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Technology Integration - Blended Learning
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What is blended learning? In Blended Learning: The Convergence of Online and Face-to-Face Education,1 it is described as the combination of online delivery of educational content (including technology resources and Web 2.0 tools) with the best features of classroom interaction and live instruction. The goal of blended learning is to provide personalized learning and differentiated instruction to support college and career readiness for all students.
Blended learning classrooms are described as flexible learning environments in which students learn in a variety of ways. The teachers who are successfully implementing blended learning strategies tell us that blended learning represents more than an increase of technology resources in the classroom - it truly represents a shift in instructional strategy. In a successful blended learning model where students are engaged and active participants in their learning, blended learning can be transformational.
Blended learning, combining
The blended learning instructional model has the following characteristics:
- It shifts away from lecture to student-centered instruction in which students become active and interactive learners
- Technology use in the classroom shifts from the use of technology to present instruction to technology use by students
- There is enhanced interaction/collaboration between student and instructor, student and student, and student and learning resources
- Processes for formative and summative assessments are integrated in the learning model
Interested in finding out more? The following article provides a good overview on blended learning.
Blended Learning: The Convergence of Online and Face-to-Face Education
1North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL)
Alexandra Ito
Director, Education Technology
Alexandra.ito@sausd.us
714-480-4771
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Your School's Library Catalogue Goes Mobile | |
Your school's library catalog is available online at http://library.sausd.us. From your classroom or home computer you can view the catalog, see whether books are checked in or out, preplan students' library visits, and request material for your classroom.
Now you and your students can also search the catalog on mobile devices using the Destiny Quest interface. Your school's library catalog is available 24/7 as a free mobile app for your iPhone, iPad, or Android device. Download the app from:
iTunes: http://bit.ly/A4aooM o
Android Marketplace http://bit.ly/wdivSH
For a tutorial on using Destiny Quest to search the catalog, view the video on SchoolTube at http://bit.ly/owVFbB.
For more information, go to http://www.follettsoftware.com/destinyquestmobile.
Maggie Barnes
District Librarian
maggie.barnes@sausd.us
714-480-4784 |
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IMC - Where Your Classroom Comes Alive! | |
The Instructional Media Center (IMC) at the District Office
Open Monday - Thursday from 9am-5:30pm, Fridays from 2-5PM
(closed from 1pm-2pm for lunch)
Fall has arrived!
Come by the IMC to create your fall posters, bulletin boards, and myriads of other projects.
Reminder: There's a wealth of supplies and equipment for your use - computers, laminating, color copies, button maker, Ellison die cuts, binding machine, poster board, butcher paper, construction paper, card stock, and paper cutters.
Check with your Office Manager to be sure your school has an Account to pay for lamination, buttons, card stock, or color copies. Remember that all other services and materials are free to District Employees as long as they are used to create projects for the classroom.
Martha Perez
IMC Department Specialist
martha.perez@sausd.us
714-480-4783
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As the End of the School Year Approaches
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The end of the year is quickly approaching. As you begin to clean the classroom, office, etc. don't forget to clean up your computer.
- Browse through your files and delete any outdated ones.
- Check your Download folder. Many times we download files but don't realize that the files are saved to a download folder. As time goes by, the download area can gobble up a lot of your hard drive space. Drag files you wish to save to your documents folder then purge the rest.
- Organize your files so they can be easily found.
- As a precaution, backup files that are important to you.
- If it's a small amount of files (16 GB or less), use a flash drive.
- For larger files or a large amount of files, invest in a portable hard drive. Well worth the money and you can continue to work off the device from any computer.
Taking a little time cleaning up your files and backing up to a secondary source now could save you a lot of heartache later.
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SAUSD Webpages | |
Web Page Editing Tools Webpage
Having trouble with web page editing or need ideas to improve your website? Need instructions for adding, changing or inserting items? There may be a Help Card just for what you need.
