eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Knowing that many students are struggling with learning setbacks can feel overwhelming, but we’re hoping we can help you look at these scores as an opportunity to implement new instructional strategies that engage students, and therefore, help mitigate learning loss. Blended Learning Increases Student Engagement.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2021

Katie Novak and I wrote UDL and Blended Learning: Thriving in Flexible Learning Landscapes to support teachers in developing a mindset, skill set, and toolset nimble enough to traverse any teaching and learning landscape with confidence. It will take time and a willingness to pursue our own learning.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In the early days of my transition to blended learning, I had one Chromebook, which I received after writing a Donor’s Choose project. I wanted students to collaborate, communicate, and create at that online station using the devices as a tool. Learning is, in part, a social endeavor. Technology is simply a vehicle.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2020

For the better part of a decade, many schools have been implementing blended learning models that integrate online learning with brick-and-mortar instruction to rethink time, space and staffing. Flipped Classroom: Making the most of independent and in-class learning Flipped Classroom model.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 10, 2022

Katie Novak to write a follow-up to our book UDL and Blended Learning. In our second book, UDL and Blended Learning 2: Shifting to Sustainable Student-led Workflows (coming out in spring 2022), we tackle 10 unsustainable teacher-led workflows. Want to learn more about blended learning and UDL?

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

My work focuses on supporting leaders, coaches, and teachers in transitioning from traditional teaching practices to blended learning. Blended learning is the combination of active, engaged learning online and offline. Teacher-centered instruction vs. Student-centered blended learning.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In our book UDL and Blended Learning , Dr. Katie Novak and I encourage teachers to work toward firm, often standards-aligned, goals. When we build student agency into a task or an assessment, students may produce various artifacts to demonstrate their learning. can also be used as a self or peer-assessment tool.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 21, 2020

Many are unsure if they will be returning to school on a traditional schedule, a blended learning schedule, or completely online. Teachers are questioning how the instructional strategies they have used in the past will work if students are coming to school on a modified schedule or if they are learning online.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

Through our online series, we explored the power of universally designed blended learning models to achieve deeper learning outcomes. Our discussions culminated in selecting specific challenges to explore in-depth, with the goal of prototyping solutions at the Learning Leaders Summit in Dubai.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2021

Student agency, or a students’ ability to make key decisions about their learning experience, is an essential aspect of blended learning. Choice boards fall within the umbrella of blended learning when we combine active, engaged learning online with active, engaged learning offline.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 2, 2023

Encourages engagement and active participation in the learning process. Fosters effective communication and dialogue between teachers and students. Despite the myriad benefits of focused, timely, and actionable feedback on learning, it is often neglected due to time constraints. Builds confidence and self-efficacy in learners.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 20, 2020

In the absence of face-to-face classes, teachers can communicate they care about their students’ progress by providing them with feedback on their work. In my most recent book, Balance with Blended Learning , I have a chapter dedicated to providing real-time feedback as students work.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

My excitement about blended learning stemmed from the realization that learning, both inside and outside of my classroom, can take many different forms. It makes it so much easier to design tasks and challenges that foster communication and collaboration. I love the flexibility of working in this model.

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eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2020

Here are eight no-cost resources to keep the learning going. The Bloomz communication platform enables schools to communicate updates in real-time to parents and students; share lessons, student work and feedback; and keep the school-to-home connection strong so students learning at home don’t fall through the cracks.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 11, 2021

Much of that time has been focused on how to teach in online or blended learning environments. However, to make significant and sustainable long-term changes in education, our perceptions of what teaching and learning “look” like have to fundamentally shift to avoid stagnation and make progress.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

When I ask teachers, “How would you describe a successful online or blended learning course? Create a channel for students to communicate directly with you while they are working in breakout rooms. For example, teachers might use the Remind app, ClassroomQ, or the messaging feature inside their learning management system.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

Three years ago, with the help of the education agency the Grant Wood Area Education Agency (GWAEA), Iowa rolled out its initiative to implement blended learning as a model for the state. In a competency based system, students advance upon proficiency and receive rapid differentiated support based on their individual learning needs.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 24, 2020

The station rotation is a blended learning model that is composed of a series of stations, or learning activities, that students rotate through. In our current COVID reality, the “rotation” is not a physical shift to a different part of the classroom but a transition from one learning activity to the next.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 11, 2020

It is the educators who understand this truth and design and facilitate learning experiences that align with this truth who have had the most success navigating this challenging moment in education. Purpose Preparation Post-Conference Plan Parent Communication How do students want to use this time? email, audio update)?

