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Must-have Resources for Blended Learning

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Guest blogger, Emily Cleary, has some great ideas on some of her favorite must-have resources for today’s blended learning. Scholarly Research: To find credible information, it’s best to use academic research libraries for published journal articles, peer reviewed articles, and the like. Online Classes.

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Research Quest: Free Middle School Science Project-Based Learning

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Research Quest sponsored this blog post. Transform Your Classroom with Project-Based Learning and the Scientific Method We all know that hands-on exploration is the best way to engage students in the scientific method. Students learn about early ceramics as well as how to understand history and how it relates to science, as well.

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Why Flipped and Blended Learning are Making Waves in education

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A Columbia University research found that, on average, students taught through online learning techniques performed modestly better than those learning through classical classroom approach. Blended learning overcomes this limitation by reducing the need for homework, and provides course content to students via the internet.

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Why Blended Learning Fits Your Class, 3 Issues to Think About, and 5 Easy Ways to Begin

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When the Internet arrived, I — as did my colleagues — adopted it mostly for two reasons: 1) research — in place of the library, and 2) rote drills, such as supporting math practice. Blended learning occurs when an education program combines Internet-based media with traditional classroom methods.

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What You Might Have Missed in March

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College Credit Classes in Remote Teaching/Blended Learning. 5 (free) Research Posters to Mainstream Tech Ed. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. Backup Your Work Often.

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100th Day of School — It’s about Learning

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How to celebrate Here are activities I like that blend learning into the celebration of the 100th Day of School: Geography As a class, come up with two locations in each state, to total 100. History Research what happened the hundredth year of your home country’s existence. What was the country like a hundred years ago?

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Using a Student-Centered Approach to Promote Computational Thinking

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How can teachers engage students to learn problem-solving skills across the curriculum? One program has set out to teach computational thinking (CT) and coding skills in a problem-centered approach, fostering a student-driven learning design. EdSurge: How would you describe the CoolThink curriculum adoption for your school?

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