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“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.. ” -Robert Frost. STEM Innovations through Blended Learning: Awesome Animals. Clermont County Gifted Program Heather Frost-Hauck, Gifted Intervention Specialist
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“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence..” -Robert Frost STEM Innovations throughBlended Learning: Awesome Animals Clermont County Gifted Program Heather Frost-Hauck, Gifted Intervention Specialist Bethel-Tate and Williamsburg Local School District in Partnership with the Clermont Co. ESC E. Renee King, Gifted Intervention Specialist
Our Mission • To develop a program that blended virtual learning with face-to-face lessons
2008-2010 Jumping in! • Moodle – It’s free! • Discussion threads, blogs, WIKIs, on-line assignments • Piloted a course with students from two districts and then expanded to other districts • Began with what we knew worked • ESC received two grants to purchase computers and materials
2010-2013 Building our Program! • Moodle plus It’s Learning for online courses • Establishment of STEM Center for face-to-face interaction • Multiple districts participating, and currently expanding • Grades 3-8 • Field trips and culminating events help enrich our students’ learning experiences
Two halves to our program: STEM Center – Face-to-Face Lessons Moodle and It’s Learning – Our Virtual Platforms
Lander Center for Educational Research (Touro College) Online Learning… • Is personalized and adaptive to meetindividual needs. • Supports high levels of cognitive engagement in meeting learning objectives. • Balances computer- or teacher-led guidance with learner control. • “The distinctive advantage of online learning is that it gives control of time, place, and pace to the learner. Online instruction holds great promise for achieving high-level learning outcomes when it is designed according to research-based principles and utilizes adaptive technologies to meet individual learning needs.” - Marcella Bullmaster-Day, Ed. D. , study author
iLearn Project: Highlights benefits of blended learning that are in addition to those normally found in on-line courses: • Differentiated Learning • Multiple Learning Modalities • Student Ownership • Physical Location • Data-Driven Teacher Attention • 21st Century Preparation • Potential Cost Savings • Student-Focused
U.S. Department of Education’s Meta-Analysis: “Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning” • Results lean in favor of blended and online learning producing greater student gains than traditional methods alone. • Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education, regarding this study: “This new report reinforces that effective teachers need to incorporate digital content into everyday classes…”
IS IT A MIXTURE :) by Brooke - Thursday, 19 February 2009, 11:10 AM A tossed salad is a mixture because you mix all the vegtables together. A chocolate cake is not a mixture it is chemical change , you have to cook it. A pitcher of kool aid is not a mixture because the powder disolves and becomes as water. salt water is mixure because when you boil the water you get back salt!! An omlet is not a mixture because the egg was once liguid and then when you cook it it is now a solid
Go Brooke! Great Job! Student Responses I agree, if you cook it, it’s probably a chemical change. Excellent job! Awesome work! • Re: IS IT A MIXTURE By Katie, Friday, 20 Feb. 20, 2009 12:54 pm That’s a really good answer Brooke. I think you got a 100%. Well, I’m not grading it BUT, if I was you would get a 100% definitly. P.S. I need a review if you would please respond that would be great. Thanks, Katie
Teacher Reply Re: IS IT A MIXTURE :) by Renee King - Friday, 20 February 2009, 2:17 PM Let's look at the pitcher of Kool-Aid again. Yes, the powder dissolves, but doesn't that happen in a mixture/solution? Could the same process work with Kool-Aid as it did with salt water (evaporate the water)? Is there any indication of a chemical change present in mixing Kool-Aid and water?
Brooke That’s a really good point. Thanks sorry.
Teacher Don’t be sorry! This is a great time to talk about misconceptions in science. Many students think that since Kool-aid changes color of the water, it is automatically a chemical change. Think about it on a molecular level and the particles. Do you still just have Kool-aid and water? Or is a new substance formed?
Brooke Im not sure when you boil it if you get the powder. Can I try it?
Teacher I think it would be worth trying. Just put a small amount of Kool-Aid and water in a saucer and let it set out for a couple of days. Let us know what you discover.
Brooke Ok I will get back to you.
Katie Mrs. King? What would happen if you boil powder? I don’t need to know now because Brooke hasn’t done it yet and I don’t want to runie the surprise. I know I spelled ruine wrong and I don’t know how to spell it, but I tried.
Teacher Well…lets think about it…can you boil a powder? No, most likely the heat will eventually burn the powder on the bottom of the pan. However, if you put water and powder together you could boil off some of the water, until all that is left is the powder. Of course, you would want to do all of this with adult supervision.
Katie So you said the powder would stay at the bottom of the pan if you boiled water and powder, so would the powder by dry like the beginning or would it be clumped together? Like it got wet?
Matthew Mrs. King, if you boiled plain powder would the powder become hard like a cookie?
Teacher That’s a good question… The act of boiling requires a liquid. My guess would be that the powder would burn or melt. It would depend on the chemical properties of the powder you are working with. Why don’t we explore what happens when we heat substances at our next face-to-face meeting?
Oh, Rats! 5th and 6th Grades Author Info.
