Blended Learning in Action

Recently, I went on a school visit to Poplar Tree Elementary School which is part of the FCPSOn initiative in which each child is provided with a laptop. The staff spent the past year participating in professional development to better understand blended learning and how to implement it in their classrooms. Now as the school is halfway through year 2 of FCPSOn, it's evident that teachers in kindergarten through sixth grade have adopted a variety of digital tools to grant students flexibility in time, place, pace, and path of learning. Click through this Google Slide presentation to see the highlights of the visit.

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Questions to consider include:

• What do you notice about the physical set up of the classrooms?
• What do you notice about student engagement?
• How do you imagine the role of the teacher has shifted since the school went 1:1?
• Do you see any evidence of the students cultivating their 21st century skills?

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