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Blending with the Station Rotation Model

A Principal's Reflections

As I transitioned from the principalship to supporting districts and schools, I learned that blended learning was a powerful pedagogical strategy that could unleash students' potential while meeting their diverse needs. Over the course of many years, my work with Wells Elementary School provided a foundation that I pull from to this very day.

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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? Well, actually.

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10 Awesome Courses To Improve Your Online Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

1 – Flipped Classroom Concepts for Homework The flipped classroom has been around for a while. In a flipped classroom, students watch lectures and other lesson content on video. Flipping Your Classroom: Redefining Homework and Instruction is an excellent course to help you with this.

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Does ‘Flipped Learning’ Work? A New Analysis Dives Into the Research

Edsurge

As the authors put it: “Indeed, it seems that implementations of flipped learning perpetuate the things they claim to reduce, that is, passive learning.” The far-reaching meta-analysis considered flipped learning experiments done in elementary schools, high schools and colleges, with the bulk of the studies in the higher ed setting.

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Teacher tricks: Better lesson planning to ease teacher workload

Neo LMS

Another wrong lesson plan strategy is to start with the textbook (or other content) and simply develop a plan that covers the content over time, as this runs the risk of developing into lesson plans that simply “work through the curriculum”. Some fun ways to do this is through games, videos and puzzles.

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Flipped-Learning Toolkit: Flipping the Non-Flippable Classes

Edutopia

Video & Transcript Video Transcript: The Flipped Class: Is Flipping for Everyone? Will a flipped classroom work in your subject area and grade level? So how do you flip a science class? Jon: In math class, it's like the biggest no brainer in the flip classroom. Aaron: So is this for you?

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Why Middle Schoolers Thrive in a Self-Paced Classroom

Edsurge

Last summer, we, along with other members of the sixth grade teaching staff at our school, adopted the Modern Classrooms model. Similar to the flipped classroom, the model is an approach based on blended learning, self-paced instruction, and mastery-based grading. Before, our students were completely dependent on the teacher.

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