Google Tools and the

BLENDED Learning

Environment

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Discuss Way Google Tools Can Support Blended Learning

Identify What Blended Learning Is

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Blended Learning

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blended learning combines

online delivery of

educational content with the

best features of classroom

interaction and live

instruction to personalize

learning, allow thoughtful

reflection, and differentiate

instruction from student to

student across a diverse

group of learners

What is Blended Learning?

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What does

mean to you?

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1 Live events

2 Self-paced learning

3 Collaboration

4 Assessment

5 Performance support materials

= Blended learning

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Key Ingredients

Words involved with Blended Learning

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Blended Learning Models

1 Lab

2 Rotation

3 Flex

4 Pod

LabLearning in a computer lab

determines and helps redefine

what is taught in the classroom

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Rotation

Small groups in the

classroom with different

modules

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Flex

Online platform delivers most curriculum

Face-to-face teacher provide flexible, as-needed support

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Pod

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• What are you trying to teach?

• How will your students learn?

• What background knowledge will they need?

• What opportunities do they need to practice?

• How will they get feedback?

• What opportunities are there to extend their learning?

• How will it relate to their work?

Things to Consider

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Google Tools

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Think about . . .

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• Teacher surveys/ data skills

• Collect large amounts of data quickly

• View data in a spreadsheet

• Write self-correcting quizzes

• Add branching

• Auto-stamp name and date

• Quick formative assessments

• Productivity: registration, directories

Google Forms

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• Teach collaboration

• Easy file upload / download

• Sharing (view/edit)

• Multiple editors

• Peer review

• Revision history

• Chat

• Cloud storage

• No flash drives / email attachments needed

• Access on all devices

Google Docs

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• Teach film-making and responsibility in publication

• Create your own channel

• Upload student projects

• Upload lessons

• Create play lists

• Subscribe to other channels

• Easy access to student projects

YouTube

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• Teach publication skills

• Collaborative publishing

• Graphic design

• Create ePortfolios

• Announcement pages

• On-screen comments

• Visual literacy

• Embed gadgets

• Differentiate learning

• Discuss copyright

Google Sites

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• Teach public speaking

• Graphic design

• Add speaker notes

• Storyboard

• Add animations

• Import slides

• Visual literacy

• Drag and drop images

• Collaborate on one presentation

• Download as ppt or pdf

Google Presentations

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• Teach data skills

• Enter, sort & analyze data

• Produce charts & graphs

• Collaborative data collection

• Conditional formatting

• Add gadgets

• Embed into Google Site

• Download to Excel, pdf

Google Sheets

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• Teach planning and organizational skills

• Import school calendar (rotation schedule)

• Share calendars with colleagues, students, parents

• Share calendars for booking labs, meeting spaces

• Embed calendar into Google Sites

• Create specialized calendars, like

project calendars

• Insert links into calendars

• Search for events

• Send reminders and attachments

Google Calendars

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• Teach communication skills and ethics

• Self-populate addresses

• Track tasks

• Add contacts

• Create distribution lists

• Nest conversations

• Easy to organize with labels

• Add filters

• Add labs

• Easy mobile access

Gmail

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• Teach personal journaling

• Netiquette

• Social networking

• Forums for collaboration

• Extend classroom discussions

Blogger

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• Teach geography

• Mapping skills

• Google lit trips

• Chart movement across continents

• Pinpoint locations

• Share maps

• Collaborate

• View Google Earth

Google Maps

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Isabel’s Story

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Continue Learning

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Blend My Learning

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https://blended.online.ucf.edu/

Blended Learning Toolkit

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Blended Learning Guide

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What are some ways you can use Google Tools for

blended learning?

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