Whether you have just begun your blended learning journey, or it is a path you have been traveling down for several years, it’s important to stay dynamic and reflective on your practice in order to ensure that your blended initiative is having a positive impact on student success. Attend this web seminar to participate in a discussion with Tim Hudson, senior director of curriculum design at DreamBox Learning and Tom Vander Ark, CEO of Getting Smart, about how to identify signs of success when implementing blended learning and how to know your district is headed in the right direction.

1. Web Seminar for K12 Leaders
10 Signs That Your #BlendedJourney
is on the Right Track
The web seminar will start promptly at 2 p.m. ET.
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Web Seminar for K12 Leaders
Kurt Eisele-Dyrli
Web Seminar Editor
District Administration
Tom Vander Ark
CEO
Getting Smart
Tim Hudson
Senior Director of Curriculum Design
DreamBox Learning

2. Web Seminar for K12 Leaders
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10 Signs That Your #BlendedJourney is on the Right Track
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3. Web Seminar for K12 Leaders
10 Signs That Your #BlendedJourney
is on the Right Track
Web Seminar for K12 Leaders
Kurt Eisele-Dyrli
Web Seminar Editor
District Administration
Tom Vander Ark
CEO
Getting Smart
Tim Hudson
Senior Director of Curriculum Design
DreamBox Learning

4. Web Seminar for K12 Leaders
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Attendee panel.
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to the event Host.
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slide decks after our presentation.
10 Signs That Your #BlendedJourney is on the Right Track

5. Web Seminar for K12 Leaders
10 Signs That Your #BlendedJourney
is on the Right Track
Web Seminar for K12 Leaders
Kurt Eisele-Dyrli
Web Seminar Editor
District Administration
Tom Vander Ark
CEO
Getting Smart
Tim Hudson
Senior Director of Curriculum Design
DreamBox Learning

6. Agenda
• Introduction
• The Blended Learning Journey
– 10 Signs of Success
– Blended Learning Initiative Metrics
– The Blended Learning Teacher
– The Shift to New Ways of Teaching and Learning
• Q&A

7. The Blended Learning Journey
#BLENDEDJOURNEY
@DocHudsonMath
@tvanderark
@DreamBox_Learn
@Getting_Smart

8. 10 Signs of Success Along the #BlendedJourney
Sign #1: All stakeholders are engaged.

9. 10 Signs of Success Along the #BlendedJourney
Sign #2: All stakeholders understand the
importance of data.

10. 10 Signs of Success Along the #BlendedJourney
Sign #3: Teachers have clear expectations
and a personalized PD plan.

11. 10 Signs of Success Along the #BlendedJourney
Sign #4: Teachers and students are empowered
to handle common technology issues

12. 10 Signs of Success Along the #BlendedJourney
Sign #5: Students are able to articulate why
they’re using technology and the benefits it
brings.

13. 10 Signs of Success Along the #BlendedJourney
Sign #6: Students receive immediate
feedback and are able to make more realistic
evaluations of their learning.

14. 10 Signs of Success Along the #BlendedJourney
Sign #7: Student progress is based on
content mastery (competency-based)

15. 10 Signs of Success Along the #BlendedJourney
Sign #8: Students are learning in a
fully immersive digital environment

16. 10 Signs of Success Along the #BlendedJourney
Sign #9: Data is used to enhance
parent/teacher communication.

17. 10 Signs of Success Along the #BlendedJourney
Sign #10: A continuous improvement
model is in place

18. Blended Initiative Metrics
Supplemental Blend Data-Informed Blend Integrated, Mastery-based
Core Traditional basal; whole group
cycles of concept-practice-
assess
Combination of traditional
and blended intervention
Modular, personalized
learning progressions
Tech Limited access; lab rotation or
occasional class rotation
Partial use Fully integrated
Adaptive Occasional use as supplement;
provides some personalized
learning
Regular use informs
grouping and intervention
instruction
Fully integrated (3-5x/wk),
complemented by
performance assessment
Progress Grade level cohort, occasional
retention
Blocked intervention Individual mastery based
Data Limited use of adaptive
assessment data in core
instruction
Some of use of data to
form performance groups
Multiple sources of formative
data informs individual
learning progressions
Engagem
ent
Students passively listen to the
teacher with spurts of high
engagement
Mixture of high and low
engagement instruction
Vast majority engaged in
cognitive work and persist
through challenges

19. The Blended Learning Teacher
• High expectations and commitment to achieving
equitable outcomes
• Desire to move towards competency-based learning
• Values all learners
• Teachers for student-driven learning
• Math teachers-- driving blended and adaptive
learning

20. Shifting to New Ways of Teaching and Learning
• Student learning
– Personalized
– Competency-based
• Teacher PD
– Personalized
– Competency-based

21. Questions?

22. Web Seminar for K12 Leaders
10 Signs That Your #BlendedJourney
is on the Right Track
Q&A
(Please stay tuned following the Q&A session for additional slides with important
resources and Web seminar archive access information.)
Web Seminar for K12 Leaders
Kurt Eisele-Dyrli
Web Seminar Editor
District Administration
Tom Vander Ark
CEO
Getting Smart
Tim Hudson
Senior Director of Curriculum Design
DreamBox Learning

23. DreamBox Learning® K-8 Math
Available in English & Spanish
Intelligent Adaptive Learning
Engine
• Millions of personalized learning paths
• Tailored to a student’s unique needs
Motivating Learning
Environments
• Student Directed, Empowering
• Leverages Gaming Protocols
Rigorous Mathematics
Curriculum
• Reporting Aligned to CCSS,
Texas TEKS, Virginia SOL,
Canada WNCP, & Canada
Ontario Curriculum Reports
• Standards for Mathematical
Practice

24. DreamBox Lessons & Virtual Manipulatives
Intelligently adapt & individualize to:
• Students’ own intuitive strategies
• Kinds of mistakes
• Efficiency of strategy
• Scaffolding needed
• Response time

25. Actionable Reporting

26. FREE Interactive Whiteboard Lessons
DreamBox supports small group and whole class instruction.
www.dreambox.com/teachertools (Available in English & Spanish)

27. Seeing is believing!
www.dreambox.com/request-a-demo

28. We value your feedback, compliments,
suggestions, and complaints!
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