This is just the introduction, as you can see there are other slides, but those are works in progress.

1. It is a huge
World!
What does your student want to be when
they grow up?

2. A Doctor? Teacher? Veterinarian ?
Maybe they are interested in a career field jobs such
as: working as Mechanic, Plummer or Electrician?
Maybe they want a noble and hard job of protecting
our great country? A calling in the Armed forces.
No matter what path in life your child finds
appealing, they need to have some amount of
technology skills.

3. According to the National Association of Elementary School Principals, “A
dramatic shift is sweeping through our schools. The signs are all around us. Third
graders texting on their cell phones. Kindergarteners who can navigate an iPod
Touch better than we can(adults)…”
There is no escaping the fact that online learning is becoming more and more
popular.
More colleges, locally and around the world offer either hybrid classes or full
online classes.
When we start giving hybrid classes , at a young age even in Kindergarten, we
are preparing them for the future.

4. Benefits of a Hybrid Class
•Building skills for full online
•Transition into a more technology world.
•According to Mr.Currie of Northeastern University Online. Hybrid Classes offer
the following benefits:
• “You get professor and classmate face time.
• Everyone's equal in online discussions.
• The learning doesn't stop when you leave the classroom”(Currie,2015).
•According to Qiuyun Lin a assistant professor at the Childhood Education
Department of Plattsburgh State University of New York, “…online component
provided them with easy access to course documents and resources available 24
hours a day”

5. Hybrid in My Room
I have already started taking steps to incorporate hybrid
learning in my classroom.
◦ Kidblog
I have 5 students who do not have internet.
◦ I provide them with paper copies.
◦ During my computer time, they have a chance of
completing the work there.
I post assignments once a month that relate to the topic we
are learning in class.
At home, students are watching lessons, reading text,
participating in assignments and interacting with
classmates.

6. Hybrid in My Room
My students are very inexperienced with computers and
technology.
◦ I had to teach them the basics and that was time
consuming!
I have seen many good benefits:
◦ Writing is improving in the classroom.
◦ The student who never does homework is doing all
these assignments .
◦ Higher turn in rate for homework.
◦ Students are doing extra assignments.
◦ I am hoping this will help prepare them for M-Step.
Next year, I plan to start earlier in the year with hybrid
learning.

7. Seven Things to Know…
There are several new ways of thinking about teaching and learning that have emerged in the
online learning arena.
Microlectures:"A microlecture is a short recorded audio or video presentation on a single,
tightly defined topic”(EDUCASE,2012).
Badges: Virtual stickers to show a student mastered a skill or subject.
Video communication: Skype type setting for the teacher and the student, great for students
on the move or out of the country
Challenge-based learning: “Through a process of discussion and research, students identify a
selection of questions that might be workable for their project” (EDUCASE, 2012). Students
work together to solve a problem in their school or area.
These are example of badges I can give my students on
Edmodo(LMS website).

8. Seven Things to Know About Gaming in
Learning
Gaming in learning is “Efforts to use such activities to improve learning include overlaying gaming
elements onto a course, creating gaming activities that deliver content, and, in some cases, structuring
an entire course as a game”( EDUCAUSE .2014).
Teachers use games for long and short term use.
Short term use: “Where a single class session is involved, game elements might be minimal, as when
points are awarded for correct answers given during class discussion”( EDUCAUSE ,2014).
A teacher in this school does this with Kahoots.
The long term, “In a broader application, the syllabus might be divided into “levels” where students
begin at the lowest level and work through a series of challenges with an eye to progressing through
the highest before the course ends”( EDUCAUSE ,2014).
*Star means I am doing now. Heart is where I would like to go in the future.

9. GradeCraft
Long term use for gaming in learning.
◦ Made at the University of Michigan in the class of Videogames and Learning
◦ By: Barry Fishman
2014 EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Horizon Report Video Competition.
Whole class is done using GradeCraft
◦ Class worth 1,000,000 points!
◦ The students mostly do the work online and if they master or turn in assignments they earn
badges and it unlocks the next set of work.

10. GradeCraft
This can be done in a hybrid
setting.
Notice this video is showing it
done as a hybrid class for college
students.
With manipulation it can be done
for elementary students.

11. Gaming
•One of the most promising technology for our school is gaming in education.
•According to EDCAUSE games in learning has more potential them just keeping the students
quite.
•Students become more metacognitive because they start to understand what they know and do not
know .
• Games can motivate students to learn and want to learn.
• Encourages students to turn in their work because it will unlock the next set of work.
• Since teachers have been using games in their classroom there has been increases in students
work, engagement and self-discovery.

