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Blended Learning in Action
Blended Learning in Action is a book written by Catlin Tucker, Tiffany Wycoff, and Jason Green. The authors have created an online compendium that offers resources for each stage of change covered in the text.
Blended Learning Implementation Guide
This guide, created by The Learning Accelerator, Getting Smart, and DigitalLearningNow!, provides a step-by-step action plan for blended learning implementation decisions. The authors cover 18 actions in four areas.
Rethinking Scheduling to Support Deeper Engagement with Cohorts
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cedar Rapids Community School District rethought and adjusted scheduling to support deeper engagement with cohorts of students. The process helped students and teachers dive deeper into content and focus in...
Restructuring Specials Schedules
In response to the pandemic, Cedar Rapids Community School district prioritized art and music by shifting the schedule to increase the frequency of classes from weekly to daily.
How Schools Can Redeploy Teachers in Creative Ways During COVID-19
EdWeek interviewed district and school leaders around the country to see how they are experimenting with different staff arrangements to provide support for the deep academic and emotional needs of children who are returning to school—physically or...
Middle School Cohort Model for In-Person Learning During COVID-19
Cedar Rapids recognizes that instruction would likely be stronger if content teachers rotated classrooms, but district leaders had to accept the tradeoffs of synchronous online learning to reduce teachers’ interactions with multiple cohorts of...
Weekly 1:1 Conferences
West Belden teachers value and expect to spend significant amounts of time individually with each student.
Roots' Ongoing Teacher Prep and Collaboration
Given the highly collaborative teaching approach, Roots teachers have several times each day for common planning as well as other opportunities for interaction.
Triangulation of Data
Facilitators looks at progress against learning objectives on the Empower platform as well as other assessment outputs to identify Learner needs for Personalized Learning Time.
Clamshell
Clamshell is when students close their laptops like clam shells (45 degrees) without closing them completely. It can be used to grab students attention and save time between transitions.