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

First, let’s establish the value of the flipped classroom in case you have never used this blended learning model. First, I want to encourage every teacher using a blended learning model to clearly explain WHY they are using this model to students and their families.

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eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2022

Communicate with students, and deliver personalized feedback on submissions; ? Leverage a full-service, multi-year professional learning plan from EL Education to support teachers; and. ? Access to peer-to-peer communications within Open Up’s K-5 EL Education digital community. Share assignments digitally; ?

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams for Education: Find the Blended Learning Tool that Works Best. MORE FROM EDTECH: See how K–12 schools can get started with using blended learning platforms. What Are Blended Learning Platforms? eli.zimmerman_9856. Wed, 02/13/2019 - 14:12. by Eli Zimmerman.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2016

For example, early smartphones supported only basic apps such as email and web browsing; but, over time, these devices have added functionality to support a huge variety of apps that have dramatically changed how people communicate, work, travel, and seek entertainment. In education, however, we often don’t see this kind of steady progress.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 23, 2019

A consistent theme in my work on blended learning is shifting students from passive consumers in the classroom to active, engaged members of a learning community. Developing a Community of Inquiry in a blended classroom can function to: leverage student curiosity. encourage exploration and investigation.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

This is what makes three classroom technology trends–communication, blended learning, and small group learning–especially important for students. Communication takes on many different forms in, around, and outside a school and a school’s community.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 9, 2018

In his book, Sinek talks about how successful individuals and organizations communicate. I’ve worked with so many school districts that are embracing technology and blended learning models, but they do not communicate why this shift is important to teachers. What is our purpose? What drives us?

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

The overall quality of students’ work also suffers when they do not have the time and space needed to fully engage with academic tasks or produce artifacts to express and communicate their learning. These steps can vary widely in duration among students, depending on their familiarity with the methods and concepts involved.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 8, 2015

My students begin the year developing and practicing their online communication skills with online icebreakers. Online icebreakers give students an opportunity get to know one another and build a community online. Weaving Online Discussions Into the Classroom.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 5, 2017

My goal with blended learning has always been to shift the focus from me to my students. I want to place them at the center of learning. This is what makes project-based learning hard for students. I believe this is the best way to prepare them for life. However, the truth is that.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

I explain why I believe it’s important to place students at the center of learning in the classroom and how I use blended learning strategies and technology to create a student-centered learning experience.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2017

There are many elements critical to the success of change management initiatives, including those involving blended and personalized learning. That's why we've designed a communications guide for school leaders and districts, with tips, examples and resources. Here's where to start: Plan first, then worry about tactics.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

It should clearly communicate the strengths and areas in need of development or revision in their work and suggest specific strategies the students can use to make improvements. User-friendly (more specifically, student-friendly): It’s important that the feedback is communicated to students in language they can understand.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2025

In elementary classrooms, the most effective model of blended learning is called the station rotation model. In elementary classrooms, the most effective model of blended learning is called the station rotation model. According to Blended Learning Universe (n.d.), Resources Blended Learning Models.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 21, 2019

I also dedicate a chapter in my new book Balance with Blended Learning to metacognition. #3 4 Communicating about Progress. Teachers feel immense pressure to communicate with parents about student progress. I encourage teachers to shift the responsibility of communicating with parents to students.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 30, 2016

Yet, if we want students to develop these crucial life skills–finding and evaluating information, communicating and collaborating with peers–they need time. They cannot feel they are being hurried through the process of learning. Allowing students to research, discuss, and share their findings takes time. The big hurdle is time.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2021

In this class, you’ll learn what topics to introduce, how to unpack them, and how to make them authentic to student lives. digital communications. Topics include: copyrights, fair use, public domain. cyberbullying. digital commerce. digital footprint, digital privacy. digital rights and responsibilities. digital search/research.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 15, 2024

This twist on the station rotation model combines the strategic collection and use of data with student agency to create a more personalized and student-centered approach to this blended learning model. In a traditional station rotation, all students rotate through the same sequence of learning activities or stations.

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