EDUC 8P20

Week 112014-15

Professional Learning Conversations

• Teaching-Learning Critical Pathways

“Mr. Entwhistle” from Hey World, Here I AM!

Writing Prompt - Memoir

• Think of a challenge you experienced in your recent teaching block. It could have been related to classroom management, a child with special needs, and aspect of the curriculum, dealing with parents etc.

• What was the specific nature of the challenge?• How did you handle it?• What aspects of your response worked well? • What changes might you make if faced with a similar

challenge in the future?

Notes From the Field 2

Jot down 3 issues or big ideas you’ve noticed that get in the way of student Language learning

Blended Learning

• … a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through online delivery of content and instruction with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace and at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home. (Staker & Horn, 2012)

In other words…

• Students attend school in a building• Also learn content via online delivery• Increased student control as they exercise

responsibility for what they learn, when they learn, and how fast they learn

(Gonzalez, 2014)

Blended Learning and Technology Integration

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD8AUfGsCKg

Features of Blended Learning

• Seamless connection between online and offline work

• Increased student-to-student and student-to-teacher collaboration and control over:– time, pace, place path

• Online classroom presence via Learning Management System (LMS) such as Sakai or Desire to Learn (D2L)

• Repurposed time

E-learning Ontariowww.ontario.ca/elearning

E-Learning Handout

• Read the handout individually• Respond to the questions provided: reflect on

your teaching block and where your setting fell along the blended learning continuum

• Do not sign your survey sheet

Collaborative Inquiry Assignment

• Find a concern/challenge in literacy learning that you would like to pursue further– Visit one of the posted topics along the wall

• Create a group of 4 with similar interests• Handout: overview of assignment