Blended LearningStation Rotation Model Catlin Tucker Seminar

Jody Conley Pat Cormack

Travis Gatewood Lindsey McFall

Classes, Preps, and Students Oh My!Incorporating a different classroom approach can resolve the challenges of:

● Getting to know students individually● Diversifying lessons for students● Creating an inspirational environment● Teacher exhaustion from lecturing all day● Overwhelming grading load Station Rotation Classroom Model will help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY5iXxqe_WU

The Student Perspective

1. Student-to-Student Interaction2. Student-to-Teacher Interaction3. Student-to-Community Interaction4. Student-to-Material Interaction5. Student-to-Technology Interaction

teachthough.com

“DESIGN

“How do we use this strategy in the course you teach?

--start with a list of tasks that you would try to accomplish during a block period.--turn the list into a horizontal series.--How can you turn each task into a rotation station?--Add/remove stations as needed (based on number of students in class usually).

For your content area:

Things to Consider Before Implementing:

1. Strategic grouping?2. Bulk of planning is up front3. Architecture of room4. Timing/Logistics5. Teacher is NOT the focus6. Material/content cannot be linear7. Requires explicit instruction on how this works

and how students work through stations

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Sugar Listenwise.com

Listen to how sugar changes the brain and make a glogster about the topic

Glogster

NPRRead this article on how the sugar industry paid scientists to blame fat. Create a group infograph on Canva.

Canva.com

Prezi.com

Watch this CNN video by Dr. Sanja Gupta and create a Prezi about this information.

Hidden SugarsTeacher led instruction on the effects of sugar

Teacher Lesson

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“MATH

Card Sort

Linear Equations

Teacher Lesson

DESMOS Glogster

Teacher led instruction on Linear Equations

Small groups complete this card sort

Students work individually on this DESMOS module

Studente create a shared Glogster with resources. All research and vet the resources.

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“ENGLISH

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“MUSIC

Hamilton

Teacher Lesson Tiki-tok.com

Listenwise.com Quick-time video

Teacher led instruction on a music piece based on Hamilton

Small student groups create a Tiki-tok timeline on Hamilton’s life.

Students listen to the Story of Hamilton and do the assignments created for it.

Students perform in small groups a piece from Hamilton and record it with Quicktime video.

Classroom Resources

TipsIf you are an email person, follow educational blogs

If you are a twitter person, follow there

Doing so is a reminder to incorporate up-to-date lessons that other teachers have had success with.

Listenwise.comA growing collection of news stories tagged as ELA, science, or social studies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwbgiZfJkag

Google ArtCatlin Tucker on how to incorporate

Pixton.comVirtual Cartoon Maker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD4ARxFzwMA

edu.glogster.comVirtual Posterboard Maker that allows videos and photos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvC47fUANLk

TIKI-TOKI.COMVirtual Time line maker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvqufIYkx1w

Final ThoughtsThese strategies are a great way to

engage all students, make the classroom student-centered, and allow teachers to

step back and encourage students to “own” their knowledge.