1. Karen Weldon/Suzanne Robinson
Add to your Teacher Toolkit: Engaging Activities for Blended Classrooms
Hakirat Mann
East Side Union High School District
Karen Weldon/Suzanne Robinson
Burlington English

2. Warm Up Activity
Make a paper airplane

3. How was the warm up activity?
Fun, but…..
Fun, but…no directions/modeling, no objective, relative to participants needs or expectations?

4. Best Practices Stay focused on objective Model the activity/lesson
Know your students/participants needs
You are here for technology!!!

5. Burlington English-Blended Learning
Meaningful and relatable
Instruction with activities
All four language skills
* Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking
Scaffolding-Be creative based on students’ needs and skill sets

6. Teacher-centered Classroom-Yikes!
Student-centered should be the objective
Student-centered teaching is teaching that is 'aware' of students and their needs above and beyond anything else.
EVERYDAY ENGLISH 3 Student Worksheet Module 2 • Situation 1/Teacher’s Notes w/suggested activities

7. What do we do in our classrooms?
Screens
What do we do in our classrooms?

8. Discuss three different activities
One for Beginners
One for Intermediate
One for Advanced

9. Multi-Level Classes? What can be done?

10. Lab Time Make it relatable!
Career Pathways-Int, Module 5, Lesson 1-Portfolio

11. Best Practices Recap Evaluate students’ needs and goals
Comprehension of material/activities through formative assessments
Sit amongst your students-Be a part-not the center
Every activity meets the objective
Make sure your students TALK!!!!