As an English teacher, have you ever feeled that the engagement of students in your class is not satisfactory. If the ansewr is "yes", then what you need is: blended learning!
Ⅱ. Search resource: Type the topic you will teach in the search box in the right side.
💡 Mixed online resourse from Youtube,Google, Flickr images will appear in the right column. You can click on the buttons in black blocks to change the resouce. Here, since i am going to teach a lesson about Wimbledon Championships, I insert "Wimbledon Championships" .
Ⅲ. Collect resource: Drag the resource you need and drop it into purple blocks in the left column. You can also rearrange the sequence of resource by dragging them.
Ⅳ. Add text or quiz: You can also add a text or quiz. If you want to add a quiz, you can set questions and answers by yourself.
Ⅴ. Add a title: You can add the eventual title of your lesson on the top of the page. Also, you can label the subject and grade level here.
Ⅵ. Click "play" button to generate your own teaching material: click "play" and you can see all the slides. If you are not satisfied with what you have done, click the ”ד on the top left corner and make some changes.
Ⅶ. Students' engagement: On the right part of the screen (see the screenshot above), students can leave their comments or have a discussion there.
Ⅷ. Share lesson with students: After finishing the class, click on "share" on the top right corner and share slides with students through Google classroom, Twitter, e-mail and so on.
What is blended learning?
Blended learning refers to subjects that "utilise some significant online activities in otherwise face-to-face learning, but less than 45 per cent" (Smith and Kurthen 2007, in Gruba and Hinkelman 2012:4). Blended learning can be realized by special tools, such as Blendspace, LessonPaths and H5P.
Today, I will elaborate the usage of Blendspace to you in detail.
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Brief instruction of Blendspace
Ⅰ. How to begin: Sign up and click on "new lesson" to create your lesson.
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| picture source: screenshot of blendspace |
Ⅱ. Search resource: Type the topic you will teach in the search box in the right side.
💡 Mixed online resourse from Youtube,Google, Flickr images will appear in the right column. You can click on the buttons in black blocks to change the resouce. Here, since i am going to teach a lesson about Wimbledon Championships, I insert "Wimbledon Championships" .
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| picture source: screenshot of blendspace |
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| picture source: screenshot of blendspace |
Ⅳ. Add text or quiz: You can also add a text or quiz. If you want to add a quiz, you can set questions and answers by yourself.
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| picture source: screenshot of blendspace |
Ⅴ. Add a title: You can add the eventual title of your lesson on the top of the page. Also, you can label the subject and grade level here.
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| picture source: screenshot of blendspace |
Ⅵ. Click "play" button to generate your own teaching material: click "play" and you can see all the slides. If you are not satisfied with what you have done, click the ”ד on the top left corner and make some changes.
Ⅶ. Students' engagement: On the right part of the screen (see the screenshot above), students can leave their comments or have a discussion there.
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| picture source: screenshot of blendspace |
Ⅷ. Share lesson with students: After finishing the class, click on "share" on the top right corner and share slides with students through Google classroom, Twitter, e-mail and so on.
Possible activities
- Students use Blendspace to do presentations. Other students can give peer feedback by comment and they can have a real-time discussion.
- Use Blendspace to make a preview of lesson for students. Send it to students and ask them to leave comments there. Then you will know what content you should focus on in the formal teaching.
- Give teaching material to students in the form of Blendspace after class. Students can review the lesson and comment their confusion in class.
Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages
💗 A easy way for teacher to collect resource and prepare teaching material
💗 Convenient for teachers to reserve their own TES resources
💗 Teachers can see students' comments and check their understanding at any time
💗 All students can "speak" in class at any time, increasing their engagement .
💗 Sharing the link can help students review the lesson.
Disadvantages
💢 Teachers can not speak in this kind of blended teaching. Also, students' oral skills can not be improved.
💢 It may lead to the problem of overusing computers or tablets for students.
💢 It may lead to the problem of overusing computers or tablets for students.
My own lesson
Here is the link of my lesson about Wimbledon Championships.
https://www.tes.com/lessons/Kx6UBoRphArPXg/
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