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Teacher role in the blended classroom Door Morten Fahlvik, Educational Research Manager bij itslearning AS This workshop will focus on the potential that teachers have when planning learning activities for a blended classroom (the combination of physical- and online classrooms) in such a way that utilises the best characteristics of both. Morten will demonstrate several examples in order to give ideas and inspiration of how teachers can utilise a blended classroom to enhance learning experiences and empower students in their learning. Deze presentatie is verzorgd tijdens de itslearning Onderwijsdag op 4 februari 2014. Vindt u deze presentatie interessant? Like en deel deze video via Twitter, Facebook, of LinkedIn! Klik op 'Follow' om een bericht te ontvangen als er nieuwe presentaties van itslearning Nederland beschikbaar zijn.
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The teacher's role in the blended classroom ... …or when 1 + 1 is larger than 2
Morten Fahlvik Educational Reseracher twitter.com/Fahlvik
Agenda
Part 1: Blended learning
Part 2: The Unified classroom / Blended Classroom
Part 3: Working with reading comprehension
1996
We can make a difference! «Today have we got Internet in our school!»
The voice of the pupils
Blended learning
“Blended learning is both simple and
complex. At its simplest, blended learning is the thoughtful integration of classroom face-to-face learning experiences with online learning experiences. “ Kanuka, Heater og Garrison, Randy D. (2004) «Blended learning: Uncovering its transformative potential in higher education», University of Calgary
When 1 + 1 is bigger than 2 Physical classroom Online classroom
Teaching in the physical classroom
The online classroom
What are the best qualities of the physical classroom?
What are the best qualities of the online classroom?
Tangent classrooms
Disconnected classrooms
Overlapping classrooms
The unified classroom
Meet Sid
BBC – The Classroom Experiment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J25d9aC1GZA (4:57)
How can teaching in the unified classroom help Sid?
Dylan Wiliam: Involve more students …. and give students time to think and reflect
(Source: The Classroom Experiment A damaging classroom habit Hands http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp5E6e14oEM)
Dylan Wiliam Formative assessment
John Hattie
What can happen if these concepts are blended together?
”Reading is the skill” Doug Lemov
Non-fiction Text: The Ice Age
Goals: • Be able to explain how glaciers
shaped the landscape
• Recognize and know the physical traces of the Ice Age
• Be able to calculate the ice thickness
• Be able to place the ice age on a timeline
• Develop individual reading strategies
• Motivate students to read the text several times
• Increase insight into own reading comprehension
Whole class
Small Group
Individual students
Teacher ask a question to students
Students work with question at home and post their answers / thoughts in online discussion
Teacher pick up answers in class
Students discuss in groups
Students present in class
The teaching design
Aligned with Concept Oriented Reading Instruction
Reading Comprehension Science Inquiry Motivation Reading and Science Integration Student Writing
CORI is a program designed by John Guthrie and Allan Wigfield
Words: Shape and content Writing and Sound Receptive and productive dimension
Pre-knowledge
The pupils collaborated on a page to gather information about what they knew before the unit started.
Pupil made page with polls and facts
Online discussion
Question: Why did the ice start to melt by the coast?
Searching for new words
Collecting words for a word cloud
http://www.wordle.net/
Word cloud
Quite visible which words that need attention.
Creating crosswords
NB! The pupils created the crosswords. It is a hard task. What is the question / clue if the answer is glacier?
Every student made a crossword
Solving one of the crosswords in class
What we * know * want to learn * have learned (Donna Ogle 1986)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KWL_table
Know – Want to learn - Learned
Dokumentasjon
Reading comprehension in the unified classroom
• A community of learners was established
• More students were activated
• The silent students got a voice into the class discussions
• The studnets were better prepared for class discussions
• The teacher gathered evidence of learning
What should the teachers in your school / school district do?
How can I or the teachers in your school / school district utilise the unified classroom?
Great teachers
Davis Guggenheim – Waiting for superman http://vimeo.com/15132511
http://www.itslearning.eu/whitepapers
Morten Fahlvik Education Research Manager
www.twitter.com/fahlvik
Morten.Fahlvik@itslearning.com
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