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Lisa Butler(Jun 03 2018 8:34PM):
Teaching in a blended environment allows for multiple means for communication, collaboration, and learning. My role is to model the most effective learning practices for each topic while I actively engage my students.
Patricia Shover(Jun 08 2018 1:49PM):
Thanks for choosing this means of communication because I have never used NOWcomment. Multiple means of student engagement is needed to compete with other stimuli our students have daily.
Lisa Butler(Jun 03 2018 8:39PM):
Next year I will be teaching 7th grade geography. The course includes a lot more writing and research projects, so blended learning will allow differentiation to make sure all the learners can be successful and actively engaged.
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This could include flipped lessons describing each stage at the process, so students could re-watch the videos as they need them.
There would also be extension activities for the students who move quickly through the lessons. It could be related news articles on a website like Newsela that offers leveled readings or authentic videos that connect to the content.
Lisa Butler(Jun 03 2018 8:45PM):
Canvas will host the asynchronous parts of class: discussion forums, assignment directions, teacher communication, and the Mastery Path (assignments and quizzes that are locked until students complete the previous tasks).
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An idea for the Mastery Path: create a series of questions based on the maps they are responsible to apply. The mini-quizzes will ask questions that get progressively harder. Students have to earn 100% on the quiz to move on to the next one. As the teacher, I can monitor which quiz they are on, where the common misunderstandings are, and give feedback alongt he way.
Patricia Shover(Jun 08 2018 1:52PM):
Question? Are students allowed to take the mini-quizzes more than once? I will have to look into Canvas as that too is new to me.
Lisa Butler(Jun 03 2018 8:47PM):
Nearpod is my preferred tool right now for synchronous lessons, but it can be shared with absent students using a separate code. I can easily upload Google Slides, PDFs, or PowerPoints that are already created for the units, then add interaction elements.
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Since I am transferring courses, I am grateful I do not have to start from scratch for each unit. I can take what already exists in the PLC and customize it to the needs of my students. In a technology-rich instruction, creation and customization is part of the yearly process. Things are not just duplicated exactly year-to-year.
I asked, my district does not currently have a synchronous presentation tool, so all of the online classes offered through the district are asynchronous. They offered to let me explore and suggest one for the future.
Lisa Butler(Jun 03 2018 8:56PM):
Our district has been GAFE for 10 years. Other collaborative tools that I learned about in this course that might be useful: Twiddla, GooseChase EDU, Triventy, and Comment Now.
Lisa Butler(Jun 04 2018 11:47AM):
Online teaching is so much more effort than anticipated. Flip Your Classroom had a quote: “Teaching is much more than content delivery.” It is all that extra stuff that would take infinite amounts of time (literally, you would never be done).
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Solely teaching in a synchronous means being able to uber multi-task: present the lesson, read the chat, answer questions, manage different apps/websites, watch for student responses… all while talking coherently. The big ah-ha is how exhausting it was to plan, even just for a single 10 minute synchronous lesson. What would it feel like to multiply that by 180 school days? (Do they have a traditional school calendar online? Do you “meet” everyday?)
Lisa Butler(Jun 04 2018 11:56AM):
Oh yeah, and this quote: “Good design may hardly be noticed… However, bad design can be devastating and have a profound negative impact on students’ educational experience” (Rice 192).
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So you can’t even just play around until you become a master of the online teaching universe, because that could have longterm ramifications on a students’ learning experience. So no pressure … and watch for tone in written communication, because things can be easily misconstrued without context.
Lisa Butler(Jun 04 2018 11:50AM):
Is it worth it? Thinking about the ratio of pay (less than traditional classroom) to hours of work required. (see also: ah ha moment)
Lisa Butler(Jun 04 2018 11:51AM):
Pausing is power. What is the best way to archive and organize both videos and the accompanying resources so students can access the power of the pause?
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It needs to be logical for the students or they will not preserve to find it, especially the struggling learners who would benefit most from re-watching the video.
Lisa Butler(Jun 05 2018 3:30PM):
How do you encourage student ownership of the forum content? I liked the idea of a Help Forum, for tech as well as assignment questions (Rice 141).
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Our school does give an Interpersonal Skills grade as well as the academic grade, so maybe they could be tied together to encourage students to help each other out. Not everyone is altruistically motivated, but they are often worried about their own scores. This would be more tangible way to access the interpersonal skills that currently used.
Lisa Butler(Jun 05 2018 3:31PM):
How do you make sure that students feel like you are reading their posts without responding to each one? How do you manage a multitude of posts? Especially if the course size is 100+ students. What does it look like to highlight posts?
