Roadmap to
   Blended Learning


                               by Wesley Fryer

                       www.speedofcreativity.org
 4 November 2011
Briarcliff Manor, NY
                         playingwithmedia.com
3 November 2011
Quaker Hill Tavern
 Chappaqua, NY
http://whenisgood.net
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road map to blended learning

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vision
         is
      critical

www.flickr.com/photos/chrismar/3175643042
http://promo.simonandschuster.com/fourthpartworld/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldseem%C3%BCller_map




            Waldseemüller map (1507)
http://gizmodo.com/5813875/what-happens-in-60-seconds-on-the-internet
3 Waypoints
for Blended Learning


   destination?

         ship?

   activities?
<1> destination?
www.flickr.com/photos/jemimus/4824411391
a proliferation of mobile computing devices




                          www.flickr.com/photos/ivyfield/4486938191
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFZ0z5Fm-Ng
why should
communication changes
  matter in school?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFZ0z5Fm
where are we headed?




           “terra incognita”
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Cloud-based BYOD future
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/6231017909
9 Oct 2011
             Mt Ararat?




               “Bring your device
             & meet me in the cloud”
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/2959807121




every learner with a mobile computing device
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/6074438029/




                  23 Aug 2011
www.flickr.com/photos/dragonsinger57/6144687713




learners need to make stuff
mobile learning
www.speedofcreativity.org/2011/05/26/digitizing-an-elementary-writing-portfolio
www.flickr.com/photos/scuolafotografia/3631378689




interactivity & feedback is key
http://learningsigns.speedofcreativity.org/2011/08/15/the-
                           fire/
The Fire

    There was a fire ban that year
     But the carless campers left
  Leaving smoldering remains behind
      The fire that ate the forest

Wind whispered wordlessly in the trees
     The fire was given new life
     Like a new small heartbeat
     The fire that ate the forest
...continued...

     The fire lit the dry grass
   It was gathering in strength
  Like a lion preparing to strike
   The fire that ate the forest

 The fire now reached the trees
   It was a wild beast let free
Grey smoke billowed up to the sky
   The fire that ate the forest
http://twitter.com/wfryer/status/103292300922331136
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digital simplicity matters
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kxIed86bEk
www.flickr.com/photos/julicrockett/2968136899/




document & share what you make
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb0syrgsH6M
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb0syrgsH6M
ship?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldseem%C3%BCller_map
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interactive
   white
   board
   (IWB)
    awe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:XO-Beta1-mikemcgregor-2.jpg
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Alan Kay: “The predominant technology in the
    classroom determines the predominant
               learning task”
www.google.com/chromebook/
www.youtube.com/user/googlechrome
what is
   transformative
about a Chromebook?
www.youtube.com/user/googlechrome




www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsdxvyyPnfI
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/6193407600




“You Had
  Me at
    8
seconds”
Right question is NOT...


      should we buy iPads?

                                should we buy Kindles?

should we buy Galaxy Tablets?

                                should be buy netbooks?

     should we buy laptops?

                              should we buy Macbooks?
Right Question: What do you want learners to DO?




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blended learning is...




 www.flickr.com/photos/familymwr/5322734002   www.flickr.com/photos/torres21/6048960035



 ...a combination of face-to-face,
online, & hybrid learning strategies
maximizing engagement & interactivity
www.flickr.com/photos/olpc/4882646127




by One Laptop per Child
                            we need ONE device PER learner
www.flickr.com/photos/mmcnier/4970059270




we must encourage creation
Your network is the
                   cornerstone of digital
                          learning




www.flickr.com/photos/21524179@N08/2229349248/
“smart networks” thesis:


  our k12 networks
need to look more like
  college networks

     this means...
www.flickr.com/photos/kiui/3693823005/




robust connectivity
www.flickr.com/photos/smays/4557124785/




BYOD - multiple platforms supported
www.flickr.com/photos/communitysteps/1960437877/




       compatible wifi
        access points

    > 1 per classroom
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/6003169582/




network utilization metrics
quotas for video streaming (by protocol)
Got a
 “Smart”
Network?
  (yet?!)


            www.flickr.com/photos/pitadel/4951801589
activities?
X

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/category_g_4_t_4.html
www.explorelearning.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources
www.oercommons.org
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/223327646




relational connections are KEY
www.flickr.com/photos/torres21/863323961




collaboration
im
                www.flickr.com/photos/ncsphotography/4247856340




      x t   ag
  t e         es
audio vide     o
  playingwithmedia.com
   (we need to play with media)
audio
Pearl Harbor
      &
AudioBoo.fm
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/3722525388
“no edit” audio recording




  http://audioboo.fm
www.playingwithmedia.com




www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfT40tC2Hcs
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/3722512686
http://soundcloud.com
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EVERY
classroom
 needs...
Every Classroom Needs...


       home base

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                       home base (a wiki)
wiki.wesfryer.com/t4t




home base (a wiki)
newspaper (a blog)
a quiz room & gradebook (Moodle)
http://share.playingwithmedia.com
directions
      home base

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    pa              r b
      pe         iz e
                u ad
           r   q r
                  g
                &
closing
      thoughts

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           dnorman/13885252
www.kk.org




“No technology is tremendous unless it can be
     tremendously abused.” - Kevin Kelly
the playing with media classroom challenge

      during the 2011-2012 school year, share online...

at least ONE student digital text project

                      at least ONE student image project

at least ONE student audio project

                      at least ONE student video project

at least ONE student collaborative project
Your Next Steps...

build and cultivate your classroom...

         home base (wiki)
         newspaper (blog)


accept the playing with media classroom challenge
im
                www.flickr.com/photos/ncsphotography/4247856340




      x t   ag
  t e         es
audio vide     o
  playingwithmedia.com
   (we need to play with media)
digital footprints
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               our kids are ready!
Roadmap to
   Blended Learning


                               by Wesley Fryer

                       www.speedofcreativity.org
 4 November 2011
Briarcliff Manor, NY
                         playingwithmedia.com

Roadmap to Blended Learning (4 Nov 2011)