Resources

[] transforming schools with Blended Learning eSchool

[] The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning, Michael B. Horn and Heather Staker

[] The New 3 E’s of Education, Enabled, Engaged, Empowered, How Today’s Students are leveraging Emerging Technologies for Learning, Speak up 2010,,k12 students & Parets, April 2011

[] NACOL Promising Practices in online Learning, Blended Learning: The Convergence of Online and Face-to-Face Education.

[] National Teaching Standards, Inacol, On October 12, 2011, iNACOL released the //National Standards for Quality Online Courses, version 2//.

====‍[] Kathy Schrock does it again. So many good ideas for blended learning here in one place.====

**http://blendedlearning.wikispaces.com/Everything+You+Need+to+Teach+and+Learn+Online** **The ideas listed below were gathered by the creators of the blended learning wikispaces linked here:**


 * Guideline criteria for selecting tools - Why we reckon it's best to stick to free, easy, web-based tools for your blend of learning.


 * Weblogs in Education - Workshops and resources to help you get started with your own website, enabling communication, reflection and knowledge construction both inside and outside the classroom!


 * [|Live video conference web-lessons] - Most video-conference tools such as __ Skype __ and WebEx require a download and installation to use. Launchpad is a simple video conference solution built specifically for teaching online.


 * Setting up free email groups for class - An email group is probably the easiest way to facilitate class interaction without needing to be in class.


 * Learning with a News Reader - Browsing the web can take time... here we find out how we can keep up-to-date and save time!


 * Sourcing content - You may find from time to time that you just don't have the best resource that there possibly is. Have a little look around from to time; there are a lot of people writing to the Internet these days!


 * [|Using Wikipedia in a classroom] - Will Richardson refers to a lesson plan for media literacy using [|Wikipedia.]


 * **http://blendedlearning.wikispaces.com/Sourcing+Content+to+Teach+and+Learn+With**

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