This week has been exciting and very busy. My direct report has formed an Online Learning Team and placed me in the position of the Blended Learning Specialist for my school district. In the past year I have used a wonderful program called Edmodo to set up a district portal and train teachers on the blended learning model. However, since that time we have acquired BlackBoard for our Virtual High School and I will now direct our other high schools in using BlackBoard as an online learning tool.
Through our readings for our Learning Theories class, it was amazing to work and discuss student learning with several district representatives. One was the principal of one of our Academies which is housed in a local mall and has students that take one class for three hours per day to reach graduation requirements. These are students who, for many reasons beyond their control, were unable to graduate on time, but who can, through this program finish school and get their diplomas. I admire what these students and teachers are doing and look forward to working with them.
Online learning has much to offer these students, and yet at the same time has much to offer our Advanced Placement (AP) classes. While considering and researching learning theory, I find it important to consider how to structure an online course so that the learner is able to complete the lesson, but also to author it in a way that provides the learner an opportunity to discover and make meanings for themselves.
Through our readings for our Learning Theories class, it was amazing to work and discuss student learning with several district representatives. One was the principal of one of our Academies which is housed in a local mall and has students that take one class for three hours per day to reach graduation requirements. These are students who, for many reasons beyond their control, were unable to graduate on time, but who can, through this program finish school and get their diplomas. I admire what these students and teachers are doing and look forward to working with them.
Online learning has much to offer these students, and yet at the same time has much to offer our Advanced Placement (AP) classes. While considering and researching learning theory, I find it important to consider how to structure an online course so that the learner is able to complete the lesson, but also to author it in a way that provides the learner an opportunity to discover and make meanings for themselves.
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| Pearl Tree: Team Ownership of Learning Through research on Formative Assessment for an online PD I am designing, I came across an interesting source, both for the content it provided and for the new web 2.0 tool it used to visually share the information. |
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