A presentation re the use of blended learning from a practical teaching perspective. It was given to educators present at the "Perfecting the Blend" conference held recently in Ararat, in partnership with my teaching colleague and friend, Britt Gow.

1. Creating and Sustaining Communities of Inquiry in Blended Learning Environments "Demonstrating and discussing how teaching presence can be designed, facilitated, and directed in a blended learning environment in order to increase levels of student engagement and success."

2. Britt Gow @brittgow [email_address] Anne Mirtschin @murcha [email_address]

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7. Meet my VCE accounting class... Renee

9. The timetable

10. Tools used…. School email

11. MOOC textbooks The students Learning network @ Email lists communities Learning Resources

12. The virtual classroom! Every student has a voice!

16. ESL students Can you please tell me a summary of the chapter?

17. Visual Learning with Word Clouds http://www.wordle.net

19. My Teacher Blog for instructions, reflections and shared conversations

21. Checking understanding

37. We use Skype and Blackboard Collaborate to connect with our Scientist in Schools partner, Melissa Toifl, from CSIRO Land and Water Technologies, in Highett and Clayton.