MERGING BALANCED LITERACY WITH BLENDED LEARNING Sally Schultz, Candi Craven, and Kathryn Bates Rowan Salisbury School System Hanford Dole Elementary

BLENDED LEARNING  "...Blended learning environments can create more and better opportunities for teacher collaboration, enable differentiated staffing and boost meaningful professional development opportunities...With sophisticated data systems, teachers have a flood of expanded and enhanced student data at their fingertips — improving efficiency and cutting down on time spent with routine tasks and record- keeping. Time saved from the thoughtful implementation of technology can be reinvested working with students, collaborating with other teachers and developing new roles...Truly understanding the potential of blended learning leads to the realization that teachers become even more important in a personalized learning environment." - Digital Learning Now

BLENDED LEARNING IS:  The definition of blended learning is a formal education program in which a student learns:  (1) at least in part through online learning, with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace;  (2) at least in part in a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home;  (3) and the modalities along each student’s learning path within a course or subject are connected to provide an integrated learning experience.  Clayton Christensen Institute

AT HANFORD DOLE:  Blended Learning is the purposeful design of instruction to combine face-to-face teaching, technology assisted instruction and collaboration to promote student ownership and to enhance each student’s learning style and interest for deeper learning.

HIGH QUALITY BLENDED LEARNING  Personalized  Mastery-Based  High Expectations  Student Ownership

MODELS:

STATION ROTATION MODEL:  a course or subject in which students experience the Rotation model within a contained classroom or group of classrooms. The Station Rotation model differs from the Individual Rotation model because students rotate through all of the stations, not only those on their custom schedules.

LAB ROTATION MODEL:  a course or subject in which students rotate to a computer lab for the online- learning station.

FLIPPED CLASSROOM  a course or subject in which students participate in online learning off-site in place of traditional homework and then attend the brick-and-mortar school for face-to-face, teacher- guided practice or projects. The primary delivery of content and instruction is online, which differentiates a Flipped Classroom from students who are merely doing homework practice online at night.

INDIVIDUAL ROTATION MODEL:  a course or subject in which each student has an individualized playlist and does not necessarily rotate to each available station or modality. An algorithm or teacher(s) sets individual student schedules.

FUNCTIONAL TEAMS:  Grade levels  Departments  Administration/Office Staff  Support Staff

LIGHTWEIGHT TEAMS:  Grade level chairs

HEAVYWEIGHT TEAMS:  Blended Learning Committee

WHY BLENDED LEARNING:  Time  Differentiated Experiences  Personalized Learning for Students  Digital Literacy  Data to Inform Practice

TOP 10 INGREDIENTS TO BLENDED LEARNING:  Face-to-Face Instruction + Conferences  Student-to-Student Collaborations  Independent Practice & Online Activities  Reinforcement Mechanisms:  Personal Progress Monitoring  Assessments  Data Review  Station Support  Ongoing PD  Adaptation:

STATION ROTATION MODEL:  Teacher Directed  Independent and Collaborative Practice  Personalize, Online Instruction

PROGRAMS, WEBSITES, AND APPS:  Khan Academy  MobyMax  IXL  RazKids  BrainPop  Spelling City  Study Jams  Reading A-Z  Accelerated Reader  i-Ready  Edmodo  Read180  Newsela  Rosetta Stone  TenMarks  First in Math  Excel Math  Discovery Ed  Dream Box  Smarty Ants  Achieve3000  Big Universe

FLIPPED MODEL:  Screencast-o-matic  Quicktime  iMovie  Screenr  Discovery Education  Ted-Talks

STUDENT DATA:  Class goal setting  Individual Goals  Informing Instruction  One-on-One

SETTING UP BLENDED LEARNING:  Procedures and Expectations-9 day lesson plan  Classroom Set-Up  Blended Learning Buddies  Grouping

CREATING THE IDEAL STUDENT EXPERIENCE  Responsibility for Learning  Personalization  Mastery-Based Focused on Growth  Relationships

DESIGN FOR THE TEACHER ROLE  Assess for Learning  Personalize and Connect Learning Pathways  Provide Relevant, Learning-Centered Experiences  Establish Peer and Student Mentor/Coach Relationships

DESIGN FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR ROLE  Create Conditions for Success  Plan  Implement  Continuous Improvement

BLENDED READING RESOURCES:  Blended; Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools Michael B. Horn and Heather Staker  Coursera (