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Blended Learning Focus Area: A NEW Year's Resolution
ReNEWed Goals
NEW PD Opportunities
NEW Updates
NEW Ideas
December Canvas Challenge Winner
NEW Canvas Challenge: Chance to win!
Blended learning is an approach to education that combines online educational materials and opportunities for interaction online with traditional place-based classroom methods. It requires the physical presence of both teacher and student, with some elements of student control over time, place, path, or place. Remember this is not reinventing the wheel. YOU ARE ALREADY DOING MANY OF THESE COMPONENTS!
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION
Whether you have been dabbling in some blended learning practices or you took a break from using devices, now is the perfect time to make a resolution that blended learning will be a focus in your classroom instruction. Our Blended Learning "Look-For" document can help you get started. One of the first things you might notice about this document is that you are already doing some of these best practices in your classroom. So which areas might you need to develop the most? Take this self-evaluation tool to help identify which focus areas are your strength and which areas have room for growth.
ReNEWed GOALS
Find the focus area/s that had the lowest average on the evaluation you just took. Choose 1-2 practices (bullets) from that focus area and create a blended learning goal for the second half of the school year. You can use this goal planning template to help. Need to learn more about your focus area? Don't worry! We've got you covered. Please access our blended learning resource document linked below.
Resources for Blended Learning Look-fors.pdfNEW Canvas Updates
End of Semester Canvas reminders:
Teachers will have read-only access to their courses. Teachers will not be able to adjust content and grades, but for as long as they are enrolled in the course, they will still be able to export the course content when needed.
Remember to use the “share content” button within current Canvas course to transfer content into courses for next semester (if desired).
All concluded Courses that have not been favorited will be removed from the Dashboard, but they can be accessed in Past Enrollments. Note: You can “star” (prior to end of semester) courses for them to remain on the dashboard
Beginning- & End-of-Course Checklist (also linked below)
NEW Nearpod Updates
NEW PD Opportunities
NEW PD Opportunities
Our Fall Self-Paced sessions will run from October 18th - January 7th. Click on the links below to register.
· Using Google to Increase Student Engagement
· Nearpod
For questions, please contact Shannon Franklin.
**Be on the lookout for Spring PD opportunities coming soon!**
Try a NEW Idea
THIS or THAT choice board: Example1, Example 2: website (free template from website)
Use SWIVL to flip a classroom lesson. Record your lesson so students can watch it the night before and come in the next day ready to extend their learning.
Take your class on a virtual field trip using Google Earth (tutorial). Start by using some already created virtual field trips.
Try this new SWIVL Strategy with your students.
Locate a NEW Resource
BL Resource Website: Visit our website for all things blended learning. Locate your blended learning specialist, find out about our virtual course offerings,
Air Table: Want to know what digital resources we have for you? Check out the district's Air Table. You can filter to find the information you need.
Resources Document for Look-fors: If you like the Blended Learning Look-for document but feel like you need to know more, please check out our resource page that directly aligns with each of the blended learning focus areas.
Digital Learning Resources Canvas Page: Need help with one of our GCS district-provided resources? Visit our digital learning resource page to find video tutorials and instructional guides on anything from Swivl to Canvas.
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
NEW WINNER!
Congratulations to Paula Murray, from the Early Middle College at GTCC Greensboro, for being selected as the Canvas Challenge winner for the month of December. Ms. Murray won a $25 gift card to Hops Burger Bar, for submitting a screenshot of her introduction page in Canvas. See below for our January Challenge. The next winner could be you! A special thanks to Hops Burger Bar on Battleground Rd. for their generous donation.
NEW Canvas Challenge
NEW Canvas Challenge
Post comments on student assignments in SpeedGrader to give productive feedback.
Please submit a screenshot of one of your comments you provided to a student on their work in SpeedGrader at THIS LINK. Be sure to blackout or crop any information that would identify the student. Once you submit your screenshot, you will automatically be entered into a drawing for a prize.
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