This document discusses blended learning and its implementation at West Generation Academy. It begins with a brief history of blended learning and defines its models, including the rotation model. It explains that blended learning demands changes to instructional practice and creates individualization. The objectives are to explain blended learning history and terminology, recognize the needed instructional changes, discover how it individualizes learning, and formulate next steps. It discusses the technology used and the presenter's role in providing professional development and guidance to design blended learning classrooms.

1. West Generation Academy
& Blended Learning
Beginning Blended Learning

2. Introduction

3. video

4. Objectives
1. Explain the history and terminology of
Blended Learning.
2. Recognize that Blended Learning demands
a change in instructional practice.
3. Discover how Blended Learning creates
individualization for all children.
4. Formulate potential next steps.

5. A Brief History of Blended Learning

6. Defining the Models

7. Models at West Generation Academy

8. Rotation Model
video

9. Flipped-Mastery

10. Why Go Blended?

20. If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob
our children of tomorrow.
Education is not a preparation for life; education is
life itself. Education, therefore, is a process of
living and not a preparation for future living.

21. What You've Signed On For
● Personalized learning for every child
○ RTI Model - Special Education
● Less is More - Gifted and Talented
● Using formative assessment data in real-
time to drive instruction
● Tangible, sharable outcomes at the top of
Bloom's
● Using time change to build relationships
○ making a relationship with the student in the
presence of content is one of the most important
things that we can do to help learning happen.
● Teacher Ownership

22. Blended Learning Technology at
West Generation Academy

23. My Role at Your School
● Professional Development
● Resource Advice
● Classroom Assitance
● Philosophical and Design Guidance

24. What are the Next Steps?
● Defining Blended Learning for West
Generation Academy
● Designing your Blended Learning classroom
● Designing the teacher technology
experience
● Professional Development
○ online communities
○ webinars
○ face to face
○ collaborative planning

26. Resources
http://tinyurl.com/westblended