Explore how teachers can utilise the combination of physical and online learning spaces and the intersection between them to enhance learning experiences

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Teaching in the blended classroom

The flipped classroom

Blended learning“Blended learning is both simple and complex. At its simplest, blended learning is the thoughtful integration of classroom face-to-face learning experiences with online learning experiences. “

Kanuka, Heater og Garrison, Randy D. (2004)«Blended learning: Uncovering its transformative potential in higher education», University of Calgary

”Reading is the skill”

Doug Lemov

2001:the PISA-shock

Udir – Assessment for Learning

The Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training is responsible for the development of kindergarten and primary and secondary education. The Directorate is the executive agency for the Ministry of Education and Research.

Dylan WiliamFormative assessment

John Hattie

Teaching and learning in a blended classroom

What happens if these concepts are blended together?

Non-fictionText:

The Ice Age

Goals:• Be able to explain how glaciers

shaped the landscape• Recognize and know the physical

traces of the Ice Age• Be able to calculate the ice

thickness• Be able to place the ice age on

a timeline

• Develop individual reading strategies

• Motivate students to read the text several times

• Increase insight into own reading comprehension

Whole class

Small Group

Individual

Teacher ask a question to students

Students work with question at home and post their answers / thoughts in online discussion

Teacher pick up answers in class

Students discuss in groups

Students present in class

The teaching design

Inspired by Concept Oriented Reading Instruction Reading

Comprehension

Science Inquiry

Motivation

Reading and Science Integration

Student Writing

CORI is a program designed by John Guthrie and Allan Wigfield

Words:Shape and content

Writing and Sound

Receptive and productive dimension

Pre-knowledge

The pupils create a joint page to gather information about what they know before the unit starts.

Pupil made page with polls and facts

Online discussion

Question: Why did the ice start to melt by the coast?

Searching for new words

Collecting words for a word cloud

http://www.wordle.net/

Word cloud

Quite visible which words that need attention.

Every student made a crossword

Solving one of the crosswords in class

What we

* know* want to learn * have learned

(Donna Ogle 1986) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KWL_table

Know – Want to learn - Learned

Reading comprehension in the blended classroom

• A community of learners was established

• More pupils were activated• The silent pupils got a voice into the

class discussions• The pupils were better prepared for

class discussions• The teacher gathered evidence of

learning

Blended classroom / Unified classroom

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