Welcome to the Independent Studio section of Chapter Five.  The Independent Studio will cover the key aspects of how to allow for student ownership in the classroom setting.  Note that this week you can choose from five different blog post. Pick two blog post to read.  After reading the blog post, make sure to complete the reflection guide in the blended learning packet. Remember you can work at your own Pace, Place, and Path.  Use the color code to help differentiate the learning to meet your individual needs. Please contact Marcia Kish at ANY Time if you have questions or don't understand the different task.  
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Activity One: How to Make Toast

Take a moment to watch How To Make Toast.  In this Ted Talk, learn how to design and set up more ideas by writing out the ideas on post-it notes.  ​
Link to Blog Post
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Reflection question: After reading the article on think about how you could use this idea during your next planning session.   ​ 

Activity Two: Complete the Level Up Activity

By yourself or with a partner, pick a Level Up Poster from the front table.  
  • Start at the overview section of teh poster.  
  • Then move Phase One of the poster.  Note, the poster is set up to think about how you could level up teachers TO Phase One.  
  • Then move to Phase Two and Phase Three.  
  • When you are finished with the poster, hang the poster up on the wall around the room. 
Reflection Question: ​After other paticipants have completed the Level Up poster, take Post It notes and add comments or ideas to the Level Up ideas.  

Activity Three: Coaching Journal

Tak a moment to think about your coaching career and how blended learning fits into the coaching model.  
Directions: 
Click on the link below
Make a copy of the journal
Fill out the journal from your view point
When you are finished with the journal, show the completed journal to Marcia.  You do not need to share this with me but rather show me that you completed the project. 

 Link to the Coaching Journal 

Activity Four: Providing FeeDBack 

Take time to watch the TedTalk on how to provide feedback. Take notes and jot down ideas that you can use when providing feedback to educators. 

​Next read the article on Providing Feedback. 

Write down your key takeaways and be ready to share during the check-in time. 
​Reflection Question:  Take a moment to write out a couple of new ideas and links that you have found by following the different ideas on Providing Feedback.  

Activity Five

Take time to explore how to build and use manipulative for the digital content in a Math Classroom.  Article and ideas came from TCEA. 

On Wednesday, February 19, a free Kindle copy of How to Create a Perfect School: Maintain Students' Motivation and Love of Learning from Kindergarten through 12th Grade is available for downloading. In the book, author Lee Jenkins shares his methods that have been tested and refined with more than 7,500 students. Enjoy!
​A recent meta-analysis found that the use of virtual manipulatives vs. classroom instruction with textbooks had an effect size of 0.75 (almost two years of growth). Virtual manipulatives were found to be most effective in grades 1-2 (0.56) and 9-12 (0.76).

With that in mind, what virtual manipulatives do you like to use with students? I am a big fan of Polypad, which also has free activities and courses for all grade levels.
Reflection Question:  How could a teacher use the resources and course materials in the blended learning classroom?