Blended Learning in the Lower SchoolModels, Strategies and Tools

By Wendy Torres

WENDY TORRESLOWER SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION SPECIALISTROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL

• All content and resources can be found at the following url:

• http://bit.ly/1tf1VhD

• For the toolkit click on the url below:

• http://blendedtoolkit.weebly.com/

Website: http://sp.rpcs.org/faculty/torresw

Blog: Tech Snacks:

http://sp.rpcs.org/faculty/TorresW/techsnacks/

Welcome! During this interactive presentation we will:

Identify what blended learning is and what it isn’t

Discuss the most common blended learning models

Get some hands on experience with some online tools that can be used to

create a blended learning environment

• Sometimes we feel like this……

Calvin and Hobbes is copyrighted by Bill Watterson

Calvin and Hobbes is copyrighted by Bill Watterson

Blended learning is a good way to help bridge the gap.

But what is blended learning?

Let’s explore more…….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD8AUfGsCKg

True

False

Online content student is reviewing in class

while the teacher works with a small group

Playing online educational games

when students complete their work

Students in small groups discussing

points from a video they watched online

Students providing commentary on online

content

Using clickers or polling software in class to

engage students

Playing online educational games

when students complete their work

Taking students to the computer lab to work

on research

Students listening to audio

instructions/comments at home for review

Technology integration is NOT the same as Blended Learning.

• Simply using technology in the classroom

Involves a teacher to student interaction

• Shifts focus from teacher to student interaction

Blended learning• To student to

student interaction

• Collaboration

More student centered

Seamless connection between online and

offline work

Increased Student-Collaboration and

control over:

time

pace

place or path of learning

Online classroom presence

Repurposed time

Hallmarks of blended learning:

What the student is doing online shouldn’t affect what is taught in

the classroom

Online work should be supplemental or

enrichment based

Work students do online should have a

direct connection with what they are doing in

the classroom

None of these answers

Content is online and can be accessed and

reviewed 24/7

Content consists of static website where

students can download classroom handouts

Content is online consisting of just a list of websites students

can use

None of these answers

• Repurposed time- blended learning uses technology tools to restructure what is normally done in the brick and mortar classroom.

Infographic taken from: http://prezi.com/gayhitopup1b/bll4/ from Holton-Arms

Infographic taken from: http://prezi.com/gayhitopup1b/bll4/

Blended Learning Models:

Infographic part from http://www.knewton.com/blended-learning/

A bit more about the rotation model:4 variations

Rotation model

Station rotation

Lab rotation

Flipped classroom

Individual rotation

Station Rotation

• Students rotate on a fixed schedule or at the teacher’s discretion among classroom-based learning modalities.

• The rotation includes at least one station for online learning.

• Other stations might include activities such as small-group or full-class instruction, group projects, individual tutoring, and pencil-and-paper assignments.

Lab rotation

• Rotation-model implementation in which within a given course or subject (e.g., math), students rotate on a fixed schedule or at the teacher’s discretion among locations on the physical campus.

• At least one is a learning lab for predominantly online learning, and the other(s) are classroom(s) for other learning modalities.

• The Lab Rotation model differs from the Station Rotation model because students rotate among locations on the campus instead of staying in one classroom for the blended course or subject.

Flipped model

• A Rotation-model implementation in which within a given course or subject (e.g.. math), students rotate on a fixed schedule between face-to-face teacher-guided practice (or projects) on campus during the standard school day and online delivery of content and instruction of the same subject from a remote location (often home) after school.

• The primary delivery of content and instruction is online, which differentiates a Flipped Classroom from students who are merely doing homework practice online at night.

• The Flipped Classroom model accords with the idea that blended learning includes some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace because the model allows students to choose the location where they receive content and instruction online.

Individual rotation• A Rotation-model implementation

in which within a given course or subject (e.g., math), students rotate on an individually customized, fixed schedule among learning modalities, at least one of which is online learning. An algorithm or teacher sets individual student schedules.

• The Individual Rotation model differs from the other Rotation models because students do not necessarily rotate individual student schedules.

• The Individual Rotation model differs from the other Rotation models because students do not necessarily rotate to each available station or modality.

Keep these important details in mind:

What the course objectives are

Remember blended learning is not about using one type of technology tool.

If you focus on the tool rather than what your end goal is. you miss the point of blended learning.

Don’t use technology just for the sake of using it.

Calvin and Hobbes is copyrighted by Bill Watterson

Resources information

• Please note: the infographics used in this presentation, are from other sources. Links to where these sources can be found are included in the presentation. If I have made an error in crediting the source, please let me know via e-mail: torresw@rpcs.org so that I may correct the error.

***Please know that the infographics from Holton-Arms were resources from the Blended Learning Lab that was held at the school in 2013. The infographics from Holton-Arms used in this presentation were from a larger infographic.

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• If you have any questions about the infographics from Holton Arms, please contact their Academic Tech Department at help@holton-arms.edu .

The Blended Learning Redefinition Worksheet was created by the members of the Holton-Arms Academic Technology Department licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial Share-Alike 4.0 International License.