Presentation for Saturday Session at NYSCATE on using web 2.0 tools for professional learning for k-12 educators.

1. Web 2.0 for Professional
Learning

2. Agenda
 What is a PLC?
 Define “blended”
 Communication, Collaboration & Reflection
 Identifying appropriate virtual learning spaces
 Designing learning opportunities

3. What is a PLC?

4. DuFour
 A Focus on Learning
 A Collaborative Culture: Learning forAll
 Collective Inquiry Into Best Practice and Current Reality
 Action Orientation: Learning by Doing
 Commitment to Continuous Improvement
 Result Orientation

5. Martin-Kniep
 Commitment to Understanding
 Intellectual Perseverance
 Courage and initiative
 Commitment to Reflection
 Commitment to Expertise
 Collegiality

6. Blended Learning
What is it? What isn’t it?

7. Blended Learning
Is…
 Less expensive
 More flexible
 More effective
 Thoughtfully designed
 Periodic scheduled meetings
 Scalable
 Highly interactive
Is Not…
 A second-best approach
 A quick fix
 No interaction with instructor
 Posting static information
 Limited to classroom learning
 Passive
 For those born after 1980

8. Why blend?
 Cost savings
 Enhanced flexibility
 More practice
 Higher effectiveness
 Greater consistency
 Optimized resources
 Better alignment

9. Blended Learning Approaches
 Experiential Activity
 Demonstration
 Storytelling
 Quest/Discovery
 Simulation
 Lecture
 Book/Case Study
 Brainstorming
 Office Hours
 Edutainment
 Work Group
 Q & A
 Drill
 Immersive/Role Play
 Project Based
 Debate

10. Blended Learning Models
Approach Description Best Suited For…
1. Stitching Using different media and delivery technologies
based on cost/benefit profile
Leveraging existing resources and
minimizing costs
2. Styles Matching the media and delivery technology
with audience learning styles
Increasing participation in training
and raising learner satisfaction
3. Bookend Sequencing instruction such that e-learning
comes before and after instructor-led
training or such that instructor-led training
comes before and after e-learning
Optimizing the time and investment
involved with instructor-led
training
4. Integrated Develop a cohesive strategy for addressing a
learning need that integrates multiple
learning activities and involves both
formal and informal learning
Developing mission-critical skills
5. Performance Develop a cohesive strategy for addressing a
performance need, leveraging not only
formal and informal learning but also
non-training performance improvement
interventions
Improving performance
Prestera & Marker, 2006

11. Technologies Matrix
FacilitatedSelf-Paced
SynchronousAsynchronous • Course Management System
(e.g., Angel, Blackboard)
• E-Mail
• Blog
• Threaded Discussion
(Bulletin Board)
• Courseware Tutorials
• Simulations & Gaming
• Tests and Assignments
• Podcasts & Vodcasts
• Books & Workbooks
• Mobile Learning & Wikis
• Classroom Instruction
• Audio Conference
• Video Conference
(Tele-Presence)
• Web Conference
• Virtual Worlds
• Chat
• Whiteboards
• Multi-User Games
• Virtual Worlds
• Collaboration Tools
Prestera & Marker, 2006

12. Planning for BLENDed instruction
 Know your audience
 Identify the Big Idea
 Plan activities
 Explore content
 Weave 21st century skills into learning

13. Who is your audience?

14. What is your Big Idea?
What are your goals?
Content
Knowledge
Skills
Lesson
21st Century Skills
Activities

15. Communication, Collaboration &
Reflection
Face-to-face
Synchronously
Asynchronously
Whole class
Small Group
Independently

16. Communication
 Student-to-Student
 Student-to-Teacher
 Student-to-Content
 Synchronous orAsynchronous

17. Collaboration
 Synchronous orAsynchronous
 Access to data and information
 At what stage – planning, formative, summative
 Presentation of results

18. Reflection
 Public or private
 Facilitator view

19. Finding the right technology
What types of media to you want to use?
Are there special technology considerations?
Is collaboration important or will participants work
independently?
Is a blended environment the right way to go?

20. How do I find the technology?
What technology do you already have available?
What technology are you comfortable using?
Do you have a course management system, like Moodle
or Blackboard?
Do you use Google or Zoho to share files and
information?
What other websites are there to find information?

21. Other Considerations