MERGING BALANCED

LITERACY WITH BLENDED LEARNING

Sally Schultz, Candi Craven, and Kathryn

BatesRowan Salisbury School System

Hanford Dole Elementary

BLENDED LEARNING"...Blended learning environments can create more and better

opportunities for teacher collaboration, enable differentiated staffing and

boost meaningful professional development opportunities...With

sophisticated data systems, teachers have a flood of expanded and

enhanced student data at their fingertips — improving efficiency and

cutting down on time spent with routine tasks and record- keeping. Time

saved from the thoughtful implementation of technology can be reinvested

working with students, collaborating with other teachers and developing

new roles...Truly understanding the potential of blended learning

leads to the realization that teachers become even more important

in a personalized learning environment." - Digital Learning Now

BLENDED LEARNING IS:

The definition of blended learning is a formal education program

in which a student learns:

(1) at least in part through online learning, with some element of

student control over time, place, path, and/or pace;

(2) at least in part in a supervised brick-and-mortar location away

from home;

(3) and the modalities along each student’s learning path within a

course or subject are connected to provide an integrated learning

experience.

Clayton Christensen Institute

AT HANFORD DOLE:

Blended Learning is the purposeful design

of instruction to combine face-to-face

teaching, technology assisted instruction and

collaboration to promote student ownership

and to enhance each student’s learning style

and interest for deeper learning.

HIGH QUALITY BLENDED LEARNING

Personalized

Mastery-Based

High Expectations

Student Ownership

MODELS:

STATION ROTATION MODEL:

a course or subject in which students experience

the Rotation model within a contained classroom

or group of classrooms. The Station Rotation

model differs from the Individual Rotation model

because students rotate through all of the

stations, not only those on their custom

schedules.

LAB ROTATION MODEL:

a course or subject in which

students rotate to a computer lab

for the online-learning station.

FLIPPED CLASSROOM

a course or subject in which students participate in

online learning off-site in place of traditional

homework and then attend the brick-and-mortar

school for face-to-face, teacher-guided practice or

projects. The primary delivery of content and

instruction is online, which differentiates a Flipped

Classroom from students who are merely doing

homework practice online at night.

INDIVIDUAL ROTATION MODEL:

a course or subject in which each student

has an individualized playlist and does not

necessarily rotate to each available station

or modality. An algorithm or teacher(s) sets

individual student schedules.

FUNCTIONAL TEAMS:

Grade levels

Departments

Administration/Office Staff

Support Staff

LIGHTWEIGHT TEAMS:

Grade level chairs

HEAVYWEIGHT TEAMS:

Blended Learning Committee

WHY BLENDED LEARNING:

Time

Differentiated Experiences

Personalized Learning for Students

Digital Literacy

Data to Inform Practice

TOP 10 INGREDIENTS TO BLENDED LEARNING:

Face-to-Face Instruction + Conferences

Student-to-Student Collaborations

Independent Practice & Online Activities

Reinforcement Mechanisms:

Personal Progress Monitoring

Assessments

Data Review

Station Support

Ongoing PD

Adaptation:

STATION ROTATION MODEL:

Teacher Directed

Independent and Collaborative

Practice

Personalize, Online Instruction

PROGRAMS, WEBSITES, AND APPS:

Khan Academy

MobyMax

IXL

RazKids

BrainPop

Spelling City

Study Jams

Reading A-Z

Accelerated

Reader

i-Ready

Edmodo

Read180

Newsela

Rosetta Stone

TenMarks

First in Math

Excel Math

Discovery Ed

Dream Box

Smarty Ants

Achieve3000

Big Universe

FLIPPED MODEL:

Screencast-o-matic

Quicktime

iMovie

Screenr

Discovery Education

Ted-Talks

STUDENT DATA:

Class goal setting

Individual Goals

Informing Instruction

One-on-One

SET TING UP BLENDED LEARNING:

Procedures and Expectations-9 day lesson

plan

Classroom Set-Up

Blended Learning Buddies

Grouping

CREATING THE IDEAL STUDENT EXPERIENCE

Responsibility for Learning

Personalization

Mastery-Based Focused on

Growth

Relationships

DESIGN FOR THE TEACHER ROLE

Assess for Learning

Personalize and Connect Learning Pathways

Provide Relevant, Learning-Centered

Experiences

Establish Peer and Student Mentor/Coach

Relationships

DESIGN FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR ROLE

Create Conditions for Success

Plan

Implement

Continuous Improvement

BLENDED READING RESOURCES:

Blended; Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve

Schools• Michael B. Horn and Heather Staker

Coursera

(https://www.coursera.org/learn/blended-learning)