Five-Minute Film Festival: The Basics of Blended Learning

Skapa din dröm-app utan programmering I den här artikeln går jag igenom hur du skapar appar till Iphone och Android utan att du behöver kunna programmeringsspråken till de mobila operativsystemen. Jag kommer börja med att ta en titt på Android och längre ner hittar du en guide till Iphone. Igår nåddes vi dock av den tråkiga nyheten att App-inventor, sajten som används för att skapa Android-appar, inte längre kommer drivas vidare av Google efter årsskiftet. App-inventor är Googles egna utvecklarverktyg för de som inte kan programmera Pris: Gratis Kompatibilitet dator: Windows, Mac, Linux Hur funkar det: Du bygger appen genom att lägga till bilder och pussla ihop koder Vad behövs: Du behöver en dator med Java installerat och ett Google-medlemskap. Länk: appinventor.googlelabs.com Så fungerar App Inventor 1. 2. 3. 4. Skapa en simpel app Vi kommer nu att skapa en väldigt simpel app bestående av tre knappar och en bild på en hund. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. När appen är klar Hur funkar det: Du bygger appen via färdiga moduler. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

The Backchannel: Giving Every Student a Voice in the Blended Mobile Classroom A backchannel -- a digital conversation that runs concurrently with a face-to-face activity -- provides students with an outlet to engage in conversation. Every time I think about this tool, I remember my student, Charlie (not his real name). Given his learning challenges, he struggled to keep up during class discussions. At the time, we did not have mobile devices. TodaysMeet would have let teachers create private chat rooms so that students could ask questions or leave comments during class. Consider the students like Charlie who cannot process at the same pace, the ones unable to speak up over the din of the class, or those who want to share ideas to a point of disruption and need an outlet for their enthusiasm. Capturing Curiosity To start the year, Rhonda Hahn (@mrshahn) asked her ninth grade biology students, "What are you curious about? From time travel to stem cells, her students unleashed their ideas. Connecting to the Conversation Ann Feldman asks: Ubiquitous Opportunity

Classroom in the Cloud: Technology as a Learning Environment In September 2013, I was recruited by then-principal Eric Sheninger to be the new library media specialist of New Milford (New Jersey) High School, and was tasked with seeking to improve student performance by developing an exciting and engaging learning environment for all. My vision was of a learner-centered space where students and teachers would have access to exciting technologies, digital and print resources, and productive spaces offering scope for collaboration and creativity. In seeking to turn what been a largely unvisited and unused library into a vibrant part of the school community, I felt challenged by the limitations of the physical space. The library had not been renovated in decades, and it offered very little in terms of what a modern-day learning "commons" should be. My inspiration at this point was Pixar Animation Studios. A New Learning Space Many virtual learning solutions exist in the market. Image credit: Laura Fleming The Always-Open Library

Quiz-Busters Plenary and Revision Quiz from teachers Quiz-Busters is an interactive plenary quiz for two teams based on the popular television quiz program Blockbusters. The resource is designed to be used on an interactive whiteboard as a teacher led activity but can be played by individual students. Hopefully you and your students will find this a fun alternative to traditional question and answer plenary and can actively contribute to Assessment for Learning (AFL). Completely free to use! Great for SATs Revision or GCSE revision. Requires no additional software purchase. Make a new game To make a new game simply type in (or cut and paste) your questions and answers. Before creating a game please check the database to avoid duplicating games. Search for ready made games Search our database of ready made games by subject, topic or key stage. Quick Subject Links:

The Role of Humans in Blended Learning - EdTech Researcher Last month a colleague at U.C. San Diego sent along a lovely piece of research that begins to address one of the most important gaps in online learning research: what roles do people play in blended learning environments? When people take an online course for credit, or a MOOC, or some other self-contained online learning experience, they don't just learn from the software or the online content. Enter the work of Mica Pollock at UCSD's CREATE lab. The Scout courses are designed to be taken entirely individually, so this motivates the question: what are the teachers in the EAOP doing to help these ambitious but underserved students take the Scout courses they need to get into the UC system? Humans as fixers and explainers of technologyHumans as digesters of contentHumans as explainers of content Humans as extenders of content, toward applicationHumans as providers of feedback and assessment Humans as regulators of student behaviorHumans as peer supporters

The Secret to Teaching Great Writing: Use the News! As a professional writer and a writing specialist, I know that not everyone is as hepped up about words as I am. (What, you mean you don’t want to spend the next five hours chatting about the relationship between a character’s syntax and their familial history? Say it ain’t so!). My secret: use the news! Photo credit MickBaker(Rooster) via Flickr 1. Sure, you could talk until you’re blue in the face about well-structured, 5-paragraph essays with clear beginning, middles, and ends. Ask your students to bring in two stories: one that discusses a big, important, political world issue, and one that’s just for fun. What arguments is the author making? From here, you might consider doing a number of related activities: Together, these exercises are a fantastic way to teach the ins and outs of creating stories with clear, well-supported arguments and logic. 2. News stories often aren’t just about the written word. Photo credit Spencer E. 3. 4. Newspaper headlines are a lesson on their own. 5.

Platinum Arts Sandbox Free Game Maker | Award Winning Open Source Easy To Use Game Maker How a Blended Approach Can Personalize Learning for Secondary Students Blended learning gives students access to a broader range of learning experiences, and it allows them to learn at their own pace. Together, these benefits can provide a more personalized learning environment for students. This white paper discusses various blended learning models for secondary schools, as well as 10 principles of effective blended learning design. 22 Pages | File Type: Adobe PDF | Size: 532 KB Printable Bingo Cards Ready? Click here to begin Not sure how to play BINGO? You can use spare coins or buttons for markers but if you would like to make your own click here. Are you using our custom bingo with a group of 15 or more? Note: Now you can replace some or all of the pictures in the picture bingo option with vocabulary words to help teach students vocabulary. We have three different types of picture bingo cards that you can make: 3x3, 4x4 and 5x5 picture bingo using pictures from a theme that you select or substitute vocabulary words that you provide. We also have a traditional 5x5 number bingo card available to print. You may want to laminate the bingo cards after you print them. You'll notice that I've combined a few themes that I typically list separately (for example, I combined Blues Clues, Dora the Explorer, Dragon Tales and Maggie and the Ferocious Beast to make the "Young Children Shows" bingo card). Have fun!

4 Tips for Getting to Know the Blended Instructional Model The days of talking at students are finally over. I recall many a college class filled to the brim with students feverishly taking down notes, as our professor talked at us. Sounds familiar? Probably. Recently, I finished my Masters degree in what was a new environment for me: blended classes. I left this experience determined to bring the concept to my classroom, and due to the Common Core's adoption, we all need to embrace this concept. Tip #1: Kids Aren't as Tech Savvy as You Think Like most subjects, your students' knowledge in regards to technology will vary. True, I had the occasional student that could hack into a supercomputer, but that student was generally rare. Realistically, you might to be forced to instruct students on how to use various mechanisms for your class. Tip #2: Be Wary of Online Textbooks and Online Classes Online textbook software is just a category of tools, so use these products as such. Tip #3: PowerPoint is for Planning Lessons, Not Delivering Lectures

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