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Balance Instruction and Feedback with Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

When I facilitate blended learning workshops, I ask participants to think about these three roles and identify the role they spend the most time and energy in. Blended learning can help! So how do we leverage blended learning to be more strategic about the form instruction takes in classrooms?

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Blended Learning: Designing with Balance in Mind

Catlin Tucker

I host a podcast called The Balance and wrote a book titled Balance with Blended Learning because I see teachers struggling with balance in every coaching and training session I facilitate. The person doing the work in a classroom is the person doing the learning. That belief has informed the way I define blended learning.

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Ensuring Equity for English Learners (ELs)

Catlin Tucker

Instruction tailored to their language proficiency level acknowledges their diverse language backgrounds and varying levels of English proficiency. This approach recognizes that ELs may require extra time, support, and specialized instructional strategies to attain the same academic standards as their English-speaking peers.

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Troubleshooting the Flipped Classroom: Dealing with Unprepared Students

Catlin Tucker

First, let’s establish the value of the flipped classroom in case you have never used this blended learning model. The flipped classroom was designed to invert the traditional approach to instruction and practice/application. What is the value and purpose of flipped instruction?

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3 Reasons Teachers Should Use the Playlist Model

Catlin Tucker

Reason #1: Give Students Control Over Their Pacing Students acquire and process information at varying rates, which naturally leads to a need for different amounts of time to complete academic tasks effectively. Despite this reality, most learning is teacher-paced, not student-paced.

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20 Ways to Personalize Your Learning This Summer

The CoolCatTeacher

Blended Learning In my opinion, the best 21st-century classrooms are “bricks” and “clicks,” blending together the best of face-to-face and online. Blended learning is not new. Blended Learning Classrooms are made of “bricks’ and “clicks” and every teacher should be ready.

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Using The Station Rotation Model in Math

Catlin Tucker

Yet, as I scan the class, it is clear that this additional time spent going back over information causes other students to glaze over because either they do not need this additional instruction or they still do not understand the material. That allows the teacher to provide differentiated instruction, modeling sessions, and support.