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6 Practical Blended Learning Examples

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Continuing this comprehensive exploration, today’s post focuses on practical examples of blended learning in action. Drawing from peer-reviewed research papers, I’ve made sure to include diverse and illustrative examples that showcase how blended learning is being implemented across different educational contexts.

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LED Throwies Meet the Magnetic Board

User Generated Education

I have been offered an opportunity to teach maker education again at a local summer enrichment program during summer, 2016. LED Throwies Meet the Magnetic Board. This is a whole group example prior to me realizing they could have decorated their LED group creation with the dry erase makers. LEDs (see [link] ). Electric tape.

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Revised Federal Edtech Plan Calls for Closing Digital Divides

Edsurge

The plan was first released to fulfill the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 and last revised in 2016. For example, on a smaller scale, the FCC is looking to enable schools to use its E-rate program to purchase hotspots and devices, Krueger says. There are also other troubles. Another challenge: whether teachers are supported.

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Desperate to Support Youth, States Spend to Stop Leaks in Mental Health Care Pipeline

Edsurge

Celina Pierrottet remembers 2016 as the year when she and her colleagues at the middle school where they taught noted a pointed change among their students. “We Slow and steady wins the race here in making sure that schools are attracting candidates that are diverse, that meet the diverse needs of their students,” Pierrottet says.

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College Bound? Made of Compassion and Creativity: Meet Ethan Sawyer, College Essay Guy

EdNews Daily

For the Type A and Type C (challenge) essays, I recommend Narrative Structure, which connects story events in a causal way (Example: I faced X challenge, so I did Y and the impact was Z). His book, College Essay Essentials (released July 2016), is currently the #1 bestselling book worldwide on the college essay.

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Celebrating Five Years of Leadership with the League of Innovative Schools

Digital Promise

This week, as we celebrate Digital Promise’s fifth anniversary , we also welcome the districts who are part of the 2016-2017 cohort of the League of Innovative Schools. And now, meet the 2016-2017 cohort: Bristol Warren Regional School District. Compton Unified School District. Covina-Valley Unified School District.

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Do’s & Don’ts to "PEP" Up Meetings For Success

The Innovative Educator

Most employees feel many meetings they attend are a waste of time but they don’t need to be. There are strategies you can implement as well as pitfalls you can avoid to help ensure your meetings are interesting, informative, productive and achieve desired outcomes. How should they prepare for the meeting?

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