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Blended learning models can help schools reopen–here’s how

eSchool News

This story on how blended learning can help schools reopen during the COVID pandemic, originally published on June 15, was eSN’s No. 9 most popular story of 2020. If schools remain closed, they’ll need to prepare for more remote learning. Related content: 10 blended learning resources for schools.

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What is Mastery Learning and How Do You Implement It Effectively?

The CoolCatTeacher

Jon Bergmann is one of the pioneers of the Flipped Classroom. He has helped schools, universities, organizations, and governments all over the world introduce active and flipped learning into their contexts. So John, for those who follow you, they know you're “the Flipped Classroom guy,” right?

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How to do more with less screen time

Neo LMS

To expand the flipped classroom to one that would accommodate small groups, Dr. Catlin Tucker recommends the station rotation model. Read more: 4 Models of blended learning to implement in the classroom. As we have historically seen in education, combatting one perceived problem can often cause many others.

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Laying the Foundation for Distance Learning Success

Digital Promise

Schools across the country were forced to rapidly shift to distance learning last spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and as the 2020-2021 school year began in the fall and teachers and students were still trying to adjust to this “new normal,” those in the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program had an advantage.

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An existing video tool was the golden ticket for this district’s pandemic plan

eSchool News

Never before have educators been challenged and tested as they were, beginning in March 2020 and up until today, and never before has their resilience been more apparent. Tippecanoe School Corporation has been using Screencastify as a tool for in-person learning for multiple years.

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Why Middle Schoolers Thrive in a Self-Paced Classroom

Edsurge

It turns out young adolescents are extremely capable of engaging in self-paced, blended learning. Last summer, we, along with other members of the sixth grade teaching staff at our school, adopted the Modern Classrooms model. In fact, the traditional way of teaching was what wasn’t working for us.

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How Districts Can Develop a Comprehensive Plan for Remote Learning Come Fall

Edsurge

Left: A third grader works on adaptive software in a station rotation blended learning classroom; Right: A third grader designs her own company logo as part of an assignment from her Google Classroom playlist. Our district, which started the 2019-2020 school year with 750 openings, has hundreds of vacancies each year.

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