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Craft a blended learning program tailor-made for your students Go Blended! is a practical implementation guide for educators interested in getting blended learning off the ground. Author Liz Arney is a seasoned developer of blended learning programs at Aspire Public Schools, and she also closely collaborates with district and charter leaders from across the country on this work. Go Blended! offers boots-on-the-ground support for laying the foundation for a blended learning program in our schools and classrooms. Throughout the book teachers with blended learning experience share helpful tips and lesson plans to help educators make purposeful choices in using technology to fulfill students' needs without becoming an end in itself. This useful guide also offers key documents and timelines to support a blended learning implementation and provides step-by-step practical advice for avoiding mistakes. Readers will gain expert insight into both the broad and narrow of blended transition, from sweeping concepts like program goals to nitty-gritty details like teaching routines around technology use. Technology is rapidly changing the landscape of education; teacher effectiveness and student achievement are both tied to the ability to adapt to new technology, and blended learning has become a hot topic in schools across the nation. Go Blended! helps school leaders and teachers take their first steps toward blended learning, putting them in a better position to continuously adapt as the world changes. You'll learn how to: * Investigate leadership and staff readiness to "go blended." * Learn how to evaluate and purchase the right educational software. * Keep the program's goals in mind throughout the development process. * Teach lessons that set students up for success when using classroom technology. * Tailor the program to the students, not the other way around. Aspire's impressive track record of high performance, along with a growing body of evidence from blended schools across the nation, testifies to the reality that incorporating technology into the classroom can improve student outcomes. But improved student outcomes will only occur when teachers and administrators intentionally tailor technology and curricula to meet their goals. With Go Blended!, you can be confident that you're focused on the ultimate goal of blended learning: increasing student achievement.

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CONTENTS

Cover

Praise for

Go Blended!

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Foreword

About the Author

About the Contributors

Introduction

Part 1: Starting the Process: The Fundamental Decisions

Chapter 1: Identifying the Focus and Piloting

Focus on the Instructional Problem You're Trying to Solve

Solicit Input from Different Stakeholders

Articulate How You'll Measure Success

Don't be Seduced by the Tools or Devices

Commit to Running Pilots

Measure the Work

Do You Need a Consultant?

Chapter 2: Determining School Readiness

Criterion 1: School Leadership

Criterion 2: Staff Readiness

Criterion 3: History of Student Achievement

Criterion 4: Staff Willingness

Criterion 5: School Stability

Criterion 6: Quality of School Culture

Criterion 7: School Technology Use

Criterion 8: Information Technology Team and Infrastructure

Criterion 9: Potential for Growth or Expansion

Criterion 10: Other Potentially Competing Demands

Chapter 3: Building the Team and Creating Buy-in

School Leadership

Teachers

Site-Based Technology Support

District- or Organization-Level Leadership

Finding the Right New Team Member

IT Leadership

Communicating Your Vision and Engaging All Stakeholders

One Principal's Strategy: Take the Team to Visit a Blended School

Engaging Parents

Chapter 4: Recognizing and Planning for the Learning Curve

Start Small and Smart

Who Needs Blended Learning Friends? You Do!

Learn All the Time from Teachers

Learn from Your Mistakes

Everything is a Trade-Off

Look for Opportunities

Phase in the Work

Part 2: Planning for Implementation: Strategic Decisions and Considerations

Chapter 5: Choosing Your Model and Crafting Your Pilots

Crafting Your Pilots

Evaluate Your Pilots

A Word About Next-Generation Models

Chapter 6: Finding the Right Software and Hardware

Who Should Choose the Software?

How to Choose the Software

Choosing the Right Hardware

Chapter 7: Making Use of Student Data

Using Blended Learning Data

Data Needs to be Actionable

Make a Plan for Using Data with Teachers

Keep Your Eye on the Data

Data Integration

Account Provisioning

User Names and Passwords

What Good Data Looks Like

Protect Your Students' Data

Chapter 8: Setting Up the Space

Identify the Ratio of Students to Computers

Figure Out What You Have Room For

Figure Out What You Have Budgeted For

Locate the Power Sources

Help Teachers Imagine Their New Space

Don't Forget Cord Control

And Then, Be Open to Change!

Chapter 9: Getting Your Network Up to Speed

Layer 1: How You Approach Technology From the Start

Layer 2: How You Approach Your Physical Infrastructure

Layer 3: How You Approach Your Network Infrastructure

Expect Change with Your IT Team

Should You Hire a Network Consultant?

