Today has been another great day. The Institute is focusing on blended learning and the incorporation of technology into the classroom. There was a great talk by the Coordinator of Online Learning at the Alexandria City Public Schools in Virginia. I will not regurgitate everything they are doing in that district, but I will share with you one aspect that I found worth thinking about. They use online learning in five different ways: original credit, credit recovery, AP courses, online tutoring, and blended learning. What intrigued me was their use of technology to offer online tutoring for students in the four core areas. As we build our online presence it will be interesting to determine whether or not online tutoring is an option for PT.
I also participated in a round table that discussed blended learning. I tweeted a good graphic that shows the development of technology integration into classroom practice. The graphic talks about three levels of incorporation as it relates to classroom instructiono. First, there is substitution, then augmentation, and finally transformation for the incorporation of blended technology on the teacher level....first technology substitutes for something instructionally, then it augments instruction, and finally transforms instruction. I like that as a framework to think about how technology can be effectively incorporated into the classroom.
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