Blending & Digitizing with

Purpose
http://tinyurl.com/BLENDEDNTO2015
NTO
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Alliance Leichtman-Levine Family Foundation Environmental Science High School
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Alliance Environmental Science and Technology High School

Introductions
Christie M. Hayes

Toria Williams

BLAST (Blended Learning)

Implementation Coach

Director-Innovation and
Technology

chayes@laalliance.org

twillliams@laalliance.org

(213) 943-4930 Ext. 1083

(213)943-4930 ext.1038

Ice Breaker
The number pulled
upon entering the
room is the order in
which each person
will share.

Look at your string

and determine how
much information can
be shared in the time
it will take to slowly
wind the string
around your index
finger.

Outcomes: Part 1

Compare and contrast the differences between blended learning and

technology integration in order to formulate a basic summary of the
commonalities and differences that exist between the two
Identify how Blending with Purpose can be used to:
Manage differentiated, individualized, & personalized instruction
Effectively facilitate differentiated, individualized, & personalized
instruction
Provide more differentiated, individualized, & personalized
instructional opportunities for students to create and produce
artifacts that demonstrate their knowledge and understanding

Outcomes: Part 2

After completing this session, teachers will be able to:

Identify the benefits of Digitizing with Purpose
Select the tools needed in order to start the digitization process
Prioritize an initial list of instructional artifacts that will be used as they
shift towards Purposeful Digitization
Utilize the suggested list of tools included in the Instructional
Technology Roadmap for New Teachers to make strategic decisions
throughout the year as they pertain to Blending and Digitizing with
Purpose

Blending with Purpose

The blended learning
model that is presented
suggests that instruction be
designed to meet the needs
of a variety of learners.

Anthony Picciano: Journal of the Research Center for

Educational Technology, Vol 5, No 1 (2009)

A major benefit of multiple

modalities is that they
allow students to
experience learning in
ways in which they are
most comfortable while
challenging them to
experience and learn in
other ways as well.
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Definition of Blended Learning from the Clayton

Christensen Institute

Blended learning is a
formal education
program in which a
student learns:

At least in part
through online
learning, with some
element of student
control over time,
place, path, and/or
pace;
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Definition of Blended Learning from the Clayton

Christensen Institute

Blended learning is a
formal education
program in which a
student learns:

At least in part in a
supervised brick-andmortar location away
from home;

Definition of Blended Learning from the Clayton

Christensen Institute

Blended learning is a
formal education
program in which a
student learns:

And the modalities

along each students
learning path within a
course or subject are
connected to provide
an integrated learning
experience.
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Blended Learning and Tech Integration

What is blended
learning? How does it
differ from classroom
technology instruction?
What are the hallmarks
of a blended learning
environment?
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Alliance Models

Blended learning is not the same as technology-rich

instruction. It goes beyond one-to-one computers and
high-tech gadgets. Blended learning involves leveraging
the Internet to afford each student a more personalized
learning experience, meaning increased student control
over the time, place, path, and/or pace of his or her
learning.
Copyright 2012, Clayton Christensen Institute - All rights
reserved

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Blended Learning at Alliance

BLAST Signature
Practices
High 5

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Blended Learning at Alliance

BLAST Signature
Practices
High 5
Click image to access
page with video of
Alliance Teachers in
action
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Blended Learning at Alliance

BLAST Pick 6

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Blended Learning at Alliance

Current Framework
for Effective Blended
Teaching and
Learning
Click on image to
view the entire
document
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Things to Think About

Its not the nuts and bolts
of a blended learning
program that excite me
its the possibility for it to
re-envision the way we
design K-12 learning
environments.

Blended Learning as
not about the tech
but rather a way to:

Brian Greenberg, CEO of Silicon Schools Fund

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Things to Think About

(a) Personalize instruction for the unique needs of each
individual student
(b) Promote student agency by having them take control
over their own learning
(c) Ensure mastery of learning and not just coverage
(d) Allow the teacher to spend significantly more time to
build strong relationships with students and surgically
intervene with small group instruction
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Things to Think About

Deeper learning requires students to think,
question, pursue, and createto take
agency and ownership of their learning.
When they do, they acquire deeper
understanding and skills, and most
important, they become more competent
learners in and out of school. They become
better prepared to succeed in academics, but
also in 21st century careers and in life.

Tech is an enabler to
make this all happen.
Brian Greenberg, CEO of Silicon Schools Fund

Eduardo Briceo
Mindset Works, San Carlos CA

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Things to Think About

This strand hammered home for me that blended
learning is nothing more than using technology as a
better way to differentiate and personalize instruction
for our students. Blended learning provides tools to help
us get to know our students well and strategies to engage
all learners where they are and where they need to go.
Brian Greenberg, CEO of Silicon Schools Fund

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Whats the Difference

Differentiated
instruction is an
awareness of, and
active response to,
students various
learning styles,
Cameron Pipkin
Apr 7, 2015

It involves exercising
flexibility in
assessment, grouping,
and instruction to
create the best
learning experience
for each student.
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Whats the Difference

Individualized
learning, refers to
instruction that is
calibrated to meet
the unique pace of
various students,
Basye wrote.
Cameron Pipkin
Apr 7, 2015

Whereas
differentiation
personalizes how
instruction is
delivered,
individualization
personalizes when it
is received.
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Whats the Difference

Differentiated
instruction and
individualized learning
are subsets of
personalized learning,
which also involves
giving students some
choice in how they
learn.

Academic goals,
curriculum, and
contentas well as
method and pacecan
all conceivably vary in
a personalized
learning
environment,
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Dj vu

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Benefits of Blended Learning

In your own words, formulate a statement that
describes the benefits of Blended Learning as
it relates to differentiated, personalized, and
individualized instruction.
Click here to record & share your responses
using Primary Wall
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Digitizing with Purpose

Digitizing information makes it easier to preserve,
access, and share. For example, an original historical
document may only be accessible to people who visit its
physical location, but if the document content is
digitized, it can be made available to people worldwide.
Margaret Rouse

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Next Steps
Digitization of paperbased artifacts
Why?

To allow student
access of content,
materials, resources
etc. at anytime
Free up class time for
more engaging and
individualized tasks
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Next Steps
Tools and Apps to
automate CFUs, Do
Nows and Exit
Tickets
Why?

Simplify data
collection
real-time data
collection
real-time
instructional decisions
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I Teach AP! What about Me?

Click on image of article title above to view

and read the article

After reading the article

click here to join our realtime discussion about key
points presented in the
article (As it relates to
Digitizing with Purpose in
order to differentiate,
individualize, and
personalize instruction.
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Last Thoughts

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Monthly Roadmap Of Tech Tools

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Collaboration and
Discussion Using Padlet
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