Writing & Discourse Not Happening at Blended Schools
The Learning Collective was recently in Detroit working with four of the city’s traditional public and charter schools. Several of those schools rely heavily on digital learning programs. The Learning Collective has noticed that in these and other blended learning schools there are two areas that tend to get left behind: writing and discourse.
20 Takeaways from NACSA and iNACOL Conferences
The Learning Collective recently attended two annual conferences: NACSA / National Association of Charter School Authorizers and iNACOL / International Association for K-12 Online Learning. Keeping the list to just 10 proved too difficult so here are the top 20 takeaways from those conferences:
Insights from Conference Presentations
The Learning Collective has presented at a couple conferences this spring. Specifically, we’ve presented about blended learning at the inaugural, national Online Education Symposium for Independent Schools (OESIS) and at the California Charter Schools Association’s (CCSA) 20th Annual Conference.
Blended Learning Evaluation Tool
The Learning Collective has begun working with E.L. Haynes Charter School in Washington DC to develop a blended learning planning process AND an evaluation tool to rapidly assess the effectiveness of the school’s blended learning programs. Specifically, we’ll be evaluating the effectiveness of 9 different blended learning vendors/programs implemented at the school.
TLC Welcomes The Digital Diva
Joquetta Lynn Johnson, aka The Digital Diva, is the newest Member of The Learning Collective. Joquetta brings many years of experience and success utilizing, and training others how to leverage, educational technologies.
Joshua Cook Joins TLC
Joshua Cook Joins The Learning Collective
Why Blended Learning?
Digital and blended learning can work. Because technology is woven throughout the Common Core State Standards, and there are myriad digital learning resources, blended learning can be central to meeting the Common Core’s requirements.