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Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement
A while back, I was asked, “What engages students?” Sure, I could respond, sharing anecdotes about what I believed to be engaging, but I thought it would be so much better to lob that question to my own…
Read More »Teaching in Blended Learning Environments: Creating and Sustaining Communities of Inquiry – Free ebook from Athabasca Press
Teaching in Blended Leaning Environments provides a coherent framework in which to explore the transformative concept of blended learning. Blended learning can be defined as the organic integration of thoughtfully selected and complementary face-to-face and online approaches and technologies….
Read More »What media making and social learning tools are best at engaging learners?
Most agree that classrooms need to provide opportunities for students to create and engage with new media technology. However, that realization still leaves us far from the specifics needed to make it happen. What media making and social…
Read More »Formative Assessment: The Secret Sauce of Blended Success
Although most people probably associate the term “assessment” with quizzes and exams, in reality these high-stakes activities represent a small subset of assessment opportunities. Educationally, assessments can be broken into two larger categories: summative and formative. Most of…
Read More »Why Connectivity Matters
Blended classrooms and innovations in education technology are changing the way students learn. As educators, we can teach our students how to utilize online connectivity in ways that support individual interests and passions, and help students meet their own academic and personal goals.
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Read More »Studies Discover How Computers And The Web Are Changing The Way We Learn and Remember – InformED
Computers have transformed our daily lives so much that it?s hard for most people who have grown up in this digital age to imagine a time without technology.
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Read More »Why (And How) To Start Teaching Coding In School
Fueled by an incredible demand in the workforce for proficient programmers and the need to teach critical thinking skills, the coding movement in schools has exploded. Furthermore, we all communicate through technology, so we should at least know the basic premise of coding because the gadget sit…
The 4-step beginner’s guide to blogging in the classroom
Reading a wide range of blogs can give pupils access to new thinking, often from their peers or near-peers, delivered in accessible, bite-size ways. Once you’ve started reading a variety of blogging sites, the next step is to start writing them – learning 21st century literacy as you do so – not …
Read More »3 Ways to Get Faculty Up to Speed With Technology
See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab When it comes to teaching with technology, or even teaching in general, most faculty could use a little support. To provide the resources, ideas and inspiration faculty need to become better…
Read More »New Research from SRI International Offers Insights into Blended Learning Models
See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab Blended learning models— the combination of teacher-led and online instruction— may improve education by enhancing personalized learning in schools and freeing teachers to focus on helping all students develop higher-level learning…
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