Thursday, June 13, 2019

Welcome, Schedule and Tips


Hello and welcome to the Virtual Learning Leadership Alliance (VLLA) Summer Book Study for "Think Outside the Box:  The CIA of Blended Learning and 10+ Designs for Secondary Schools" by Kim Loomis. We have found great value in these collaborative professional learning experiences and we are excited about starting this new book club journey with all of you.

Please note there will be pages added along the right side navigation where you will find the discussion questions posted for readings covered each week, as well as other pertinent information. Please note that some pages might not exist yet or could be blank and those food for thought questions will be posed at the start of that week by the VLLA member organization moderating the discussion that week. However, if you get there sooner feel free to leave your reflection, ideas, questions etc.

As always, we welcome you to post your thoughts to those prompts posed at the start of each week but encourage you to make this your own learning experience. It is okay to respond to the prompt or to pose your own questions, comments, share resources etc.

SCHEDULE:

  • Week 0 - June 17th-23rd:  Introductions, schedule review and tips
  • Week 1 – June 24th-30th:
  • Chapter 1: Making the Digital Transformation
  • Chapter 2: Adopting a Blended Model
  • Chapter 3: CIA of Blended Learning
  • Week 2 – July 1st-7th:
  • Chapter 4: Teacher Mindsets
  • Chapter 5: Traditional Semester-Based Online Programs
  • Chapter 6: Single Content Super Classrooms
  • Week 3 – July 8th-14th:
  • Chapter 7: Credit Recovery Programs
  • Chapter 8:Freshman Academy
  • Chapter 9: Independent Study Courses
  • Week 4 – July 15th-21st:
  • Chapter 10: Unit Recovery / Grade Improvement
  • Chapter 11: Blended Classrooms or Academy
  • Chapter 12: Graduation Flex Academy
  • Week 5 – July 22nd-28th:
  • Chapter 13: Suspension and Homebound
  • Chapter 14: Summer Programs
  • Chapter 15: Ladder to Success
  • Week 6 – July 29th-August 4th:
  • Chapter 16: Innovative Designs
  • Chapter 17: Growing up Digital
  • Chapter 18: Don't Let Students Fail

How to Comment on Blog prompts each week:
1.    Under the blog post you want to click on comment to enter your comment.
2.    Compose your comment and click on publish. Note: You can check the box "notify me" if you want to get emails when someone replies to your comment.




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Welcome and let the conversation and cloud collaboration begin.