The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 16, 2017

Today Weston Kieschnick @wes_kieschnick helps us how to go bold school with blended learning. Old school plus blended learning = bold school. In today’s show, Weston Kieschnick talks about blended learning and old school teaching: The old school wisdom we should hold onto. Listen Now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Many of us are learning to traverse between online and in-person learning environments. Our guest Aaron Johnson, author of Online Teaching with Zoom , shares with us how to better engage students through Zoom, so we can all teach effectively at a distance.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JUNE 27, 2016

Instead, creating effective personalized learning solutions is just the first step. To remain relevant and have impact on a large scale, classroom integration must retain a profound concern with how to empower schools and teachers to educate students of widely differing abilities.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 28, 2020

After much deliberation, many are considering operating classrooms under a blended learning model, which entails a mix of onsite and remote schooling, to make social distancing more feasible in school buildings during the coronavirus pandemic. But the adoption of blended learning today could be seen as more than a safety measure.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Blended Learning In my opinion, the best 21st-century classrooms are “bricks” and “clicks,” blending together the best of face-to-face and online. Blended learning is not new. Blended Learning Classrooms are made of “bricks’ and “clicks” and every teacher should be ready.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

Difficult decisions have had to be made regarding grading, making funds available to get technology in the hands of disadvantaged kids, getting school work to kids where the digital divide could not be overcome, and figuring out how to provide professional learning support virtually. However, the pedagogical tenets remain the same.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 6, 2020

Through the Midwest Teachers Institute , I offer four college-credit classes that teach how to blend technology with traditional lesson plans. Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. INTASC 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 11, 2021

Through the Midwest Teachers Institute , I offer four college-credit classes that teach how to blend technology with traditional lesson plans. In this class, you’ll learn what topics to introduce, how to unpack them, and how to make them authentic to student lives. image—how to use them legally. netiquette.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 11, 2019

How K–12 Schools Should Define and Act on Digital Learning. To be honest, I hate the term blended learning. Let me explain why: In today’s world of education, blended learning gets thrown around for any type of new education involving technology. . What Does Blended Learning Mean for K–12?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Today, I’m amazed at the impact technology can have on the learning process—especially when it enables teachers to personalize learning. And I never tire of hearing stories from educators who are successfully implementing personalized approaches to provide their students a truly unique learning experience.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Kiddom , a transformative approach to teaching and personalized learning, has a new guide available for teachers–and it’s free: Blended Learning 101: An Introduction to Blended Learning Instruction. Learn how to start a blended learning program in your classroom or at your school.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Through the Midwest Teachers Institute , I offer four college-credit classes that teach how to blend technology with traditional lesson plans. In this class, you’ll learn what topics to introduce, how to unpack them, and how to make them authentic to student lives. image—how to use them legally. netiquette.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 20, 2019

Julie is an Authentic Intellectual Work (AIW) coach and has coached elementary, middle, and high school teams of teachers on how to use the framework in order to increase the level of intellectual demand as well as the authenticity of the work that students are asked to do.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 15, 2020

As of late, I have been working with quite a few districts on personalization through a variety of blended learning strategies. I can honestly say that I have learned so much from them over the years as to what pedagogically-sound blended learning really is, and, in my mind, they are a global exemplar for others to emulate.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

TCEA 2018: How to Incorporate 3D Printing into Any Lesson Plan. Hutt said 3D printing is another resource in an educator’s blended learning toolkit. “We The 3D printer is really great for personalized learning projects.”. meghan.bogardu…. Thu, 02/08/2018 - 11:00. Ask These Questions Before Choosing a 3D Printer.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

In an effort to personalize learning more and more educators are turning to blended learning strategies. When it comes to personalized learning , the “personal” should be emphasized. Blended learning , as a means to personalize, is one way to accomplish this. See the difference?

