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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.