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Can Blended Learning Improve Equity in One of Nation’s Most Diverse Districts?

Edsurge

In 2014, they were named a model for desegregation by the Center for Diversity and Equality in Education. In order to address these equity concerns, the district is increasingly turning to technology--in particular, blended learning--to allow all students to succeed. Embracing Blended Learning.

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The Benefits of Video in the Digital Classroom

ViewSonic Education

Digital-based learning benefits students. Blended learning and flipped classrooms. When teachers leverage technology, learning outcomes improve. Educators are striving to transform learning environments to meet changing needs. 84% said that school tech adds value to their child’s learning.

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Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. Coronavirus closures gave many just days.

The Hechinger Report

In this file photo from 2014, veteran teachers attend a Blended Learning Institute workshop in Manhattan. Families who needed devices for their kids also picked up Chromebooks. The rest of the day was devoted to reviewing the academy’s virtual learning plan and training teachers for the move from classroom to screen.

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How Can We Measure Edtech's Return on Investment?

Edsurge

The foundational technology pieces – Chromebooks, internet, assessment platforms – are stabilized at most Oakland schools. However, the school environment, in terms of teacher support and space for using technology to support learning, is not as strong.This impacts the level of capacity teachers have to bring technology into the classroom.

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The Progression of our Lower School Technology Integration

Tech Helpful

Supporting instruction while learning about how mobile devices are best used in the classroom happened very quickly for me and I was constantly adapting and adopting new ideas. At the end of the 2013-2014 school year CCS had a marvelous “problem.” The computer lab was next to the other three kindergarten classrooms.

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15 EPIC Tools I Can’t Live Without!

Shake Up Learning

This is an updated post from my very first year of blogging (2014). Thank you to Joey Jackson on Twitter ( @iAMJoeyJackson) for sharing your excitement about Blended Learning with Google and Google from A to Z ! There are many other fantastic screen recording tools available that are compatible with PCs and Chromebooks.

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What lessons does special education hold for personalized learning?

The Hechinger Report

The shift in mindset involves moving away from a teaching model that is centered on curriculum and meeting benchmarks toward being student-centered in ways that demand differentiated instruction based on a child’s interests, strengths, weaknesses and background. Related: The messy reality of personalized learning.