Engage your students and increase their depth of understanding by adding blended learning, flipped classroom, and project-based learning to your classroom repertoire.

1. Student Engagement
Strategies in STEM Classes
http://tiny.cc/KimGarcia
Capitalize the K and G

2. Presenter: Kim Garcia
• TCEA’s Technology Applications &
Computer Science Special Interest
Group (TA/CS-SIG) President
• Educational Technology
Coordinator, Georgetown ISD,
Georgetown, Texas
• Former High School Computer
Science and Webmastering Teacher

3. Student Engagement
Strategies
• Flipped Classroom
• Blended Learning
• Project-Based Learning (PBL)

4. Flipped Classroom
Outside of Class
1. Students watch a video that
demonstrates/explains a concept
• Teacher may create video or select video
by someone else
2. Students respond to questions
posed by the teacher about the
content
• Helps teacher understand what topics are
still not clear to students

5. Flipped Classroom
In Class
1. Teacher clarifies points the students
did not understand from the video
and/or engages students in
discussion and interaction about the
topic of the video
2. Students work on an assignment
related to the topic
3. Teacher provides additional help to
students who need one-on-one
assistance

6. Flipped Classroom
From a Student’s Perspective
1. Go to www.schoology.com
2. Click the Sign Up button
3. Select Instructor
4. Create your Schoology account
5. Click Courses > Join
6. Enter Access Code GZV8V-RBH4F
7. Click Join
8. In TCEA 2015: Computer Science II class, complete
two assignments

7. How to Design a Flipped
Classroom (from RIT)
Rochester Institute of Technology http://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/tls/course-design/flipped-classroom/models-infographics

8. Flipped Classroom
Tips
• You do not need to completely flip your
classroom!
• Keep the length of each video under 5 minutes
• If you use videos from YouTube, you can use
TubeChop to select just a portion of the video
for students to watch
• Ask students to respond to 2 to 6
questions after watching a video
• Keep in mind how much time you are
asking students to spend outside of class
Turn to Your Neighbor blog http://blog.peerinstruction.net/2013/06/20/two-magical-tools-to-get-your-students-to-do-and-learn-
from-pre-class-work-in-a-flipped-classroom/

9. Flipped Classroom
Tools
Learning Management System
• Schoology
• Edmodo
Video Recording & Editing
• Educreations
• Stoodle
• Jing / Camtasia
• Screencast-O-Matic
• Screenr

10. Flipped Classroom
Learn More
• TCEA Community’s Flipped Classroom Group
http://tcea.mymemberfuse.com
• Flipped Classrooms 101: A Self-Paced Course
http://blog.peerinstruction.net/2013/06/27/flipped-
classrooms-101-a-self-paced-short-course/
• The Teacher’s Guide to Flipped Classrooms, by
Edudemic http://www.edudemic.com/guides/flipped-
classrooms-guide/
• Flipped Classroom Resources from Rochester Institute
of Technology
https://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/tls/course-
design/flipped-classroom
• Flipped Learning Network http://flippedclassroom.org/

11. Blended Learning
• Some class activities or
discussions take place in
an online learning
environment or learning
management system

12. Blended Learning
Lesson Example
1. Find a real world example of
repetition that is similar to a
loop in computer science
2. Online: Post and describe your
real world example of a loop. Respond to
classmates’ posts, stating whether you think
example is for loop, while loop, do…while loop.
3. Write a computer program simulating your example
4. Online: Post your program and explain why you
selected this type of loop

13. Blended Learning
From a Student’s Perspective
1. Go to www.schoology.com
2. Click the Sign Up button
3. Select Instructor
4. Create your Schoology account
5. Click Courses > Join
6. Enter Access Code GZV8V-RBH4F
7. Click Join
8. In TCEA 2015: Computer Science II class, complete
the discussion

14. Blended vs Flipped
(from RIT)
Rochester Institute of Technology http://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/tls/course-design/flipped-classroom/models-infographics

15. Blended vs Flipped
(from RIT)
Rochester Institute of Technology http://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/tls/course-design/flipped-classroom/models-infographics

16. Project-Based Learning
(PBL)
• Helps students deepen
their understanding of
STEM content while
working collaboratively
on a complex real-world
question
• Project-based learning (PBL) is different
from completing a project

17. Project-Based Learning
Introduction
• Edutopia video: Five Keys to Rigorous
Project-Based Learning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzCGNnU_WM

18. Project-Based Learning
About & How to Begin
• Edutopia PBL Resources
http://www.edutopia.org/video/five-keys-rigorous-
project-based-learning
• What’s the Difference Between Doing Projects and
Project-Based Learning?
http://www.friedtechnology.com/2012/11/whats-
difference-between-doing-projects.html
• Buck Institute for Education PBL Documents
http://bie.org/objects/documents
• Buck Institute for Education PBL Online Planner
http://bie.org/project_planner/login_register

19. Project-Based Learning
Project Ideas & Databases
• PBLU http://pblu.org/
• Buck Institute for Education Project Search
http://bie.org/project_search
• Edutopia: A World of Project (PBL) Ideas You Can Steal
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/a-world-of-project-ideas-
to-steal-suzie-boss
• Global Digital Citizen: A Better List of Ideas for PBL
https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/a-better-list-of-ideas-for-
project-based-learning/

20. Project-Based Learning
Learn More
• TCEA Community’s PBL Group http://tcea.mymemberfuse.com
• PBLU http://pblu.org/
• All The PBL Terms You Should Know https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/all-
the-project-based-learning-terms-you-should-know/
• Edutopia: PBL Research Review: Introduction
http://www.edutopia.org/pbl-research-learning-outcomes
• Edutopia: PBL Research Review: Evidence-Based Components of
Success http://www.edutopia.org/pbl-research-evidence-based-
components
• Buck Institute for Education: The Main Course, Not Dessert: How Are
Students Reaching 21st Century Goals? With 21st Century Project Based
Learning http://bie.org/object/document/main_course_not_dessert
• Edutopia: What Makes PBL a Success? Video featuring Manor (Texas)
New Tech High School http://www.edutopia.org/stw-project-based-
learning-best-practices-new-tech-video

21. Questions & Discussion
+ Connect with Kim
• Questions & Discussion
• Connect with Kim Garcia
– Twitter @DigitalLearners
– Website http://texascomputerscience.weebly.com
– Pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/digitallearners
– Diigo https://www.diigo.com/user/digitallearners

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