Blended Learningstrengthening school to home connections

Blended Learningstrengthening school to home connections

• Student engagement and parent involvement have increased

• 92% of students have daily access from home

• Creative solutions to connectivity issueso One parent described helping her son

complete work from the car while sitting in the public library parking lot when the internet went out at home.

Blended Learningstrengthening school to home connections

Remind 101 a new communication tool that lets teachers reach parents and students with text or email message.

• I was able to sign 54 parents up out of two classes of 60.

• Daily post on classroom activities and homework.

• Instantly remind parents of class/school activities.

• Very positive feedback from parents during conferences.

Blended Learningstrengthening school to home connections

ScootPad

• Common Core practice in ELA and Math.

• Lets students practice at own pace and provides rewards.

• Detailed reports show teachers strengths and weakness at student or class level.

• Ability to develop detailed Common Core lessons based on student performance.

• Students have individual accounts and access anywhere anytime

• Promotes practice from home.

Blended Learningstrengthening school to home connections

B.Y.O.D Success in 5th grade.

● District Tech support has enabled our students to bring in and use their own devices to access online content.

● Students working in class, at recess, at home and on the go, to complete assignments.

● Feedback has been very positive from parents and students.

● Increased accessibility to content = Higher achievement across standards.

IPAD

IPOD

IPHONE

LAPTOP

Blended Learningstrengthening school to home connections

Planbook.com

We are using a new program that lets us create our lesson plans online. We are able to:

● Share and collaborate plans with fellow teachers.● Submit lessons to principal and satisfy Title-One

and state requirements.● Easily show which CC standards are tied to each

lesson.● Lessons are easily shared online with students

and parents.● Lesson Plans are saved and can be archived.● Accessible on many formats so that all can view or

create on the go.

Blended Learningstrengthening school to home connections

Moodle(teacher benefits)

• Safe virtual learning environment just for your class

• Ability to design lessons around Common Core Standards

• Builds collaborative communities of learners through forums and assignments built in to the site.

• Grading is immediate

• Assess student learning through assignments and quizzes built into the site

• You can differentiate instruction for your students by creating separate groups

• Makes learning available 24/7

Blended Learningstrengthening school to home connections

Moodle(student benefits)

• Assignments, forums, quizzes,and lessons are posted and readily available at any time for completion

• Podcasts and short video clips are provided to support classroom instruction and aid with homework

• Students and parents can view grades and teacher comments on assigned work

• Students can submit assigned work from their Google Drive account into the Moodle site

• Forums allow students to respond to one another in a safe environment

• Learning and assignment completion can occur 24/7