Vrain Waves: Teaching Conversations with Minds Shaping Education

Catlin Tucker on Blended Learning

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Twitter: @catlin_tucker | Website: catlintucker.com

Connect with Vrain Waves

Twitter: @VrainWaves | Becky Twitter: @BeckyEPeters | Ben Twitter: @mrkalb

Links & Show Notes

  • Out of Our Heads and Into the Classroom:
    • Timesaving hack: Ctrl + Cmd + Shift + 4 = copy screenshot to clipboard instead of desktop
    • The Box of Awesome
    • Metaphorical Fashion - another great one from Intention: Critical Creativity in the Classroom - Design us a t-shirt!!
    • Catlin Tucker - Power Up Blended Learning (06:52)
      • Christensen Institute on Blended Learning (07:31)
      • Catlin’s definition of Blended learning: active, engaged learning in the classroom + active, engaged learning online; + more control over time, place, pace, and path of their learning experience; shift of control from teacher to student
      • Catlin’s journey to blended learning (08:40)
      • Fear of amount of time taken to move into blended learning (10:26)
        • “Everybody is experimenting, taking risks, and learning [in a classroom].” (10:44)
        • Students handling the extra work (13:17)
          • More challenging to be a student in a student-centered classroom, but the decision-making / agency trade off pays off
          • Assessment for learning (15:38)
            • Grades as a carrot & carrots don’t work (+ our interview with Daniel Pink)
            • Any assessment score can be reassessed in Catlin’s class
            • Ongoing self-assessment station (18:04) & more info here
            • Her latest book: Power Up Blended Learning
              • 10 learning targets per unit (21:34)
              • Station Rotations (22:49)
                • Working with students during the day (26:18) instead of giving feedback at home at night
                • Examples of stations (28:20)
                • Hosting Online discussions (31:04)
                  • Bringing the momentum from online discussions back into the classroom (36:12)
                  • Schoology online discussions
                  • Backchannelchat as a replacement for Today’s Meet
                  • Four Corner Conversations routine (37:25)
                  • Shifting role of the teacher in the classroom (39:52)
                    • Students bring the meaning to the activities that she designs / then she is the coach
                    • Planning horizontally = turn your vertical agenda horizontal and break it into station rotations (41:43) (presentation, video)
                      • Vocabulary.com / noredink.com
                      • Tucker Time (46:33) = teacher-led station
                      • Power Up Blended Learning (47:35)
                        • Sustainable Infrastructure for Professional Learning
                        • Coaching / modeling / co-teaching / small Professional Learning Communities in buildings
                        • Catlin’s requests to leaders (55:40)
                        • Wrap Up (56:32)
                          • ...more
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