Learning more about the evolution of online and blended learning has completely inspired me to improve upon my current blended teaching approaches, and develop and implement a new online course for my students. Guided by the iNACOL Standard A, (the online teacher knows the primary concepts and structures of effective online instruction and is able to create learning experiences to enable student success) I now have a better understanding of online, face-to-face and blended learning. I am able to identify what models I am currently using, for example, a flipped classroom and whole class rotation, and which models I aspire to use and further develop, for example, station rotation and digital presentations with peer evaluation. In consideration of Standard B (the online teacher understands and is able to use a range of technologies, both existing and emerging, that effectively support student learning and engagement in the online environment), I now realize how long online and blended learning has been a part of mainstream education - and that it exists from primary through post-secondary education. In addition, module one has exposed me to several inspiring online and bleanded learning leaders, like Catlin Tucker, and their videos online discussing what methods, models and technology exists, and their innovative approach on education.

Currently at my school, we are using Jupiter Grades which acts somewhat like an LMS with Juno, a program within Jupiter Grades. Juno allows me to post online quizzes, grades, give feedback, post rubrics, email, and it conveniently loads all scores directly into the Jupiter grade book. In addition to Jupiter and Juno, my district is just beginning to support Google Classroom, and I have recently attended my first district training. At this training I took one of my first steps toward creating an online class: I created a query based search in our attendance program and was able to create a list of all of my students, their log in information, as well as their passwords and have recently created my first online scavenger hunt activity for Google Slides. In response to the challenge of my students' accessibility to music software while at home, I have recently discovered web-based composition programs like Soundtrap that allow my students to compose independently or collaborate in small groups, synchronously or asynchronously. I look forward to further developing my blended classes, as well as my online class with guidance from my LEC modules and the iNACOL standards.