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A. INTRODUCTION - Videos: #1, Digital Learning Now (What Is BL?). #2, Carpe Diem School (Yuma, AZ). 1. What Is Blended Learning? Good overview article by Preston Smith, Pres. Rocketship Education (Huffington Post) 2. Factors Leading to Blended Learning (What problems does it solve? What are potential pitfalls? What infrastructure must be in place for successful BL? Who are it's cheerleaders?) 3. Your encounters with BL: What are you seeing in your sphere, both small and large? 4. During this course you'll have the opportunity to preview and use many web-based apps. A limited number of these you'll be **required** to use. **If you haven't done so already, take time to create free user accounts at the websites for these web tools: CLICK HERE.** 5. For Fun! Take a Blended Learning Overview Quiz using Socrative (if you need to, download the Socrative app on your Smart Phone). CLICK HERE for student login area - Dr. Watson's classroom # is ** 9faabae2 **. NOTE: Instructor needs to start the quiz. The Overview Quiz may be given using Kahoot or Plickers as well (which do not require students to download anything). LINK TO KAHOOT.IT

B. BLENDED LEARNING IN MUSIC 1. Which courses/levels lend themselves most to BL? Can aspects of BL add value elsewhere? 2. Pedagogy: FOUR DIFFERENT Blended Learning Models (Khan Academy): 3. Pedagogy: "Five Interactions of a Robust Blended Learning Model," by Thomas Stanley (Te@chThought, 4/27/2013)
 * BLiME Examples
 * Parkland High School elective music courses - parklandmusic.wikispaces.com
 * Flipped Classroom Model: Online Instruction at Home; Practice and Projects in School.
 * Station Rotation Model: Teacher led activities, Collaborative-Independent Stations, Online Instruction.
 * Lab Rotation: Alternates classroom instruction and self-directed learning in a learning lab.
 * Flex Model: Like Station Rotation but instead of groups moving together between stations, individuals work through a "playlist" of activities. EX: Music Theory 2 Chapter 6, with "Task List."
 * Importance/Value of "Coaching": Both "sage on the stage" (public coaching" and "guide on the side" (one-on-one or small group coaching).

// "It is important to create an educational setting that allows students to explore and engage in multiple levels of learning...The best type of learning to develop each of these ideas is to have the student do some type of inquiry-based, project-based, or problem-based learning." // > > > >
 * [[image:5-interactions-of-a-blended-learning-model.jpg width="300" height="225"]] || * Student-to-Student Interactions
 * Student-to-Teacher Interactions
 * Student-to-Community Interactions
 * Student-to-Material Interactions (PBL)
 * Student-to-Technology Interactions ||

C. IMPLEMENTATION 1. "Infrastructure" - List/discuss components of BL approach at work in each example course/unit/project shared above. What technology is required? What other factors (classroom environment, district resources, home resources, etc.) make BL work in these scenarios? Which does your district currently have in place? What are ways to move toward adopting/acquiring these? 2. Content - Premium vs. Teacher-Developed... 3. Intellectual Property Issues 4. Integration - Blended Learning involves a synthesis of learning/teaching approaches: 5. Factors that Facilitate the Success of Blended Learning
 * Building and Classroom Computer Labs
 * Laptop Carts, iPad Carts, etc.
 * Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Policy
 * Open Campus WiFi
 * Web 2.0 Apps (Free and Paid)
 * Online Learning and/or Grading System (Blackboard, Moodle, Pentamation, etc.)
 * Student At-Home Technology (laptop, tablet, Broadband Internet, etc.)
 * See BLiME Content Creation Tool Links
 * What published, commercial material is available for music courses (i.e. Khan Academy)? What is the cost?
 * Preview the "ready-to-go" content listed on this wiki. Then pair up and search the web for some new, quality content to add to our listing.
 * Why might music teachers develop their own course content? What is entailed?
 * Quality Design Template (uses Schlechty's 10 design quality categories of his WOW, or "Work on the Work" approach)
 * Eight Principles for Unlocking Student Creativity (from //Using Technology to Unlock Musical Creativity// by Scott Watson)
 * Who owns the lessons? Can you use protected material in online lessons?
 * The TEACH Act
 * Flipped Classroom (facilitated by Web 2.0)
 * Student-Centered (Teacher Coaching)
 * Self-Paced, Independent Learning
 * Project-Based Learning
 * Constructivist Approach
 * Creativity
 * Collaboration
 * Staff Professional Development and Training
 * Using Ubiquitous Tools - Balance/Tension: Finding many "best" tools vs. a limited number of "good" tools.
 * School District Demographics
 * Balanced/Measured Approach for Each District/Department/Level (i.e. Phase or Plunge?)
 * Sustaining vs. Disruptive Innovation - video featuring Lennie Hay (Schlechty Center), based on Christiansen idea.
 * Discuss applications of article: "Four Criteria for Evaluating Blended Learning Tools," by Eileen Shihadeh.
 * **Tech Tips for Teachers**. Examine this graphic for ShakeUpLearning.com. What do these tips mean to you in terms of integrating tech into your music teaching?
 * Any others of which you can think?