Part 3: Launching Blended: Helping Teachers and Students Be Successful

Chapter 10: Training Teachers and Other Leaders

Provide “Just-in-Time” Training with a Clear Overview

Don't Skip the Training

Schedule Follow-Up Training, If Necessary

Integrate Training with Other Professional Development

Focus on Teachers' Needs

Don't Forget to Support Instruction

Survey Teachers Frequently

Chapter 11: Teacher Readiness and Classroom Readiness

What is Readiness? And Why do You Need IT?

Help Teachers Get There Over Time

Students Also Embark on Blended Learning Journeys

Student Readiness Takes Time and Deliberate Practice

Celebrate the Process of Constant Improvement

Build Community with a Newsletter

Understand that Blended Learning is a Journey

Chapter 12: Teaching Lessons to Support Blended Learning

Teaching Routines and Procedures to Foster Student Independence

The First Few Weeks of Going Blended

When Students Aren't Working on the Computers

What About Student Tech Literacy?

Don't Forget Keyboarding Instruction

Chapter 13: Setting Up Your Classroom and Students for Success

Teach the Programs Themselves

Rotating or Moving on and Off the Computers

Create Incentive Systems to Keep Students Engaged

Seating, Location of Workstations, and Student Behavior

Manage Headphones or They'll Manage You

Troubleshooting Problems that Arise

Involve Parents by Sharing Key Information and Expectations

Get Support from Blended Learning Teaching Assistants

Appoint Tech Helpers in the Classroom

Plan for Substitute Teachers

Chapter 14: Making Mistakes and Iterating to Improve the Work

10 Big Mistakes We Made (And How We Corrected Them)

10 Mistakes We Didn't Make (And You Shouldn't Either)

Iterating as a Process and Way of Life

Conclusion

Appendixes

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D

Appendix E

Appendix F

Appendix G

Appendix H

Appendix I

Appendix J

Appendix K

Appendix L

Appendix M

Appendix N

Acknowledgments

Index

End User License Agreement

List of Tables

Table 1.1

Table 1.2

Table 4.1

Table 6.1

Table 7.1

Table 7.2

Table 8.1

Table 9.1

Table 10.1

Table 10.2

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Table 13.1

Table 13.2

Table 13.3

List of Illustrations

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Figure 11.1

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Figure 13.1

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Figure AK.2

Guide

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Praise for Go Blended!

“Liz Arney has done the hard work of taking her deep experience and making it practical and useful to other school designers. Anyone launching or redesigning a school with blended learning should incorporate the lessons of Go Blended!”

—Stacey Childress, CEO, NewSchools Venture Fund

“A practical, must read for any educator who is leveraging technology to meet the instruction needs of all youth.”

—John E. Deasy, former Superintendent, Los Angeles Unified School District

“Principals, teachers, coaches, superintendents, and IT directors—anyone who wants to implement a ‘personalized learning program’ in a school, district, or charter management organization—take notice!! Liz Arney's book harvests lessons from the best test kitchens and offers practical approaches that spell success for you and your students.”

—Don Shalvey, Cofounder, Aspire Public Schools, Deputy Director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

“Go Blended! is required reading for every teacher, principal, and administrator implementing technology in their classrooms. Read it in book groups; keep it handy on your desk; have a copy on your nightstand. You'll find yourself returning to it over and over for the invaluable lessons it offers and the landmines it will help you avoid.”

—Joanne Weiss, Education Consultant and Entrepreneur, former Director of the Race to the Top Program and former Chief of Staff to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan

“Liz Arney is the original ‘healthy skeptic.’ She keeps student learning at the heart of every judgment call and writes with spirit and candor about the choices she helped make at Aspire. This is no ‘silver bullet’ solution but instead a practical road map to using technology to target instruction directly to student needs. Arney is exactly the guide you should have at your side as you travel this new world of instruction—experienced, thoughtful, and crisp in her advice.”

—Betsy Corcoran, CEO and Cofounder, EdSurge

Go Blended!

A Handbook for Blending Technology in Schools

Liz Arney

Cover image: © bubaone | iStockphoto

Cover design: Wiley

Author photo: Sumit Kohli

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Dedication

To Miles and Quincy

Foreword

When I think about Aspire Public Schools (Aspire), I remember a line from an old song: “I'm a little bit country, and I'm a little bit rock and roll.” It's probably more accurate to say we're a little bit country, rock and roll, rap, R&B, and pop—and probably a few other things. When people get to know our school system, no matter what their context, they often see some relevance for their own. In some ways, we look like a medium-sized school district. In other ways, we resemble individual charter schools or traditional schools trying new things for our students, trying to serve them better. Our experience (and our expressed goal to be perceived in this way) made us even more determined to find a way to share what we've learned so far about blended learning—an area that holds tremendous promise for students everywhere. We think the lessons we're learning are applicable in a lot of very different schools and school systems. And we're writing with the hope that everyone can make new mistakes, or at least different versions of the ones we've already made.

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