Blended Learning Presentation to The Board of Directors

Good Afternoon Board of Directors, Thank You for your time this afternoon. My name is Wanda Stevenson-Randolph a teacher at DeRenne Middle School. I would like to propose to you the idea to adopt Blended Learning at my school for the 2013-2014 school year. At DeRenne Middle School our Mission is To ignite a passion for learning and teaching at high levels. Our students are ready to experience a new way to LEARN! And we want to reach every student. Recognizing the need for Blended Learning: Our students at DeRenne Middle interact with technology everyday at school and away from school. It makes sense to use this same type of technology with blended learning to teach our students. There a NEED for Blended Learning at this school because it can increase the reading level of each student, personalize learning, motivate each student, and help each student master the content and skills they need. Why do we need Blended Learning? Our students at DeRenne need more engaging ways to learn. With blended learning students use tools like Edmodo, Google apps and Web 2.0 to promote learning. We need to help each student master the content and skills they need to improve learning. What is Blended Learning? Blended learning is a disruptive innovation in education that can take many forms. Blended Learning is an integration of instructional media. It includes the traditional classroom or a online learning environment. It can also include any combination of media that can help support classroom instruction. For example: Blogs, e-Portfolios, voice thread, Wiki s, & Google Docs. From creating, evaluating, analyzing, applying, understanding to remembering. Blended Learning is where face to face classroom time is replaced by computer assisted instruction activities. The Chinese Proverb says I hear and I forgot. I see and I remember. I do and I understand During the development process of blended learning some concerns are: Learning new technology to use, expecting students and teachers to adapt, finding enough resources to use and obtaining support from all stakeholders. The most effective marketing strategy for Blended Learning is by example. THINK of Blended Learning as: How Learning is DELIVERED, Teachers as the (sender), Students as the (receiver). Blended Learning was introduced more than a decade ago. In 1992 the need for Blended Learning emerged from E-learning which originated with the launch of the World Wide Web by British inventor, Tim Lee. In 1997 the first research article in internet-based training appeared. In 2000 s the development of Blended Learning has showed to be very effective. In the future blended Learning will continue to grow quickly. The Department of Education plans to spend $30 million dollars over the next three years to bring blended learning to over 400 schools around the country. Innovators and Early Adopters of Blended Learning are, Teachers-Team Leaders-Technology Teachers, Administrators, Media Specialists, Parents, Board Members, and Students, Strategies to Encourage Adoption: Provide staff members support for blended learning to increase performance. Provide practical and creative ways to utilize blended learning in the classroom. Provide teachers with the needed support for new ideas, problems or questions. How to help the rate of adoption? Locate and help the laggards. The laggards would be the teachers that are close to retirement or teachers who began teaching later in life. Strategies to encourage the adoption of Blended Learning will be to provide one on one and small group training for everyone. Attributes to Reach Critical Mass -Relative Advantage -Tools teachers use daily (Complexity)-Easy to create and use -Early adopters can provide support to guide later adopters. (Observability) -Show the positive advantages for usage of Blended Learning. Decentralized is the best approach. Blended Learning should be maintained and managed by the classroom teacher. Innovators of Blended Learning can be trained to spread the knowledge faster within the school. Who are the innovators? Teachers who are knowledgeable about technology and are eager to learn different ways to implement technology in the classroom. Administrators at the school level can assist in choosing the best change agent. The Role of the Change Agent is to: Persuade other teachers that Blended Learning would make their job easier. Provide support for early adopters so they can support late adopters of Blended Learning with any problems or questions that may arise in the early stages of adoption. Thank You ! Board of Directors Remember focus on the learning outcomes .and the end result will .. IMPROVE students performance. Thank You for your time this evening. We are ready to experience The Blended Learning Way! The power to transform teaching and learning. 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