4th Annual Blended Learning Lab - RECAP

Thank you to all who were involved in making Holton’s 4th Annual Blended Learning Lab a success! Over the course of two days participants heard from a variety of speakers, participated in classroom simulations, explored blended learning tools and most importantly connected and collaborated with other educators. 

Here is a quick recap:

 

What is Blended Learning –

• Warm up activity using Today's Meet as forum to "crowd source" questions and comments while participants viewed What is Blended Learning.

• More ideas of how to use Today's Meet for real time discussion - The Beauty of the Back Channel.

 

 

Featured Keynote Presentation by Catlin Tucker – 

 

• Catlin Tucker's Blog

• Blended Learning in Grades 4-12

 

 

 

 Steps to Blended Learning –

• Steps to Blended Learning Presentation

• Redefinition Considerations Worksheet

 

Project Tuning Protocol –

• Project Tuning Protocol Presentation 
• Project Tuning Protocol Explanation
• Project Tuning Protocol Project Planner

 

Design Think Process  –

• Design Thinking as a way to think about redesigning a lesson
• 20 Minute Design Think Challenge (adapated from OESIS presentatiion Incorporating Design Thinking into the Blended Model, Matthew Cavellier and Hannah Sobol, Shattuck-St.Mary's School)

 

Meeting the Students Where They Are –

• Mobile Stats Video
• Geared towards businesses, but contains great stats about the mobile world we live in today

The focus of this workshop was to hear from blended learning veterans and beginners, provide basic tools and resources for exploring blended learning, and provide hands-on experiences and exploration. If you were unable to join this year, we hope to see you next year!

 “If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.” 

–John Dewey