promising blended teaching practice

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Promissing teaching practices in the unified classroom

The unified classroom

Blended learning in Higher Ed.

The challenge

Teaching plan

Online resources

Førlesingsaktivitet

Prepare for workshop

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Blended learning at Kibworth Primary

At school: Classroom and computer lab

Scenario1: Persuasive writing

Whole class

Small Group

Individualstudents

Teacher introduce pursuasive writing.

Students wrote a paragraph at home + posted comments and thoughts in online discussion

Teacher comments the online discussions in class

Students discuss in groups

Teacher and students discuss in class

The teaching design

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Comment homework and initiate peer review

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EBI – even better if

Peer review in groups

Class discussion based on online forum

“What is the main point in the text?”

Taking notes on mini whiteboards

Identifying main points for next paragraph

Taking notes on mini whiteboards

Working with the second paragraph

Individual work with teacher support

Self assessment

Summary - pupil work flow

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1) First paragraph written during last lesson and part of homework

4 and 5) Second and third paragraph written during lesson

2) Peer feedback in class.

What Went WellEBI (even better if)

3) Features of persuasive texts given by the teacher

6) Self assessment

Scenario 2: Literacy and spelling

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Blended teaching in Bergen

Working with vocabulary in the blended classroom

Whole class

Small Group

Individualstudents

Introduction to hydro electric power production

Homework: Survey vocabulary and terminology

Teacher comments the survey in class

Students discuss in pairs

Teacher and students discuss in class

The teaching design

Students create x-words

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Giving the silent students a voice with blended learning

Topic: Cold war in Europe

Whole class

Small group / Pair

Individual students

Introduction to topic Cold war in Europa

Teacher comments discussion post & class discussion.

Students create topic pages

”Speed date” Cold War

Students create x-word

The teaching design

Discussion forum. Pre-knowledgeCold War

Discussion forum. Pre-knowledge: Cold War

Students create topic pages Written test

(Summative)

Formative assessment

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Cold war – ”Speed date”

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Blended reading instruction

Reading the same book Goals:

• Motivate for reading• Motivate for writing• Increase reading comprehension• Increase reading speed

Dashboard

Poll: Have you read this book before?

Prepare for classroom discussion

Question: Look at the book cover. What do you think the book is all about?

Techer read and record

Formative assessment

1. Read chapter 42. What doesn’t mrs Pinne want anybody to see?3. What does it mean to have an overheated imagination?4. Why will not Mrs. Pin be photographed?

Online discussion

What does mummy mean by it is many ways to cover a theft?

itslearning Page with photos

The pupils made a common page with photoes from Venice.The pupils explain why they choosed their photo.

Short quiz

What does uncle Wiliam do for living?

Pupils create tests

Create a test with two questions from chapter 17 and two questions from chapter 18.

Page: Facts about Venice

NB! Page my by pupils. Include polls, facts, photos etc

Blogs with comments

Pupils write summaries from the book in their blog. Peer review and comments.

Assignment: Write your own mystery

The pupils could choose to write a text, record a sound podcast or record a video.

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Morten FahlvikEducation Research Manager

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