BLI+Public


 * Professional Learning Experience **


 * Session Title: || Blended Learning Institute ||
 * Additional Info: || * Please bring your own DOE laptop device to the training session ||
 * Session Instructor: || iLearn Team ||
 * Session Synopsis: || In this two-days face-to-face institute, educators will learn best practices and methods for building blended learning environments. Participants will learn effective strategies for managing and teaching students in blended classrooms. They will explore myriad ways blended learning can effectively support standards-based teaching and learning across disciplines and grade levels.As result of this training, participants will be able to:
 * A clear understanding of the definition of blended learning and its benefits for students.
 * A plan for how you might begin to integrate blended learning into your teaching.
 * Exposure to tools and environments that support effective blended learning.
 * Build a unit in a LMS that incorporates blended learning. ||
 * __Agenda__:

Day 1

8:30-9:30 Introductions & Framing the Day

9:30-10:00 What is Blended Learning? 10:00-11:00 What is a LMS? LMS Features Course Management - Organization
 * Blended Learning Models
 * What does Blended learning look like?
 * Content Creation (Pages, Embedding)
 * Discussions
 * Assignments
 * Assessments
 * Updates and Alerts
 * Communication Tool
 * Calendar
 * Collaboration
 * Gradebook

11:00-11:45 11:45- 12:30 Lunch
 * Quiz: Seek and Find LMS
 * Exploration Activity: Exploring Your Unit - Building Your Blended Lessons
 * Setting up Your Course Page - Lesson Storyboard Planning

12:30-2:15 2:15- 2:45 Finding and utilizing Open Educational Resources What’s in the room- Searching for resources in OER for an actual lesson from attendee 2:45 Closing
 * Blended Learning: What’s in a name?
 * Shifting Role of the Teacher -How do you begin?- Preparations
 * Danielson Framework, Digital Tools Integration, Setting Expectations, Student Experience [|ISTE & Danielson]
 * A Planning Blueprint
 * Demo CK-12
 * Demo EdPuzzle
 * Q & A
 * Evaluation


 * Day 2**

8:30- 8:45 Welcome and Framing the Day > 8:45-9:00 Video: [|How Does Blended Learning Support Differentiation?]
 * Review Lesson Storyboard Plan from Day 1
 * What is Student-Centered Content?
 * What types of activities and leveled resources are available to support different learners.
 * How does Blended Learning support differentiation for - ENLs Spec Ed, Reading level, and skills?
 * [|Using Technology to Differentiate Instruction]
 * Blended Learning Strategies for Engagement

9:00-9:30 Where can I find online content? > 9:30- 10:15 Hands On Activity >> 10:15- 10:30- Networking Break
 * Oer Commons
 * Curriki
 * Hippocampus
 * Ck-12
 * Select content and embed in your course
 * Customize a flex textbook
 * Simulations
 * Games

10:30-11:45 Using Video in the Classroom

[|Edpuzzle]


 * EdPuzzle-empowers teachers to make any video your lesson. Crop a video, explain it with your own voice and embed quizzes at any time

Screencasting-Capture all of the action on a computer screen while you are narrating > Hands-On Activity: Create a Screencast for differentiation > 11:45 -12:30 Lunch
 * Screencasts can be made with many tools and are often used to create a tutorial or showcase student content mastery.
 * What are the benefits?
 * Review Screencasting tools
 * Review your Unit/Lesson Plan
 * Select a part of the lesson: direct instruction, modeling, and hands-on practice.
 * Plan and write script
 * Embed in your course

12:30- 1:30 Work Time

1:30-2:30

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 * Assessments via Schoology
 * Quiz
 * Dropbox
 * Discussion
 * External link
 * Providing Feedback
 * Tips and Strategies
 * Activity-Discussion

>> >>  2:30- 2:45 >> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2:45- 3:00
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gradebook
 * Setup
 * Due dates
 * Grading
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What is the role of the student?
 * Own their learning
 * Freedom to revisit content and activities
 * Become a communicator
 * Become a collaborator
 * Must own their data
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Collaborate with colleagues
 * Share your course code
 * Navigate each other's course
 * Provide feedback

>> >
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Share Getting Started with Blended Learning__
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Student Agreement
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sample Letter for Parents
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scheduling Checklist
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Q & A
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Evaluation ||
 * Resources: || * [|__Blended Learning Now__] - Video
 * [|__Role of a teacher and student in blended learning__]
 * [|__Getting Started with Blended Learning Guide__] ||
 * Evaluation: || Please take time to complete the iLearnNYC professional development survey. Your feedback is important to us. ||