Blended Learning Implementation for Elementary Schools
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The document discusses the implementation of blended learning in elementary schools, focusing on strategies, school models, and adaptive learning tools. Key elements include defining learning goals, leveraging teacher leadership, and choosing suitable platforms and devices for blended instruction. It emphasizes the importance of professional development, infrastructure, and continuous improvement for successful adoption of blended learning.
Blended Learning Implementation for Elementary Schools
- 1. BLENDED LEARNING IMPLEMENTATION FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS: REAL-TIME DATA, ADAPTIVE LEARNING, & THE CCSS Tom Vander Ark CEO, GettingSmart.com
- 2. The shift to personal digital learning experienced in a new kind of school that blends online & onsite is a profound inflection in human history Lead the shift And you can
- 3. The Shift to Blended Learning Textbooks Sequential Passive Age cohorts Annual tests Teachers Digital content Adaptive Active Individual progress Instant feedback Teams
- 7. 5 Decisions 1. Strategy 2. School Models 3. Platform & Content 4. Devices 5. Staffing & Development
- 8. Strategy Key questions: • School: Join, adapt or invent a model? – Rocky Mount NC: Rocketship + Carpe Diem – NGLC profiles (www.NextGenLearning.org) • District: Enterprise or portfolio? – Enterprise: Moorseville NC: one strategy, school model, curriculum, device, & community – Portfolio: NYC iZone: different models, platforms & devices
- 9. Strategy Key questions: • Enterprise or portfolio? • How to leverage teacher leadership?
- 10. Strategy Key questions: • Enterprise or portfolio? • How to leverage teacher leadership? • Phase or plunge?
- 11. Strategy Find the right balance Innovation Execution
- 12. Strategy Start with learning goals • What learning experiences? • What student roles? • How will students show what they know? How Digital Learning Contributes to Deeper Learning www.GettingSmart.com/Resources
- 13. Strategy • Start with learning goals • Key questions • Discussion starters: – www.InnosightInstitute.org – www.OpportunityCulture.org – www.DigitalLearningNow.com/DLN-Smart-Series
- 14. Poll Are you using blended learning strategies?
- 15. School Models Rotation Flex Self-Blend • Station rotation • Lab rotation • Individual rotation Online platform with F2F support and fluid schedules Students attend physical school while taking 1 or more courses online Innosight Institute: The Rise of Blended Learning
- 16. Adapted from KIPP Empower Classroom Rotation Model
- 18. Poll Are you using an adaptive math product?
- 19. Platform & Content • Adaptive instruction – The place to start • Dreambox • i-Ready • Key questions: – Single sign-on? – Unitary reporting? – Standards-based gradebook?
- 21. Staffing & Development Staffing • Consider OpportunityCulture.org models • Differentiated roles: TA to master teacher • Distributed roles: part time, at a distance • specialists & hard to staff areas Development • Combine school wide & individual JIT • Individual development plans
- 24. BuildingYour Blended Plan 5 Decision Points • Strategy: • School Models • Platform & Content • Device • Staffing & Development • Infrastructure • Integration • Professional Development • Support Create conditions for success Plan Implement Improve • Measurement • Continuous Improvement • Building Support • Funding the Shift
- 25. Implementation: Success Factors Professional Development Implementation Support Infrastructure • Hold a kick off meeting – Clarify goals, responsibilities, timeline, budget • Create clear management responsibilities – Use a team, consider outside help • Set up a program management office – Link academics, tech, finance, & communications • Stay flexible Integration
- 26. DLN Smart Series Interactive papers that provide specific guidance for #EdLeaders on #CommonCore & #DigitalLearning Current Papers • Funding the Shift to Digital Learning • Data Backpacks: Portable Records & Profiles • Getting Ready for Online Assessments • From Cohorts to Competency • Blended Learning Implementation Guide • Funding Students, Options, & Achievement • Improving Conditions & Careers #SmartSeries DigitalLearningNow.com/dln-smart-series/ New Getting Smart Papers • Elementary Blended Math (May) • Online Learning: Myths, Realities, & Promise (June)
- 27. THANK YOU! Continue the conversation: GettingSmart.com @Getting_Smart @Tvanderark
- 28. Q & A
- 29. DreamBox Combines Three Essential Elements to Accelerate Student Learning
- 30. For more information visit www.dreambox.com
Editor's Notes
- #4: (30 minutes) Tom discusses the shift to personal digital learning Shifts that change everything
- #15: Are you using blended learning strategies? Lab rotation Class rotation Sometimes/other Not at all
- #19: Are you using an adaptive math product? Yes Considering Not using or looking
- #28: Sarah takes a “We’re Getting Smart” photo!