Author: Mercedes Nilsen

In this article, blended learning has the potential to enhance the student experience, both

In this article,blended learning has the potential to enhance the student experience, both such as engagement and flexibility, it can be difficult to have this effectively done. Although to achieve these goals for an introductory Pathology course,for example, offered to more than 250 undergraduate students at UNSW Sydney Australia,the approach is different. Blended learning models can be dedicated to information transfer from a content expert to a novice student or new. The extent to which students engage with the content is high,although small group teaching provides opportunities for direct interaction between the learner and the teacher, potentially enabling the student to obtain immediate feedback and clarification. However, large-group sessions such as lectures are often relatively impersonal and students may find this approach who may not find ideal for their learning. Advantages of fully online courses are that they can be student more flexible and may promote self-directed learning. 

At the same time, blended learning has the potential to achieve the best of both face-to-face and online learning.Blended learning maintains student-teacher interaction and peer learning, but can be more flexible by providing some assignments online and reducing the number of hours that students are required to be in class.Although it can be face to face and some blended on line assignments or teaching any content where students can have a chance to select and feel more comfortable.Style and complexity can be helpful to students where it can be a great tool in this century. Researchers are continuously checking what is the best model that can help students to achieve their education.

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A Model for the use of blended learning in large group teaching sessions.

Accommodations & modifications.  (2010).  From LD Online.  Retrieved from http://www.ldonline.org/indepth/accommodationsAdaptations and modifications for students.2011 Austin, V.L.  (2000). Teachers’ Beliefs About Co-Teaching.  In Remedial and Special Education (Vol. 22, No. 4).  Retrieved from http://faculty.mville.edu/austinv/Teachers%27%20Beliefs%20about%20Co-teaching.pdf

Cristan Herbert, Gary M. and Rakesh K. Kumar

Based on Chamberlain’s experience,technology integration is highly important task in which the principal is involved and excited about technology, modeling technology use the key if administrators and staff use this vital technology integration.

In this article, John Simeone, Webmaster at Beach Street Middle School in West Islip, New York,stated staff members are more apt to use technology if administrators feel strongly about technology use for reasons that are based in fact.

Marcia Reed stated “Administrators need to model, model, model,” media center coordinator at St. Pius X School in Toledo, Ohio. Administrators can use technology with a high block software so students won’t have access to wrong websites in class. For instance, access to wrong websites as video games, bullies and not related to integration of technology in education.

Based on this information gathered in the education world.com, classrooms in national systems of education does not always correlate to success in test scores or rankings. It might be four negative aspects to positive benefits of ICT integration in classrooms include: educator attitudes and beliefs, school resources, teacher ICT knowledge and skills and institutional factors.
Educator Attitudes and Beliefs. In US teachers approximately 25% from a representative sample choose not to integrate any technology into their classroom, suggesting that many educators may not believe that ICT integration is essential to help student achievement (Gates Foundation, 2015). This determination is not without warrant: a recent report (2015) asserted that school technology has raised too many false hopes as national investment in school computers and classroom technology does not correlated to performance on student’s assessments. Although computers can benefit with a safe block software to make it sure that students can use technology for class and not to get into games.There are pro and cons on using technology but it is vital for projects, work, assignments,etc.

I do agree that integration of technology is important for assessments for student’s testing, also to use IPads, laptop, smartphone,etc but it is also risky while teacher is in the classroom and there isn’t a software that is able to block video games, social media while teachers are in a lecture time or student’s focus is not there at all. It can be distracting.

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www.theeducationpartners.com

The promise of technology of integration in schools.(The education partners 2017).

U.S. Department of Education, Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2014 – 2018, (2013) http://www2.ed.gov/about/reports/strat/plan2014-18/strategic-plan.pdf.
3 American Association of School Administrators, Consortium for School Networking, and National School Boards Association. Leading the digital leap. Retrieved from http://leaddigitalleap.org.

Google classroom is innovative, help students and teachers. Teachers are able to share and do differentiated instruction via assignments. Google is very well know in schools and students enjoy to it because it is paperless. As long as the computer work and internet, students are able to share their assignments via internet, power point and even teachers can check the work that students do on line. Students enjoy technology and swipe their smartphones, tablets, laptop,etc. accessing on line all the time. Teachers can create folders, assignments, including video projects, quizzes, etc. including collaborative groups.

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Social Media is influencing our lives. Instead, this article proposes to focus on the numerous ways in which social media is changing. although social media can be good but it can also create a problem about teachers reputation considering that everyhthing is on line in nowadays. Students and teachers have access to any positive effects towards student’s education achievement.
Empowering Effects
Starting from elementary school up until college graduation, social media has the role to empower parents, students and teachers to use new ways of sharing information and build communication. Statistics show that students that have internet access are using social media. For instance, students access to Snapchat, Instagram or any other comments which it can be positive and negative. Now, students can also give information through social media which it can impact highly to the school or towards the education they receive. ( negative side).
But an increasing trend of adopting social media in school is starting to show. And since students already devote a lot of time for social media and connecting with others outside school hours, why not do it during school as well?
It’s a matter of practicability, really, because it makes perfect sense to use the online universe to communicate with your students since they’re already there most of the time. Students browse their news feed, sharing photos on Instagram of sending Snapchat messages has become a part of their daily routine.
Can teachers use social media? Is it helping in education?
Blackboard is one example of learning which leads to the actual implementation of social media within classrooms. It can be also positive impact considering that students use the practicality on using their smartphones all the time, when there is any updated information for students, administrators,and teachers then any news related to the district can be on Instagram,Facebook,Snapchat,etc.
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Professional development can be beneficial to students, based on teachers.org. New strategies are integrated, any professional development is beneficial to students considering that new techniques, utilizing new strategies in the classroom such as professional development. When teachers learn from professional development then students benefit from it.For instance, when teachers learn digitally such as the use of tablets, computers, laptops,etc then students can access classes on line or do projects in the classroom. Teachers have to be updated with technology in order for students to achieve their learning. Teachers can do differentiated instruction, reach out students who need technology. At the present time, students can also work on tablets or lap tops to do research on line, power point and any other project in class. Teachers can also apply classroom management techniques.(Cox Janelle)

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According to Dynarski, students can access to lectures and classroom and work digitally with computers such as laptops. At times, students can download course readings, look up unfamiliar concepts also they can organize their thoughts better. Students can access to look up to any information on line if they feel uncomfortable.Also, being able to have easily accessible online folders and drives that you can share and have access to at any time is convenient. This is all part of the learning process, and it is made easier with the use of technology in schools.

 Technology is also useful in the classroom because it makes an equal learning opportunity for everyone, disabled students can also benefit from digital access such as iPad,tablet or laptop. This helps students to enter information, especially to the ones who cannot talk and have a need of a computer such as autistic children who are not able to speak but have a chance to type and do the work in the classroom.

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