Slides from presentation at NISD TechnoPalooza 2014

1. Best Practices of
Blended Learning

2. https://flic.kr/p/8JCrhJ
http://tinyurl.com/PaloozaBlending

3. #nisdPalooza
https://flic.kr/p/7aXhjJ

7. Active, Engaged Learning
In the
Classroom
Combined
with
Active, Engaged Learning
Online,
Anywhere

8. Blended Learning
Is active, engaged learning in the classroom
combined with
active, engaged a learning online.

9. Blended Learning Continuum
No
Blending.
Fully
Face-to-
Face
Face-to-
Face with
some
tech
enhance
ments
Online
Learning
provides
significant
task
redesign.
Online
Learning
allows
for new
tasks,
previously
un-
thinkable.

10. Flavors of
Blended Learning
https://flic.kr/p/5cjMTo

11. BYOT/BYOD

12. D.N.A.Device Neutral Activities

13. Classroom
Stations

15. Lab

17. 1:1

18. no
limits

19. Flipping
Workshop Model
PBL
Gaming
Genius Hour

20. Recipe for
Blue-Ribbon Blending

21. 1 Connected
Educator

23. TWITTER
CHANGED
MY
LIFE.

24. http://youtu.be/O-oSTuBt91I

26. Reach out to
students and
families online
before school
starts.

27. http://youtu.be/TJMhks80uuk
Add a
“meet the
teacher” video
to your school
Website.

28. Tweet out a virtual
tour of your
classroom with
Bubb.li

29. 3 Aces
1. Home Base
2. Storage Space
3. Publication
Place

30. Home Base
Your District Website

31. So, which one is best?
The one
your
teachers,
students,
and
parents
will USE!

32. Storage Space

33. Publication Place

34. 30 helpings of
SOPs

35. Do IT every day!

36. Exit Ticket
Reflection
Bell Ringer
Status-of-Class

37. Telling students
to turn off the
device is like
telling them to
disengage.

38. In triads, compose a
list of at least 3
procedures for
Blending.
Tweet out your list,
or post your list to
our Padlet.
http://padlet.com/mrs
tcain/BlendingSOPs

39. Recipe for
Blue-Ribbon Blending

40. Ingredients:
• 1 Connected Teacher
• 3 Aces
• 30 helpings of SOPs

41. Mix all
ingredients
liberally
with . . .

42. H.E.A.T.

43. HIGHER ORDER THINKING
AUTHENTIC CONNECTIO
TECHNOLOGY USE
H
E
A
T
ENGAGEMENT
AUTHENTIC CONNECTIONS
TRANSFORMATIVE
TECHNOLOGY USE

44. Kathy Schrock http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html
HIGHER ORDER THINKINGH

45. Higher order thinking
represents the level of
STUDENT COGNITION,
not
COGNITION!

46. ACADEMIC
DISCUSSION

47. INNOVATION
is COMBINATION
Learning Event Generator in iTunes Store

48. CREATE
MEDIA
Explicitly engaging students in the
creation of nonlinguistic
representations stimulates and
increases activity in the brain.
~Gerlic & Jausovec

51. Animation
http://www.pinterest.com/esc11dlr/animation/

52. And more . . .
https://www.smore.com/mcbr-worth-1000http://www.pinterest.com/esc11dlr/

53. ENGAGEMENTE
Engaged learning increases when
students
MAKE DECISIONS
and
CONNECT WITH OTHER
LEARNERS during the learning
process.

54. MAKING DECISIONS
VOICE & CHOICE
STUDENT OWNERSHIP

55. http://maps.playingwithmedia.com/
http://learninginhand.com/blog/show-what-
you-know-using-web-mobile-apps-
infographic.html

56. CONNECTING
WITH OTHER
LEARNERS
COLLABORATION

57. http://ditchthattextbook.com/2014/02/03/20-
collaborative-google-apps-activities-for-
schools/

59. HIGHER ORDER THINKING
AUTHENTIC CONNECTIO
TECHNOLOGY USE
H
E
A
T
ENGAGEMENT
AUTHENTIC CONNECTIONS
TRANSFORMATIVE
TECHNOLOGY USE

60. AUTHENTIC CONNECTIONSE
The learning experience is
directly relevant to students
and involves creating a product
that has a purpose beyond the
classroom.

61. http://www.newtechnetwork.org/about/video
/cells-gone-wild

62. TRANSFORMATIVE
TECHNOLOGY USE
T

63. http://youtu.be/OBce25r8vto

64. And, don’t forget the
topping!

65. EVERY CHILD
EVERY DAY