'''Module 3 - Implementing Blended Classroom Strategies'''
Objective
- You will now be implementing the strategies you learned into a real world scenario by developing a lesson plan that simulates a blended classroom. This will include both the video lesson portion and classroom potion of the class.
Lesson
A blended classroom can be a difficult thing to grasp. It is completely changing many teacher's classroom setup. This is not something that naturally comes to most teachers and is quite time consuming. On of the best strategies for first starting to create a blended classroom is to start small. Don't plan on doing it all in one shot. Create a flipped classroom lesson plan for a few weeks and then step back and reevaluate what you did for a couple weeks. See what you liked and what you would change, find out student input on the method, or research new ideas that would want to implement. After that create a blended lesson for a few weeks again and repeat the same thing until you find something you like.
For teachers to adopt this method they should not get frustrated of lose motivation to commit to the change. Trying to do the entire thing right off the bat is tough. It is better to take what you learned in lesson 2 and apply it for small intervals at a time as to not lose the motivation necessary.
Activity
Use this link to create a new thread in "Blended Learning Lesson Plan." Follow the instructions below to meet the criteria of the post.
Now that you have learned what a blended classroom is and strategies to use in a blended classroom you will be required to create a two week long lesson plan that utilizes some of these strategies to make your classroom a blended one. You should use some of the strategies talked about in Unit 2 but can also apply strategies of your own into the lesson as well.
Use the link here as a template for what your lesson plan should look like. You do not have to go into a ton of detail on the video portion of the lesson plan but you should give a good description of the activities you will be doing in class each day.
When you are finished make a thread under "Blended Learning Lesson Plan" and post your lesson plan to the thread with a brief explanation of the plan. You can just post a link to your lesson plan but must you have to write a brief description within the thread itself. You must also comment on two other peoples's lesson plans as well. Make sure to include things you like about their lesson plan or things you would do differently if it was your class. You are encouraged to ask the other students questions about why they set up their blended classroom the way they did.
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