I'm so excited to team up with Polly Simpkins to offer a book study. Blended Learning in Action by Catlin Tucker demonstrates the advantages a blended model has over traditional instruction when technology is used to engage students both inside the classroom and online. Based on conversations with teachers who were interested in the Blended Learning in Action Book Study and some who had participated in online course about blended learning, I learned that what was missing in their training was actually experiencing blended learning from the perspective of a student. For this reason, we planned the book study to not be just online, or just in-person discussion, but a blended experience. We kicked off the book study with this short video! Our first in-person meeting is planned using a station rotation model. We'll open the meeting with a poll about the challenges teachers face in the classroom, then work through station of how to access the digital eBook, defining blended learning, and discussing what makes a good book study experience. We will close the meeting with a card mapping activity to break down the flow of the lesson. Teachers will walk away with their own set of Blended Learning Icon Cards to aid in planning blended lessons for their own classrooms.
Future meeting models will be determined based on the needs and preferences of participants. I hope to model a different structure each time we meet, giving participants a chance to experience the model and digest the book we're reading. Have you read Blended Learning in Action or have experience with blended models in your own classroom? I'd love to hear about it.
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