1-to-1 Environment in Action Overview

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Hello, and thank you for joining me for 1:1 Environment in Action Overview.

Today's essential questions are, what are the topics of this course, and, how will we approach instruction in this course? Let's begin by going over the course topics. In this course, we're really going to focus on different topics related to instruction. Specifically, we're going to look at Shulman and Danielson's instructional frameworks as well as Marzano's High-Yield Instructional Strategies.

We're also going to look at TPACK-- which stands for Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge-- and SAMR, which has to do with the different levels of technology that a teacher moves through in their classroom. We're also going to look at personalized learning and differentiated instruction.

Next, we want to talk about the course approach. So essentially, we're approaching instruction with a wide perspective. First, we're going to look at content and pedagogy. And remember, content is subject area, and pedagogy is your tool bag-- how you teach the content area. And then we're going to look at how we can enhance our lessons with technology. So how can we engage students more by using technology?

It's important to note that some of the course topics do have a strong emphasis on technology within instruction-- specifically TPACK and SAMR-- while others are really focusing more on pedagogical tools that work with a one-to-one environment, such as Shulman, Marzano, Danielson, personalized learning, and differentiated instruction.

We're going to look at a couple different models in this course. And we're going to focus mostly on face-to-face driver and a flipped model within a one-to-one learning classroom. So we do have the one-to-one model integrated into this course. And essentially, that just means that students have 24/7 access to a device or to other technology to enhance their learning, but the main emphasis really is on the teacher as the facilitator of learning.

So while it is a flipped learning model and it is a one-to-one classroom, which both have a huge emphasis on technology, it's still kind of about the teacher's role within that model. This course does not focus on models that rely on using an online program or having the primary learning take place online or with just a device. We're really focusing on relationships that the teacher has with the student and how that can facilitate learning.

Let's review, really quickly, the blended learning environment. So if you'll remember, there are six models for blended learning, and the first is the face-to-face driver. And this is where the teacher would be the one who's leading the classroom learning, and they are leading this by defining what the students are learning-- by making curriculum decisions. And in this face-to-face driver the teacher would seamlessly integrate technology so that the students were using devices and were more engaged.

Rotation is a different model, where students actually have a sketch fuel where they move between online classes and traditional classwork. So an example of this might be that they take English or math in a traditional classroom, but then their language instruction is in an online course.

Flex is an interesting model, where students get most of their instruction from online courses, but they would actually seek out a teacher at a traditional school for things like tutoring or extra support. For online lab, students would take all of their courses online, but they would be doing it in a traditional school setting.

For self-blend, students would take traditional courses, but they would actually then supplement it with online courses of their choosing. And then online driver is where students work 100% online, oftentimes from home, and they would have in-person check-ins with someone from their traditional school.

Remember, with a one-to-one environment, this is a classroom where every student would have a device. Oftentimes, these devices are provided by the school, but sometimes it can be a bring-your-own-device scenario, where the parents are providing the devices for the students.

A one-to-one environment works really well because students then have 24/7 access to learning and access to their devices. So a true one-to-one environment is always learning and allows the students to take home their devices. So for a flipped classroom, we want to remember that it's a pedagogical approach, which takes the direct instruction that used to happen in the group to the individual learning space.

So the teacher used to instruct in the larger learning space or the group learning space. Now they're instructing in the individual learning space, which then frees that group space up to transform into a dynamic, interactive learning environment. And in that dynamic, interactive learning environment, the teacher acts as a guide for the students as they apply concepts and engage with the subject matter, often engaging creatively.

To review, in today's tutorial, we discussed, what are the topics of this course, and, how will we approach instruction in this course? Thank you for joining me. I hope you enjoyed the content.