1. Best Practices of
Blended Learning

3. Tweet what you Learn!
• When you find
something new or
interesting, go ahead
and tweet it!
• Be sure to include the
hashtags
#ESC11 and
#TLNPLN

4. BLENDED LEARNING
is like STRAWBERRIES
and ICE CREAM

8. Blended learning
is a formal education program in which a student learns:
(1)at least in part through online learning, with some element
of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace;
(2)at least in part in a supervised brick-and-mortar location
away from home;
(3)and the modalities along each student’s learning path
within a course or subject are connected to provide an
integrated learning experience.
- See more at: http://www.christenseninstitute.org/blended-learning-model-
definitions/#sthash.9Rk2g9jn.dpuf

9. Blended Learning Continuum

10. FLIPPEDSTATIONS 1:1
3 Flavors
of Blended Classrooms

11. STATION ROTATIONS
Task:
Using the visual, your
own knowledge, and
online resources,
discuss the following:
-Have you seen this
model in action?
-In what grade
levels/content areas
would this model
work best?
-What would be the
benefits/barriers?
http://www.christenseninstitute.org/blended-learning-universe/

12. 1 to 1 Classroom
http://www.citejournal.org/articles/v12i2CP1Fig1.jpg
Task:
Using the visual, your own
knowledge, and online
resources, discuss the
following:
-What opportunities for
blending are available in a
1:1 classroom that might
not otherwise be possible?
-Have you seen a 1:1
Blended classroom? How
does it work?
-How would you see 1:1
blended working
differently in secondary
than in elementary?

13. FLIPPED LEARNING
Task:
Using the visual, your
own knowledge, and
online resources,
discuss the following:
-Have you seen the
flipped model in
action?
-In what grade
levels/content areas
would this model
work best?
-What would be the
benefits/barriers?

14. Ingredients for
Blue-Ribbon Blending

15. USE A LEARNING
PLATFORM.
1.

16. STRONG
CONNECTION
BETWEEN
ONLINE and OFFLINE
WORK
2.

17. If you share it
in the face-to-face classroom,
share it in the online
classroom.
Take pictures or use the TinyScan
app to convert analog papers to
digital.
Have students take turns posting a
picture of the whiteboard everyday.

18. Have students turn in work
using the online platform -
even paper and pencil work!
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K9ZkZ3F_U78/TmgGuJkh6-
I/AAAAAAAABik/Ic0UF8ROKfA/s1600/DSCN1265.JPG

19. Use the online platform for
discussions and reflections.
http://desire.eun.org/image/image_gallery?uuid=9318e060-d83c-4c6e-90c3-
861b1b66697f&groupId=12834&t=1340093966371

20. Be Present
in the
Online Classroom
http://www.americanintifada.com/photos11/0
5-10-04.htm

21. Blended learning is
NOT taking students to the lab
once a week to do a tutorial
program or game.

22. EMPOWER
STUDENTS
WITH
VOICE & CHOICE
3.

24. TEACH & PRACTICE
THE PROCEDURES!
5.

25. Procedures for Station
Rotation
Resources
Aspire Learning
Complete unit of lesson plans for preparing kids for Stations Page 20 – 68
Scholastic
How to Set Up Digital Workstations
Polk PowerPoint
Rotations in the Secondary Classroom
https://www.polk-
fl.net/staff/teachers/reading/documents/Read180Day2/Tuesday2/Differen
ti_Spooner/Differenti_Spooner%20[Compatibility%20Mode].pdf

26. Procedures for Flipping
Introducing the Flipped Classroom the First Days of School
http://www.sophia.org/school-of-thought/introducing-the-flipped-
classroom-in-the-first-day
Letters and procedures for Introducing the Flipped Class to Students and
Parents
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoNSkh2FgPbXdGlsZ0ZOR
kRBbEdvWXM4cE1XeE1jdFE#gid=0

27. Procedures for 1:1
One to One Computing and Classroom Management
http://www.techlearning.com/from-the-classroom/0015/one-to-one-
computing-and-classroom-management/44472
Essential rules for effectively using iPads in middle school classrooms
http://isource.com/2013/03/12/essential-rules-for-effectively-using-
ipads-in-middle-school-classrooms/

28. Online Discussions
How to Write a Quality Comment
Online Discussion Guidelines from Catlin

29. REPRIORITIZE TIME.
6.

30. • Creativity &
Innovation
• Critical Thinking &
Problem Solving
• Communication &
Collaboration

31. EVERY CHILD
EVERY DAY