Go Blended!: A Handbook for Blending Technology in Schools
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We’ve all had the experience of truly purposeful, authentic learning and know how valuable it is. Educators are taking the best of what we know about learning, student support, effective instruction, and interpersonal skill-building to completely reimagine schools so that students experience that kind of purposeful learning all day, every day.
Go Blended! is a practical implementation guide for educators interested in getting blended learning off the ground.
Throughout the book teachers with blended learning experience share helpful tips and lesson plans to help educators make purposeful choices in using technology to fulfill students' needs without becoming an end in itself. This useful guide also offers key documents and timelines to support a blended learning implementation and provides step-by-step practical advice for avoiding mistakes.
In Go Blended! you'll learn how to:
- Investigate leadership and staff readiness to "go blended."
- Learn how to evaluate and purchase the right educational software.
- Keep the program's goals in mind throughout the development process.
- Teach lessons that set students up for success when using classroom technology.
- Tailor the program to the students, not the other way around.
Author Liz Arney is a seasoned developer of blended learning programs at Aspire Public Schools, and she also closely collaborates with district and charter leaders from across the country on this work.
Aspire Public Schools, February 2015