Please visit the Web Editing Tools webpage for a list of Help Cards, Education Technology contacts, links, and samples of different types of pages to help assist with your questions or concerns.
Can't find a Help Card to address your concern? Request one by contacting me.
Fernando Juarez
Department Specialist
fernando.juarez@sausd.us
714-480-4744 |
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SmartBoards |
SMART Notebook Certification
If you have a SMART Board in your classroom or your school plans to acquire any in the near future, you should consider joining our SMART Notebook Certification event this summer. For three days, July 16-18, you can receive the same Level 1 and Level 2 content as SMART Certified Trainers. Attendees receive the learner handbooks for both levels of material, covering all features of the SMART Board, as well as the chance to obtain an official product certificate from SMART Technologies after passing a final exam at the end of the program. Teachers receive factor pay and must attend all three days to graduate with the certification.
To enroll, please use the link below. It will take you to the Oracle login prompt. Feel free to contact me with any questions or help with enrollment.
SMART Notebook Certification - July 16-18, 2012
James Fowler
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Microsoft Outlook Client - Sharing Distribution Lists | |
Sharing Distribution Lists - Outlook Client 2007
- Open a New message.
- Click Attach Item.
- Click Contacts.
- In Items select the distribution list you'd like to share and click OK.
- Distribution List should now show up as an Attached item.
- Send the message.
To Save a distribution list sent to you by another person, do the following:
In the Reading Pane, drag the distribution list attachment to the Navigation Pane and drop it on the Contacts tab. (The Navigation Pane is the column to the left of your email Reading Pane.)
Click on Contacts and the distribution list should now be saved in Contacts.
Laura Moore (Melgar)
Technology Training Specialist
laure.moore@sausd.us
714-480-4781 |
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Aeries - Student Demographic Screen Tip | |
Looking for an easy way to input/update the demographics page and contact screen? Try using the Student Demographic Update Information screen. It's all on one screen!
To locate it go to
- Student Data
- Other
- Student Demographic Update Information
Laura Moore (Melgar)
Technology Training Specialist
laure.moore@sausd.us
714-480-4781 |
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Find that Class in OLM | |
There are so many SMART Board techniques to engage students and help with presentation that it was hard to choose just one, however, I have found the Dual Page Display to be extremely helpful in delivery and organization of curricular content.
Dual Page Display
Select the dual page display in the toolbar to activate Dual Page Display. Scroll through the Notebook presentation one page at a time by selecting the forward or backward arrow. Objects can be dragged from one page to another. But what is really cool is that
you can Pin Page  one page so it will remain visible while you scroll through pages using the forward or backward arrow.
The Pin Page icon can be added to your Notebook toolbar by right clicking on the toolbar. This will open up the Customize Toolbar where you can drag the Pin Page into your Notebook toolbar.
Juanita Fast
Curriculum Specialist
juanita.fast@sausd.us
714-480-4776 |
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Atomic Learning
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Atomic Learning provides web-based software training for more than 100 applications - including the ones that we all use every day - whether you work in the schools, district office, department or whether you are a teacher, staff member or administrator. The short, easy-to-view and understand tutorials are an anytime/anywhere resource for you to brush up on technology skills or to find out how to use a program. Atomic Learning is an integral part of our professional development program, a valuable curriculum supplement and extends learning beyond the classroom or training center. The link for Atomic Learning is www.atomiclearning.com. Please call EBS at 75657 for username and password.
Patty.arriola@sausd.us
Broadcast Specialist
714-558-5657
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Discovery Education Streaming | |
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Discovery Education Streaming provides hundreds of thousands of standards-correlated videos, teacher resources and materials to use in the classroom. Did you know that all SAUSD teachers have a subscription to Discovery Education Streaming? Log on to www.discoveryeducation.com for access to videos, video clips, images, clipart, and much more! Call EBS at x75657 for your school's eight-digit passcode.
Patty Arriola
Patty.arriola@sausd.us
Broadcast Specialist
714-558-5657 |
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