1. Blended Learning Hilda Cedillo
Good Afternoon. We are in year two of implementing the district’s mandate of blended learning. A year and a half ago –district training

2. What is Blended Learning
Blended learning is a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through delivery of content and instruction via digital and online media with some element of student control over time, place, path, or pace.
Self
Directed
Learning
AVID note
Taking
strategies
Small
Group
Instruction
Content
Assessment
One-on-One
tutoring
Peer Tutoring

3. What does Blended Learning look like in your Classroom?
Does every student have the same deadline?
What part of the lesson is presented via digital and online media?
What resources are you using?
What are some of the things that are happening in your classroom. Is blended learning seen in your classroom everyday? Once a week? Once a month?

4. Digital divide
Statistics showed that rural, young, minority and single-parent households lagged behind the national average in both computer ownership and Internet access . 1
2000 U.S. Census revealed that just 15 percent of homes with annual family income between $20,000 and $25,000 had home computer and among those Americans who made less than $25,000, 65 percent lacked internet access. As a result, no home computer and internet connectivity became the biggest problem for those low-income families.2
The majority of our students are on the wrong side of the digital divide. Most students either own or has a parent who owns a smart phone but they may not have a computer at home or internet access. This year our district has finished constructing 8 towers and will have a total of 13 when they are all completed that will hopefully provide internet access to all the students in our district. Over 90% of our students now have a district issued device to use at home and at school. The district is doing their part to help get our students over the divide but now we need to make sure we are doing our part.
1.National Center for Education Statistics. (2005). Rates of computer and Internet use by children in nursery school and students in kindergarten through twelfth grade: 2003 (Issue Brief NCES ). Washington, DC: Author
2. Dailey, D., Bryne, A., Powell A., Kara-ganis, J., & Chung, J. (2010).Broadband Adoption in Low-income Communities. Retrieved from Social Science Research Council at www .ssrc.org/publications/view/1EB76F62-C720-DF11-9D CC477EC70

5. low-income students
Research has shown that low-income students are less likely than affluent students to use their home computers for word processing, school assignments, and other standard software applications and more likely to use them for games3
Walk through the cafeteria during breakfast and lunch and the fact stated here is evident. The students will be on their devices playing games or watching videos on YouTube and not doing research or homework.
Wilhelm, T., Carmen, D., & Reynolds, M (2002). Connecting kids to technology: Challenges and opportunities. Baltimore, MD: Annie E. Casey Foundation. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED ).

6. Pasadena Virtual School
30% drop rate
Of those that complete the course we have a 99% pass rate
Most students score high B to an A if they complete every assignment
Our EOC pass rate is 100%
The district has been offering online high school classes for many years and have seen great success.

7. Connect school 2015-2016 Data Grade 6 Reading Grade 6 Math 2016
Satisfactory
ADV
State 71 19
District 66 13
Lomax 78 15
Connect 89 18
2016
Satisfactory
ADV
State 74 16
District 73 11
Lomax 85 14
Connect 81 8
This is the data from the pilot schools that had the CONNECT school within their schools. Besides the slight dip in math which the district has already addressed the scores show that the students that are receiving personalized learning through technology are doing better

8. Connect school 2015-2016 Data Grade 7 Reading Grade 7 Math
Satisfactory
ADV
State 72 22
District 67 14
Lomax 77 25
Connect 91 35
2016
Satisfactory
ADV
State 71 17
District 66 6
Lomax 4
Connect 70 5
Next year we will have a group of 7th graders in the CONNECT program at our school and the following year they will move up to 8th grade. We need to be prepared for not only those students but all our students who have grown up with technology in their hands. We can no longer expext to be able to keep their attention using only paper and pencil
Grade 7 Writing
Grade 7 PreAP Math
2016
Satisfactory
ADV
State 70 13
District 66 9
Thompson 77 12
Connect 89 18
2016
Satisfactory
ADV
State 71 9
District 83 12
Thompson 98 29
Connect 93 28

9. Technology Training Conference Period Before/After School Lunch time
Whole group training for overall general training
Before/After School
One-to-One training to apply the whole group training to your lessons
Leave with a “product” that will be ready to be used with your students
Lunch time
Get help tweaking lessons and
Problem solve issues
We are going to be trying some formats to provide the training you need. Just like the student you too need to have your learning personalized.