LOTE

BLENDED LEARNING PRINCIPLES - GETTING STARTED

STUDENT OWNERSHIP

Guide students through the process of reflection.
Provide individual feedback so that students can progress monitor & build relationships with teachers.
Experiment with allowing students some choice in selection of time, pace, path & place.

FLEXIBLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Students or classes are in flexible groupings according to need.
Create spaces or opportunities for whole, group, small group, & individual instruction.
Experiment with flexible use of time based on students’ needs.

INNOVATIVE INSTRUCTION

Mindset is open to changing instructional practices
Uses data to design lessons that support students’ instructional needs
Experiments with at least one blended learning model (flipped, station rotation, etc.)
Collaborates with others to reflect on new instructional practice

INTEGRATED DIGITAL CONTENT

Selects 1-2 digital tools aligned to content to meet student needs & learning objectives.
Establishes instructional routines & expectations for students to engage with content & digital tools.

STUDENT OWNERSHIP

Finding the Right Blend: World Language Education in a Blended Learning Environment

This webinar moderated by eSchool News is a discussion by multiple language teachers on the use of blended learning in language classrooms.

Student Voice and Choice in Language Learning

In this article Meriwynn Mansori suggests 4 ways for building student voice and choice in the language classroom:

Use an inquiry based approach
Employ personalization strategies
Make learning relevant
Invite students to make connections

FLEXIBLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

The In-Class Flip

This video shows how to set up a lesson in a Spanish class using an in-class flipped video and station rotatio

INNOVATIVE INSTRUCTION

5 Basics You Need to Achieve a Flipped Language Classroom

This article on FluentU focuses on using flipped learning in the language classroom to allow for more targeted language practice in class. The 5 basics are:

Student and Parent Prep
A Vehicle for At-Home Lessons
In-Class Practice Materials
In-Class Discussion Projects
Online Resources

INTEGRATED DIGITAL CONTENT

37 Tech Tools for every World Language Classroom

This article contains a list of 37 apps that a group of Spanish teachers that participate in the Twitter chat (#langchat) have found helpful in the classroom.

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