about knowing and more a rampant process of unlearning, play, and rediscovery. We are not born digital pedagogues, nor do we have to be formally schooled in the ways of digital pedagogy. There's lots to read on the subject, but we can't just read our way into it; there is no essential canon. In fact, expert digital pedagogues learn best by forgetting - through continuous encounters with what is novel, tentative, unmastered, and unresolved."