Resources for Blending

These past two blog posts, we’ve highlighted our experience with blended learning after our experience at Marcia Kish’s workshop.  As promised, we are providing some resources for those of you that are thinking about getting started.  

Only one of the stations in the blended rotation model involves direct instruction, therefore, it would be helpful to determine what activities your students can do to support their learning, without needing direct contact with the teacher.  As an added bonus, it would be great if those resources captured some form of data as well.  

Resources by Station Type

The following chart lists ideas by stations to get you thinking about how you can fit your subject and curriculum into this model.

Station #1 ---------------------- Mini-lesson	In this station you will work directly with the students, usually through direct instruction. It is also a good place to work on higher level discussion, language production, and any work that requires close student - teacher contact.	direct lectures small group discussion short writing prompt practice demonstration notes
Station #2 ---------------------- Independent Practice	In this station students are to work independently. Marcia suggests giving paper practice that has some review, some new questions that are a reach, and some real-life application.	practice worksheets workbooks video with comprehension questions listening practice Where’s the error? Drill practice reading comprehension flashcard study online exercises (created by you, the textbook, or found online) student-developed questions
Station #3 ---------------------- Digital Content	In this station you want the students to work on the content in a digital program that will give the students feedback and also give you analytics to inform future instruction.	Khan Academy EdPuzzle Newsela TedEd Nearpod Textbook tutorials
Station #4 ---------------------- 4Cs	In this station students will work on: Creativity Collaboration Communication Critical Thinking	Discussion activities Project creation Discussion groups Group games Anything that gets the students together and working together on critical thinking skills

Resources by Platform

Here’s another way of looking at this by platform. This table is meant to help you think about it from the platform. We’ve checked boxes where it makes most sense to us to use a certain tool. In no way does that mean a certain platform couldn’t be used for that station; it simply didn’t seem like an obvious choice to us.

Tech Tool	Station #1 ---------------------- Mini-lesson	Station #2 ---------------------- Independent Practice	Station #3 ---------------------- Digital Content	Station #4 ---------------------- 4Cs
Formative	x	x		x
PearDeck	x			x
Seesaw		x	x	x
Nearpod	x		x	x
EdPuzzle		x	x
Blendspace		x	x	x
Newsela		x	x
Discussion Boards		x		x
Quizlet		x
Adobe Spark		x		x
Notability	x	x		x
Storify				x
TedEd		x	x
Pic Collage				x
Khan Academy		x	x

Additional Resources (from +Marcia Kish)

• Blended Learning Workshop tools
• Video examples of station rotation (scroll down for high school)
• Building a Blended Learning Classroom That Works

Co-authored by:

Ms. +Dawn Bodden  (Teaching & Learning Facilitator) &

Ms. +Ann Syversen Bullis (Division Technology Coach)