Playlist Templates

from AVID Open-Access Resources: https://avidopenaccess.org/course/incorporate-playlists-into-blended-learning/#section2

1. Identify your learning outcome.

Everything you design for your playlist should help guide students toward mastery of the learning standard. In conjunction with this learning target, consider how you will want your students to demonstrate their learning. Your playlist should be designed as a pathway toward this outcome, and everything in it should be aligned to this learning goal.

2. Identify the necessary steps in the learning experience.

As a teacher, you know how to design a great lesson. On a daily basis, you combine both art and science to craft a sequence of experiences that motivate and guide students to the desired learning outcome. When creating a playlist, you can continue to incorporate many of your favorite strategies. However, because students will be working through their playlist more independently, it is important that you simplify this process as much as possible. You will want to organize the learning tasks in a way that will be easy to understand and navigate. Here are a few popular frameworks that you can use to organize your playlist. Notice how they are simple to grasp and can be used to frame choices in the learning process:

    • Learn It—Practice It—Teach It

    • Learn—Process—Demonstrate

    • Learn—Create—Show

    • Engage—Explore—Explain

    • Watch—Read—Make

3. Decide if you will use a single path playlist or choice board playlist.

Both of these options can be effective and have their advantages. As you make your choice, consider your needs, the needs of your students, and how much time you have available to create your playlists.

4. Choose a format.

This is where you can have some fun and be creative. You might gamify the experience by designing your playlist as a tic-tac-toe or bingo board. You could design the activities so that students need to earn a certain number of points to complete their board. In some cases, you might empower the students to learn about a concept, practice it, and then become the teacher showing what they’ve learned. For complex tasks, you might design something longer and more sequential to ensure that students navigate through the entire process. The choice is yours! Here are a few examples. If you like one of these, click the link, choose “File,” and select “Make a copy” to create an editable version to use for yourself. If you prefer Microsoft products, you can select “File” and then scroll over “Download” to select your desired platform, such as Word or PowerPoint. These templates can serve as a convenient starting point to designing your first playlist: