Flipping,+Blending,+and+Connecting,+Oh+My!

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Twitter Hashtag: #TCCA14

 * What is flipped, blended, and connected learning? How do these approaches to learning differ from traditional technology integration while supporting effective instruction? Learn the basics while exploring the latest tools, trends, and strategies that support flipped, blended, and connected learning in and out of the classroom. **

Social technologies, multimedia, & mobile devices such as iPads have enabled educators and learners to become more connected and to engage in learning anytime, anywhere, 24/7/365. Blended learning, flipped classrooms, & connected learning are some of the latest buzzwords used to describe the emerging practices being rapidly adopted as devices become more ubiquitous for students. While many educators are embracing these methods, others find the terms confusing or vague and some debate whether the new methods and tools are effective or even very innovative. So what does all of this mean? How do we make these methods more meaningful and transformative methods of instruction? Let’s engage in a lively and constructive dialogue around these terms, the methods they describe, the how, why, why not, and what it means for our work as educators, learners, edupreneurs, and education innovators.

**Questions**

 * What do we mean by flipped, blended, and connected learning? What makes a technology-based teaching and learning practice innovative or transformative?
 * Of these emerging practices, which, if any, do we consider more revolutionary and which seem to be merely a replication of the traditional methods/models/systems in digital form? Is it better to be truly revolutionary and transformative, or is replication acceptable if it improves learning outcomes?
 * What are the implications of this for each of us individually in our own work? How does this inform our practice or challenge how we approach the use of technology in teaching and learning?


 * The Grouping Template: Grouping Template .pdf**

= **Transformative Technology Integration Resources** =
 * What is TPACK? - @http://classroom21.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/TPACK+Resources
 * What is TPACK? - more detail - @http://www.ttf.edu.au/what-is-tpack/what-is-tpack.html
 * TPACK.org - @http://www.tpack.org/


 * [|SAMR Model example]
 * [|SAMR Model examples throughout curriculum]
 * SAMR Model - @https://sites.google.com/a/msad60.org/technology-is-learning/samr-model
 * Kathy Schrock's Guide to the SAMR Model - @http://www.schrockguide.net/samr.html

// **TPACK & SAMR Together** //
 * SAMR and TPACK in Action (by Ruben R. Puentedura, Ph.D.) - @http://www.hippasus.com/rrpweblog/archives/2011/10/28/SAMR_TPCK_In_Action.pdf
 * Models for Understanding Technology Integration - @http://www.ipadbootcampforteachers.com/samrtpack.html
 * SAMR & TPACK Overview - @https://sites.google.com/site/makinglearningvisible1/Home/mlv-institute-1/modules/samr-tpack

// **Thinking More Deeply About TPACK & SAMR** //
 * TPACK or SAMR or ? - @http://www.edtechcoaching.org/2013/11/ed-tech-frameworks-why-i-dont-use-tpack.html
 * Rethinking SAMR, TPACK, and Using Technology Well - @http://ditchthattextbook.com/2014/03/13/rethinking-samr-tpack-and-using-technology-well/

= __Flipped Classroom & Flipped Learning__ =

//**Research**// = __Blended Learning__ =
 * Five Best Practices for the Flipped Classroom by Andrew Miller on Edutopia
 * The Flipped Classroom Model: A Full Picture by Jackie Gerstein
 * Jackie Gerstein's video on The Flipped Classroom Model
 * The Flipped Classroom: Pro and Con by Mary Beth Hertz on Edutopia
 * Flipping The Classroom... A Goldmine of Resources by Michael Gorman
 * Educators Evaluate "Flipped Classrooms" by Katie Ash
 * The End of the Flip
 * Flip This: Bloom's Taxonomy Should Start With Creating by Mindshift
 * [|A Pedagogy First Approach to the Flipped Classroom] (Explore-Flip-Apply model) (Ramsey Musallam)
 * [|The Flipped Classroom: Shedding Light on the Confusion, Critique and Hype] (Aaron Sams)
 * **LOCAL:** [|Flipped Classrooms Turning Learning Around] (Chron.com)
 * Before We Flip Classrooms, Let's Rethink What We're Flipping To by Idit Harel Caperton on Edutopia
 * Tips & Tools for Screencasting
 * Youtube & Remixing - Creative Commons
 * [|Flipped Learning: Research]
 * [|Research on Flipped Classroom: One Teacher's action research] by Jason Just

//**Research Findings:**//
 * Classifying K-12 Blended Learning Innosight Institute
 * The Basics of Blended Learning (video)
 * Blended Learning: Combining Face-to-Face and Online Education by Heather Wolpert-Gawron
 * The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Blended Learning Policies by Michael Horn & Heather Staker
 * Blended Learning Toolkit
 * Blended Learning Implementation Guide - @http://digitallearningnow.com/site/uploads/2013/10/BLIG-2.0-Final-Paper.pdf
 * [|Effective Blended Learning Programs] (Harvey Singh) (evolution, research)
 * [|Evaluation of Evidence Based Practices in Online Learning] findings(U.S. Dept of Ed): student choice in blended-online learning seems to have positive outcomes; asking students to reflect/do formative self-assessment improves outcomes; other factors seem to have no advantage; new, better research needed

= __Connected Learning & Connected Educators__ =


 * Connected Learning: An Agenda for Research and Design (report)
 * A Day in the Life of a Connected Educator at PLPNetwork
 * Connected Learning Manifesto
 * Connected Learning Research Network
 * Connected Learning Principles at ConnectedLearning.tv
 * [|DS106 Assignment Bank] (Alan Levine)

= __And Beyond...__ =

Stephanie's Pinterest Board: @http://pinterest.com/sscajun/learning-environment/ Carolyn Foote's Scoop.it Page: @http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-classroom-design
 * Learning Spaces --**

Interview with Chris Lehmann and The New Playbook Embedded Ubiquitous Learning @https://diy.org/ @http://www.codecademy.com/ Drop Everything and Make - @http://developingwriters.org/2012/09/14/to-dear-drop-everything-and-read-or-to-dream-drop-everything-and-make/ @http://mankatofreepress.com/local/x699431859/Lesson-at-home-plus-homework-at-school-equals-flipped-math-classroom Maximize Instructional Time with ScreenCasts - @http://gettingsmart.com/blog/2012/10/3-ways-maximize-instructional-time-with-screencasts/ 8 Simple Ways to Use Video in the Classroom - @http://edudemic.com/2012/10/8-simple-ways-to-start-using-video-in-your-classroom/

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