D. WEB 2.0 - "The Cloud"
 * What is Web 2.0 and what are "web apps"?
 * List some helpful "general education" web apps.
 * List some helpful "music" and "music education" web apps.
 * Discuss, preview, explore apps on the web links page.

E. FLIPPED CLASSROOM
 * Why and how would one "flip" his/her classroom?
 * Discuss it's role in Blended Learning.
 * What are some fears, misconceptions, and even pitfalls of using a "flipped" approach?

F. CONSTRUCTIVISM
 * What are the main features of a "Constructivist" approach to education?
 * Why might this approach impact a blended learning environment?
 * Example(s) - PHS Music Production PSA ("Hand Washing Song/Video")
 * Resource: //Teaching for Musical Understanding// (Jackie Wiggins)
 * Resource: Introduction to Inquiry-Based Learning (good explanation and videos)
 * After perusing the Intro to Inquiry... link above, and watching at least one video, brainstorm with a partner a list of some "real-world" problems/questions about sound/music that might be approached in a constructivist/inquiry-based way?

G. PROJECT-BASED LEARNING
 * What is Project Based Learning? Video: What is PBL?, by Jeff Robin (High Tech High)
 * What are its (three) main components? "Quality or Quantity" (cool article that highlights benefit of reflection/revision)
 * Example(s) - PHS AP Music Theory Operetta ("The Digestive System"); PHS Music Production Holiday CD ("Parkland: A Season for Giving")
 * The PBL classroom environment: STEMM Academy Music Production pod
 * Resource: // An Ethic of Excellence // (Ron Berger)
 * Project based on Google's "20% Time" model (Ann Witherspoon, Frank Seale MS, Midlothian ISD, Texas)

H. CREATIVE, TECHNOLOGY-INFUSED MUSIC LEARNING ACTIVITIES
 * Where we've been and the New Music Standards.
 * 21st-century Learning: Creativity, Collaboration, Technology
 * Further Rationale: Thomas Friedman, Ken Robinson, Daniel Pink, Steve Jobs, Ed Catmull
 * Example(s) - Fogelsville Elementary School Bully Rap; PSD Elementary Band/Strings Camp Pedal Point Duet.
 * Resource: // Using Technology to Unlock Musical Understanding // (Scott Watson)

I. ASSESSMENT
 * What are some implications for "formative" and "summative" assessment with blended learning and its related learning approaches?
 * Can these online/distance assessments be as "authentic" as ones delivered face-to-face (i.e. timed test on Moodle or eLearning, SmartMusic performance, video performance, shared Google doc, etc.). Discuss the advantage of using creative music projects (worked on in and out of class) to evaluate a student's understanding in a blended learning environment.
 * What tech tools can be used to create and deliver assessment instruments (quizzes/tests, rubrics, forms, task lists, etc.) in a blended learning environment?
 * How might the new Music Standards and Teacher Evaluation System SLO (student learning outcome) impact these assessments?
 * Converting a Finale file to SmartMusic for assessment.

J. BLENDED LEARNING REVIEW - Play this Jeopardy-style review game to see what you remember.