12. Importance of Incorporating Online/
Hybrid learning
“The number of students taking at least one online course increased by over 570,000 to a new
total of 6.7 million”(Allen and Seaman, 2013, p.5).
“ In 2006 Michigan became the first state to mandate virtual learning, and that each student
should have a virtual learning experience prior to high school graduation”( (Black, DiPietro ,
Ferdig & Preston, 2008, p.1).
High schools are starting to use online learning to make the online learning transition from high
school to college easier.
“The Common Core standards make frequent references to technology skills, stating that students
in every grade should be able to use the Internet for research and use digital tools in their
schoolwork to incorporate video, sound and images with writing”(Lyndsey Layton,2013).

13. My PowerPoint will explain the importance of incorporating a hybrid type of learning in our
students’ lives.
“ In 2006 Michigan became the first state to mandate virtual learning, and that each student should
have a virtual learning experience prior to high school graduation”( (Black, DiPietro , Ferdig &
Preston, 2008, p.1).
Since we have a law that is encourage us as educators to incorporate online learning to our students
lives we need to form a focus team.
Which I will describe more into detail later on in this paper.
Technology is all around us and we need to prepare our students for this technology world.

14. References
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https://blackboard.cmich.edu/bbcswebdav/courses/EDU708-15500-22288856/changingcourse.pdf
Annse, R. (2013, October 27). Advice for Technology Crazed Collegiettes. Retrieved April 9, 2015, from
http://www.hercampus.com/school/u-mass-amherst/advice-technology-crazed-collegiettes
Blair, N. (2012, January 1). National Association of Elementary School Principals: Serving all elementary and middle-level
principals. Retrieved March 27, 2015, from http://www.naesp.org/principal-januaryfebruary-2012-
technology/technology-integration-new-21st-century-learner
Currie, K. (n.d.). 5 Reasons Hybrid Learning Might Be Right For You. Retrieved April 11, 2015, from
http://www.cps.neu.edu/prospective-students/tips-for-success/benefits-of-hybrid-learning.php
DiPietro, M., Ferdig, R., Black, E., & Preston, M. (2008, April 1). Best practices in teaching K-12 online: Lessons learned
from Michigan Virtual School teachers. Retrieved March 27, 2015, from
https://blackboard.cmich.edu/bbcswebdav/courses/EDU708-15500-22288856/mvu.pdf

15. Dolby, P. (2014, August 1). Retrieved April 9, 2015, from
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxb3wVwmYyc
Klien, J. (2010, September 29). Kids, careers, work and reinvention. Retrieved April 9, 2015, from
http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/818098/When-I-grow-up-I-want-to-be
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Lin, Q. (2009). Student Views of Hybrid Learning: A One-Year Exploratory Study. Retrieved April 11, 2015, from
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17. Stop Here this all I have for
the Introduction .

18. What is Online and Hybrid Learning
Online Learning
The paper that has the factsabout how much
money college professors make has this
definitons
Hybrid Learning

19. How to Incorporate Technology in the
Classroom?
We need teachers to be “pioneers”!
◦ Discover new Apps and website to share with teachers, parents and the students.
◦ Teachers need to be comfortable with using technology in their rooms.
◦ Teachers need to be willing to try and fail with new technology.
It is just a matter of educating and changing peoples’ minds about technology that is more than
halve the battle, but we are working hard to make sure the transition is smooth and not painful.

20. How to Incorporate Continued
We need to form a team, to join together and make a vision.
Team will be made up of the following people:
◦ Teachers( technology experience and no technology experience)
◦ Staff
◦ Administrators
◦ Parents
◦ (If for high school, maybe students, but they need to be mature and serious.)
The purpose of this team is to create a vision for how and why the online learning will be
implemented in the classroom.
According to National Association of Elementary School Principals, “Once you have crafted a
common vision, this team can perform a needs assessment. Do you need to reallocate or obtain more
hardware resources for classrooms? Do your teachers need training in transforming 21st century
technology integration? Do you need to explore the array of web 2.0 resources to determine which
are best suited for your educational environment?”(Blair,2012).

21. State of Michigan
“ In 2006 Michigan became the first state to mandate virtual learning, and that each student
should have a virtual learning experience prior to high school graduation”( (Black, DiPietro ,
Ferdig & Preston, 2008, p.1).
When Michigan implemented this type of learning style of course the concerns were about the
teachers experience with online learning and the instructional skills taught to their students. “In
online environments this concept is complicated by the unique skills required of virtual school
teachers” (Black, DiPietro , Ferdig & Preston, 2008,p.11).

22. Technology is here in our children’s faces every day. There is no denying that our
children are more technology advance than most adults, and that is because some of
them are exposed to this technology as newborns. I saw a woman at Disney World
give her newborn a cell phone to listen to music! Our children are craving technology,
and they want to learn more about the technology because it will be used in their
educational and professional lives forever. Technology is not going away in fact it is
only going to become more dominant in our lives. If we want our children to be
successful we need to give them the skills to make that happen