iPad Inquiry
- 1. Blended Learning in Elementary Reading
- 2. Instructional Context • PK • 4th and 5th Grade Learning Community • 2 Year Curriculum • Mixed Grade Level • One-to-One
- 3. Wondering How can I effectively incorporate iPads into the reading block? “Technology has the ability to incorporate meaningful, social interactions into the learning process” (Ally, 2004, n.p.).
- 4. Effective adj. - producing a result that is wanted: having an intended effect • Engagement • Differentiated • Collaborative • Multiple avenues of assessment The learning process requires students to receive multiple opportunities to practice and just as much targeted feedback (Weigel, 2009).
- 5. The Plan Students • Access materials • PDF Notes and Diigo • ePortfolio • Online discussions Pedagogical objectives and activities should drive the approaches that faculty use in instruction (Picciano, 2009). Teacher • Manage online discussions • Anecdotal records • Student examples In a blended model, teachers actually have the time and opportunity to work one-on-one with students and achieve real differentiated instruction (Watson, n.d.).
- 6. Goal setting blended Mini-Lesson face-to-face Autonomous Time blended Reflection blended Share face-to-face When students provide feedback they are gaining effective critical thinking and communication skills as well as becoming lifelong learners with increased collaboration skills (Neilson, 2003). In Practice Instruction is not always about learning content or a skill but is also about supporting students socially and emotionally (Picciano, 2009).
- 7. Data Collection • Conference Videos • Student Surveys • Conference Notes • Student Reflections • Student Portfolios • Outside Observations “Blended learning is a complex weaving of the face-to-face and online communities so that participants move between them in a seamless manner” (Garrison & Vaughan, 2008). Edmodo is our home base Complex Weaving
- 8. Data Analysis 1. Sometimes paper is better 2. Student collaboration is critical 3. Organization can be easier
- 9. Effective? adj. - producing a result that is wanted: having an intended effect • Engagement • Differentiated • Collaborative • Multiple avenues of assessment 85% of students responded using iPads in reading was “awesome”. “I like using the edmodo groups for reading to help each other improve each others performance and to help each other better think about our their rating.” “We get to give helpful tips to each other which helps us grow as a reader.” “I like how our partners give us feedback and help us know what we need to work on.” When students provide feedback they are gaining effective critical thinking and communication skills as well as becoming lifelong learners with increased collaboration skills (Neilson, 2003).
- 10. Next Steps Within the current blended learning reading structure, how can I incorporate an e- portfolio in order to help my students become self- regulated learners? “Portfolios prompt students to look back, to digest and debrief, and to review what happened so that they can set new goals and determine next steps” (as cited in Wade et al, 2005, n.p.)
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