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Similarly, if students in the physical classroom spend most of their day listening to a teacher present information or working silently at their desks, they do not enjoy the human interaction that makes in-person learning so appealing. . Planning will be easier if teachers identify the learning objectives for a given week.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

Three years ago, with the help of the education agency the Grant Wood Area Education Agency (GWAEA), Iowa rolled out its initiative to implement blended learning as a model for the state. The collaborative identified blended learning as one vehicle to implement competency based education and personalize student learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

As an illustration, this summer at ISTE, I facilitated a panel of blended learning experts. As they presented, it became clear: most classrooms are already blended classrooms, whether they realize it or not. For this reason, let’s explore the essential elements of effective blended learning so we can all level up.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 23, 2018

Through the Midwest Teachers Institute , I offer four college-credit classes that teach how to blend technology with traditional lesson plans. In this class, you’ll learn what topics to introduce, how to unpack them, and how to make them authentic to student lives. image—how to use them legally. netiquette.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Through the Midwest Teachers Institute , I offer college-credit classes that teach how to blend technology with traditional lesson plans. Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. INTASC 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10. INTASC 1, 7.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 12, 2019

The tricky part is how to actually go about doing those things, and convincing everyone around you that they should be striving for that approach as well. How do you get that done? Let’s start with what personalized learning is — or should be — and go from there. Enter the silos. K–12 Departments Must Find Common Ground.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

As Clayton Christensen recently said to me, just as people have taken the phrase “disruptive innovation” to justify whatever they already wanted to do, people are using the phrase personalized learning—and a whole host of other terms—in a similar manner. Peak of Inflated Expectations: Personalized Learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

These days many schools tout blended learning programs when marketing their school to potential students. Blended learning can combine the flexibility of online instruction with the benefits of in-person teaching. The Good The best blended learning programs seem to have some common threads.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2019

In 2017, at the end of our third year of implementing personalized learning at Dallas ISD, our central personalized learning team conducted a series of stepback meetings with school leaders. We wanted to learn their biggest concerns around implementation, along with what was and wasn’t working for them.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 11, 2021

I fear schools will revert to what is comfortable and what aligns with existing mental models instead of questioning the status quo, taking inventory of the lessons learned this year, and paving a new path forward. Much of that time has been focused on how to teach in online or blended learning environments.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Personalized learning is core to the model at Rogers Elementary, and Kristen Watkins, director of the personalized learning program at Dallas Independent School District, says that exposing students to multiple devices is an intentional part of the school’s approach. The next, they’ll try a Kindle.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2018

This situation reflects the limitation of a models-approach to blended learning implementation. While models have been pivotal in helping teachers implement blended practice, a hyper focus on their individual components, or one model over another, can obscure the big picture. In short, we need to go back to the basics.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2018

Google provides quick and easy access to information while YouTube provides on-demand how-to videos on just about any topic. The case for blending and online learning. The district is constantly developing and improving our systems and structures for all students with the renewed focus on personalized learning for all students.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 23, 2020

The school’s learning management system (LMS) is an indispensable tool for blended learning, personalized learning, and instruction in general. There are many things to consider, including setting up a pilot program, onboarding, and training teachers on how to effectively use the new LMS.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 5, 2018

Through the Midwest Teachers Institute , I offer four grad school classes that teach how to blend technology with traditional lesson plans. In this class, you’ll learn what topics to introduce, how to unpack them, and how to make them authentic to student lives. image—how to use them legally. cyberbullying.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

During the 2018-2019 school year, I participated in the Consortium for School Innovators (CSI) residency, through which educators like myself shadowed at 3 to 5 schools throughout the Bay Area to learn about innovative techniques in the areas of blended and personalized learning. Microshifts in Practice 1.

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Education Elements

JUNE 6, 2023

We can all learn important lessons about how to implement successful shifts by learning about the story of the HSA campus redesign team, including teachers, school principal, assistant principal, working alongside our Education Elements team.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

To read more about supporting self-paced learning and keeping students on track, check out my blog titled “ The Art of Self-Pacing: How to Build Playlists that Keep Students on Track.” I’ve even constructed entire units of study in a playlist to allow students to move through it at a pace that works for them.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

The profiles are part of the school’s embrace of personalized learning, which centers on the belief that a teacher lecturing at the front of a classroom is a bad fit for today’s students. Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 26, 2019

Joseph Valver and his fellow instructional technology facilitators at Hamilton Township School District in New Jersey were providing numerous options for educators in their district to learn how to use education technology, but something was holding educators back. . “As Google Classroom Tools Let Educators Access PD Anywhere.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

When we talk about integrating technology, there’s often the question of training current educators how to use it. Indeed, I think that the current situation demands a proactive strategy: training future teachers how to use technology. Read more: 4 Models of blended learning to implement in the classroom.

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