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Blended learning is the combination of active engaged learning online and active engaged learning offline with the goal of giving students more control over the time, place, pace, and path of their learning. Blended learning can take many different forms and the various models give students different degrees of control over their learning. Some educators […]
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When I attended my daughter’s kindergarden Back-to-School Night two years ago, I was delighted to see a video of the classroom playing on a television in the corner. As a parent, it was exciting to see my child in the context of the classroom. My daughter’s teacher had simply videotaped the children singing, working on projects, and progressing […]
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The Common Core Standards state that college and career ready students must, “acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words.” In addition, students need to “demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.” Although I teach vocabulary, the majority of our vocabulary consists […]
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My keynotes, workshops, and coaching sessions are customized to meet the specific needs of the event, school, and/or teachers I am working with. I am available to deliver any of the keynotes or facilitate any of the workshops below in person or online. Getting Started with Blended & Online Learning (Self-paced Online Course) This course […]
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I love using TED videos in my classroom to get students thinking about issues related to what we are studying. When I heard that I could wrap video content in an online lesson with TED Ed, I decided to check it out. The process of setting up my first lesson was refreshingly easy! 1. Go […]