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I can envision the quotes of the week, with the best sentences that captured my attention, but than I would have to be careful to show a range or writers voices. How long would this take to do well?
Lisa Butler(Jun 05 2018 3:33PM):
For students who are not motivated or not able to keep up with the content, how do you make sure they do not fall hopelessly behind?
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Rice had a possible solution for nonparticipation “create alternate assignments for learners who are unable to make up discussion activities” (155). If they are responding way after the other students it decreases the educational value. Could their time be better spent? But if they aren’t interested in making the assignment up, is it wasting your time to constantly have a Plan B?
Lisa Butler(Jun 05 2018 3:36PM):
This is the area that I can see applying the most next year. I am not moving to an online classroom, just transferring some of the learning online.
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I already have elements of both station-rotation and flipped classroom in place, but the text and various articles have given me things to think about to improve the flow and management. I want the students to come away from the rotation model feeling like they were challenged and their learning was enriched, not like their time was wasted (not that I would ever waste their time intentionally, but I don’t want it to be the worksheet of the digital world).
Lisa Butler(Jun 05 2018 3:41PM):
Provide multiple means of representation:
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I had not considered some of the access issues with websites and documents. As I am building a new Canvas course from scratch, I can add the Alt Text and proper headings to make the material more accessible for students using text-to-speech features.
It is also important to think about using a variety of media to present information – I liked short videos giving the overview of what is expected of students. If it was combined with a checklist I think less students would miss components.
Patricia Shover(Jun 08 2018 2:00PM):
Interesting communication and collaboration tools you have chosen. Taking station resources that we already use and modifying them is our way to gain experience and engage learners at the same time. Now that I signed-up for this, I will use it.Thanks!
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This could include flipped lessons describing each stage at the process, so students could re-watch the videos as they need them.
There would also be extension activities for the students who move quickly through the lessons. It could be related news articles on a website like Newsela that offers leveled readings or authentic videos that connect to the content.
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An idea for the Mastery Path: create a series of questions based on the maps they are responsible to apply. The mini-quizzes will ask questions that get progressively harder. Students have to earn 100% on the quiz to move on to the next one. As the teacher, I can monitor which quiz they are on, where the common misunderstandings are, and give feedback alongt he way.
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Since I am transferring courses, I am grateful I do not have to start from scratch for each unit. I can take what already exists in the PLC and customize it to the needs of my students. In a technology-rich instruction, creation and customization is part of the yearly process. Things are not just duplicated exactly year-to-year.
I asked, my district does not currently have a synchronous presentation tool, so all of the online classes offered through the district are asynchronous. They offered to let me explore and suggest one for the future.
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Solely teaching in a synchronous means being able to uber multi-task: present the lesson, read the chat, answer questions, manage different apps/websites, watch for student responses… all while talking coherently. The big ah-ha is how exhausting it was to plan, even just for a single 10 minute synchronous lesson. What would it feel like to multiply that by 180 school days? (Do they have a traditional school calendar online? Do you “meet” everyday?)
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So you can’t even just play around until you become a master of the online teaching universe, because that could have longterm ramifications on a students’ learning experience. So no pressure … and watch for tone in written communication, because things can be easily misconstrued without context.
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It needs to be logical for the students or they will not preserve to find it, especially the struggling learners who would benefit most from re-watching the video.
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Our school does give an Interpersonal Skills grade as well as the academic grade, so maybe they could be tied together to encourage students to help each other out. Not everyone is altruistically motivated, but they are often worried about their own scores. This would be more tangible way to access the interpersonal skills that currently used.
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I can envision the quotes of the week, with the best sentences that captured my attention, but than I would have to be careful to show a range or writers voices. How long would this take to do well?
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Rice had a possible solution for nonparticipation “create alternate assignments for learners who are unable to make up discussion activities” (155). If they are responding way after the other students it decreases the educational value. Could their time be better spent? But if they aren’t interested in making the assignment up, is it wasting your time to constantly have a Plan B?
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I already have elements of both station-rotation and flipped classroom in place, but the text and various articles have given me things to think about to improve the flow and management. I want the students to come away from the rotation model feeling like they were challenged and their learning was enriched, not like their time was wasted (not that I would ever waste their time intentionally, but I don’t want it to be the worksheet of the digital world).
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I had not considered some of the access issues with websites and documents. As I am building a new Canvas course from scratch, I can add the Alt Text and proper headings to make the material more accessible for students using text-to-speech features.
It is also important to think about using a variety of media to present information – I liked short videos giving the overview of what is expected of students. If it was combined with a checklist I think less students would miss components.
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