Blended Classrooms

One way that, I believe, we have effectively used blended learning is by all the different ways that the information is presented to us. Mainly, because I prefer the videos rather than reading the articles. I like that we have the option to watch the videos to learn each weeks topic. Just as well, we have the option of participating in the WebEx so even though it is an online class we still have the interactive portion of an actual classroom. It’s not like we’re left on our own to figure it out.

I'm not sure if there was much about this course was ineffective. One thing I had issues with was getting to an open innovation at a time it was available. I ended up figuring out how to post my blogs but I was a little frantic about that in the beginning. I wouldn’t say that this portion of the class was ineffective. However, I guess if there had more options on how to explain setting everything up in the beginning that would have been helpful. I only way this because I am very technology challenged.

Blended learning follows the rules of existentialism. This means that this type of classroom understands that each child learns and assesses differently. We, as teachers, need to cater to each child’s individual person to fully fulfill each child’s needs.

Something that especially shocking about Stacy’s presentation was when she explained how a tech rich instruction isn’t the same thing as a blended classroom. We need to realize that just because we have technology incorporated into our classrooms doesn’t mean that we have a blended classroom. Having technology isn’t enough. In a blended classroom, data from the online instruction is used to inform the face-to-face instruction. We must adapt new and invent new learning environments to better assist the teacher and the student.

Something that I really enjoyed about Stacy’s presentation was the slide on “The 10 Drivers of Blended Learning”. I really liked this because I felt like it was a fun and creative way to show how to better blended learning within a classroom! This image just really stands out to me.