Go Blended!: A Handbook for Blending Technology in Schools 1st Edition

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Craft a blended learning program tailor-made for your students

"Go Blended!" is a practical implementation guide for educators interested in getting blended learning off the ground. Author Liz Arney is a seasoned developer of blended learning programs at Aspire Public Schools, and she also closely collaborates with district and charter leaders from across the country on this work. "Go Blended!" offers boots-on-the-ground support for laying the foundation for a blended learning program in our schools and classrooms. Throughout the book teachers with blended learning experience share helpful tips and lesson plans to help educators make purposeful choices in using technology to fulfill students' needs without becoming an end in itself. This useful guide also offers key documents and timelines to support a blended learning implementation and provides step-by-step practical advice for avoiding mistakes. Readers will gain expert insight into both the broad and narrow of blended transition, from sweeping concepts like program goals to nitty-gritty details like teaching routines around technology use.

Technology is rapidly changing the landscape of education; teacher effectiveness and student achievement are both tied to the ability to adapt to new technology, and blended learning has become a hot topic in schools across the nation. "Go Blended!" helps school leaders and teachers take their first steps toward blended learning, putting them in a better position to continuously adapt as the world changes. You'll learn how to: Investigate leadership and staff readiness to "go blended." Learn how to evaluate and purchase the right educational software. Keep the program's goals in mind throughout the development process. Teach lessons that set students up for success when using classroom technology. Tailor the program to the students, not the other way around.

Aspire's impressive track record of high performance, along with a growing body of evidence from blended schools across the nation, testifies to the reality that incorporating technology into the classroom can improve student outcomes. But improved student outcomes will only occur when teachers and administrators intentionally tailor technology and curricula to meet their goals. With "Go Blended!," you can be confident that you're focused on the ultimate goal of blended learning: increasing student achievement.

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Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (February 2, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1118974204
ISBN-13: 978-1118974209
Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.6 x 9.3 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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Q&A with Author Liz Arney

Why did you write this book?

Because we at Aspire were on the earlier end of going blended, many schools want to tour our schools and call us with questions about the work we've done so far. I frequently receive the same types of questions around managing the process, making technology choices, and supporting teachers. I was getting calls from other states and even from folks in other countries, and soon realized that it was time to share what we've learned more broadly with a book.

What does "blended" mean for our schools?

To me blended means the purposeful integration of student learning from teachers and from technology, in service of increased student achievement. We want to "hire" technology to solve an instructional challenge and then leverage it to best serve our students' individualized needs.

How will this book help me understand how my school can "go blended"?

This book was written to help you understand if you're ready to go blended, and if you are, steps you can take to manage the process. We know that teachers and school leaders show different levels of readiness to increase the amount of technology in their classrooms and schools, and we've learned that a thoughtful, deliberate rollout of technology in schools matters tremendously to technology's ability to impact student achievement. Technology isn't a silver bullet, and merely buying a ton of computers without having a plan can negatively impact the learning that's currently going on in classrooms.

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I highly recommend this book for all educators

By M Patterson on March 4, 2015

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Whether you are considering blended learning an an option are are already knee-deep in it, this is an enlightening and thought-provoking book. Technology and blended learning are not silver bullets for education, but if used thoughtfully can have a significant, positive, measurable impact. Arney maintains the focus on the big (and important) question surrounding blended learning: how can it improve student learning?

I highly recommend this book for all educators. Get your highlighter (real or electronic) ready!

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A practical road map for leading blended learning

By Daniel Greenberg on March 19, 2015

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Ever find yourself thinking, "I bet I could learn something from people that have been at this whole blended learning thing for a few years and are doing it well"? Look no further, this is THE book on thoughtfully incorporating instructional technology into your classroom and your school. Here is what I love about Liz's work:

1.) Extremely practical - This is a book for the people in the arena by one of our own. This is a book about the "how". Liz spends a tremendous amount of time on the nitty gritty details that will make the difference between success and failure. She ends with ~70 pages of resources from her organization, Aspire. If you want a treatise on the theoretical promise of technology in schools, look elsewhere. If you want to learn how to DO the work, purchase this book.

2.) Process, process, process - Liz could have easily written a book entirely about what Aspire does. Here's the hardware we use, here are the software programs we like, etc. As she discussed in an early chapter, people often ask her for that stuff with some variant of "tell me what to do." Fortunately, it appears that she purposely avoids prescriptive recommendations. No one size fits all solution here. Instead, she walks you through the process that you should follow. She even concedes that technology may not always be the best solution. How many millions of dollars have been wasted by people looking for shortcuts and ignoring the central idea of this book - that your school's use of technology needs to be grounded in an instructional problem your school is trying to solve?

3.) People - For a book about technology, Go Blended spends a lot of time talking about people. I had to force myself to really engage with the chapters about change management.Read more ›

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Excellent handbook that is thoughtful, thorough, practical, and inspiring!

By E. Dorr on April 13, 2015

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I found myself underlining, highlighting, flagging this book like crazy and am so excited for those with whom I work to read it as well!

Go Blended! is thoughtful, thorough, practical, and inspiring. Liz Arney has shared her important learning in a way that makes the lessons she learned applicable to all of those involved or looking to get involved in this work. The interviewing of other practitioners in the field adds credibility to her experience and speaks to the relevance of her learnings and the importance of collaboration.

In addition to being incredibly approachable and readable, a great strength of this book is its comprehensive nature. While some writing in the field focuses more on one aspect (either on planning, or the technology, or on practitioners), Arney examines and expounds on all of the integrated pieces of the work. Knowing the particulars of how various components operate and fit together strengthens the work. The smart thinking shared in Liz Arney’s book will help to push and support systems, schools, districts, and educators in this important work.

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Principal uses this as a guide

By Lynn G. Marsh on May 17, 2015

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Excellent guide for a school wanting to implement blended learning!!! I am a Principal doing this now and used it to prepare.

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This book is good if you are thinking about going blended

This book is good if you are thinking about going blended. If you have already gone blended it is not very useful.

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It was a good resource.

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Excellent book that should be a must for anyone interested in how to make blended learning achieve its potential.

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Great read to overview the transition to blended. Many helpful tips for schools considering the move.

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