Blending lessons effectively
- 1. December 8, 2014 Flipped Classroom Technology: Blended Learning for All Students Mike Henderson and Billie Rengo-Grantsburg School District
- 2. Today’s Purpose Learning Intentions: By the end of this session, you will: ✤ Understand how to clearly set and communicate instructional outcomes for flipped lessons (Danielson Framework Ic: Setting instructional outcomes). ✤ Understand how to produce clear and sequenced lessons (Danielson Framework 1e: Planning and preparation). ✤ Understand how to create engaging instructional activities that propel student learning (Danielson Framework 1e: Planning and preparation). ✤ Success Criteria: By the end of this session, you will have: ✤ Identified lesson components that increase student learning. ✤ Identified key teaching strategies that will facilitate learning and engagement. ✤ Identified a lesson that you can flip and recognized your “next step.”
- 3. Making Connections ✤ What are your current views and understandings about blended learning? ✤ What do you already know?
- 4. Where are you going? ✤ What do you want or need to know?
- 5. Student Voice ✤ Student Voice The future according to children
- 8. Purpose ✤ Access to Education ✤ Learning Pathways ✤ Motivated Students Can Work Ahead ✤ Scheduling Flexibility
- 9. Making Learning Visible ✤ Learning Intentions ✤ Success Criteria ✤ Instructional Strategies ✤ Educational Revolution ✤ Metacognition ✤ Reflection
- 10. ✤ What are some possible stumbling blocks to blending or flipping lessons for students?
- 11. Blended Learning in Elementary...Really? ✤ Layers ✤ Recognize student interests
- 12. Setting the Stage ✤ Responsibility ✤ Contract ✤ Consequences
- 13. Tracking Completion Don't just focus on content Get students involved Increase responsibility Accountability?
- 15. Tech Tool Selection ✤ Know your students ✤ Select the right tools based on ability levels ✤ Nightmares...
- 16. Screen Casting Preparing content Advanced planning Screencasts of PowerPoints Upload to the web to make accessible for students ✤ Screen-cast-o-matic (from your computer) ✤ Use your PowerPoints in a new way ✤ Great for any age (especially young readers) ✤ Appeals to visual learners Now can conveniently be done from your mobile device! Check out "Presentation Recorder" in the App Store.
- 17. Augmented Reality ✤ Definition of AR ✤ Layar ✤ Aurasma ✤ App Smashing
- 18. Layar Easy to use No usernames/passwords needed Create on your computer Students use the app to view content
- 20. Aurasma ✤ If walls could talk... ✤ Make video accessible ✤ Highly engaging ✤ Endless possibilities ✤ Visit Erin Klein's blog for step- by-step instructions
- 21. Aurasma
- 22. QR Codes ✤ Upload videos to YouTube ✤ Pair with the "ShowMe" app ✤ Another fun way to deliver content ✤ Accountability element (check the app's history) ✤ www.qrcode-monkey.com
- 24. Tellagami ✤ Create engaging videos ✤ Set the purpose for an activity ✤ Customizable with different backgrounds and voices ✤ Lesson Clarity
- 25. Tellagami
- 26. Nearpod ✤ Take your PowerPoints to a whole new level. ✤ Interactive qualities ✤ Teacher can monitor activity (feedback about learning) ✤ Students can check their answers and compare their answers with the rest of the class ✤ Homework feature
- 27. Effect size of .75 Can nearly double the speed of learning Types of feedback Self/praise Task Process Self-regulation
- 28. From the Eyes of a Student ✤ Trial and error ✤ Trust ✤ Safe to take risks ✤ Content only vs. the ability to interact ✤ Independent activities vs. cooperative learning
- 29. Evaluation Time! ✤ Choose a lesson to evaluate. ✤ Are key criteria evident? (clarity in organization, clarity in assessment, obvious learning intentions and success criteria, effective instructional strategies) ✤ What suggestions for improvement can you make?
- 30. Reflect ✤ Share what spoke to you from our session. ✤ What did you think about? ✤ What will you do next?