Using the BCPS One LMS to Support Small Group Instruction Instructor Name Title & school/Dept

Workshop Resources Office of Digital Learning Wiki: https://bcpsodl.pbworks.com BCPS One: http://bcpsone.bcps.org BCPS One Manual: http://bcpsone.pbworks.com

Outcomes Participants will develop an understanding of how to use BCPS One features to facilitate flexible and responsive small group instruction. Features to be explored include Lesson Tiles, Tests and Quizzes, Seating+, and Discussion Boards.

Blueprint 2.0 Ensure a learner-centered, personalized, blended environment powered by digital learning and interactive curriculum access that is flexible anytime and anywhere. Academics C. 1: Develop, implement, and expand a digital platform for curriculum development and delivery that widens teachers’ access to methods and materials that reach diverse learnings and provides flexible access for staff, students, and parents.

Turn and Talk What are some ways that you are currently using BCPS One to support teaching and learning? How is BCPS One currently supporting flexible grouping of students for small group instruction?

The BCPS One Learning Management System (LMS) will be a digital learning environment used by Baltimore County Public Schools’ educators, students, and parents in the teaching and learning process. It will support face-to-face, blended, and online learning using an interconnected system of digital curriculum, content, and assessments; student performance data; student grades; and communication. The LMS will operationalize customized and personalized learning through individual playlists, immediate feedback, opportunities for choice, and evidence of student learning. How does this vision statement demonstrate the BCPS One LMS’s ability to provide opportunities for responsive and flexile small group instruction?

Formative Assessment Formative Assessment is a process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides feedback to adjust ongoing teaching and learning to improve students’ achievement of intended instructional outcomes. AERA/APA/NCME (2014) FAST SCASS/CCSSO (2007)

Feedback Loop: The Zone of “What Happens Next” Initial instruction Student action Teacher (and student) analysis Additional instruction and/or experience Student revision based on feedback and/or self-assessment Summative assessment/grade Chappuis, Jan. "How Can I Close the Gap? Diagnosing Needs for Focused Instruction." Seven Strategies of Assessment for Learning. Second ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2009.

10:00-10:15 a.m. Collaborative Groups=Same Work and Same Assessment All students work in collaborative groups; every student does the same thing; and the teacher circulates (AKA…group work).

10:00-10:15 a.m. Collaborative Groups and Expert Groups Different Work and Same Assessment Every student works in an expert group; then students return to home group to teach one another; and the teacher circulates (AKA…jigsaw).

10:00-10:15 a.m. Rotations Students work in collaborative groups and every student experiences the same activities; teacher circulates (AKA…Stations)

Same Application or Assessment for Everyone Guided Group with Teacher Same Practice for Everyone Students receive small group guided instruction with the teacher while other students work independently; all independent activities are the same.

Individual or Collaborative Application Guided Group with Teacher Individual Acceleration or Remediation Students receive small group guided instruction with the teacher while other students work individually or in an individual or collaborative application.

What does this look like within the BCPS One Learning Management System?

Reflection Think about how you will use the BCPS One LMS to implement responsive and flexible small group instruction. Share your ideas on the Padlet.

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Digital Learning University Complete one of the reflection activities listed on the DLU Reflections page if you are taking this course for credit as part of Digital Learning University. Submit your activity to DLU@bcps.org by [insert date within 10 day school days].

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