Friday Matinee: Blended Learning With Google Part 1

Recently, Kasey Bell from Shake Up Learning published 2 posts on her blog about Blended Learning.  This week we are going to look at part 1.  

She keeps saying something the we at KATE say all the time, just in a slightly different way:

"It's not about Google, y'all!  It's about the learning."

We usually replace the word Google with technology and omit the y'all, but it is true.  The apps, extensions, web browsers and all of the other tech will change.  What's important is how you use it in your classroom to change how you teach and students learn.  

Kasey wrote a book entitled "Shake Up Learning: Practical Ideas to Move Learning from Static to Dynamic.  In part 1 of her blog post, Kasey explores how Google tools can help create Dynamic Blended Learning experiences.  Don't have time to read the blog post?  You can listen to her podcast (same link).

Blended Learning With Google (Part 1)

As stated in her blog post:

"Dynamic Blended Learning:

Dynamic blended learning is characterized by constant change and activity, growing and evolving over time. This learning can take place anywhere, anytime, and it is personalized and differentiated. It is learner-centered, giving students choice and embedding communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity skills where they align with the learning goals.

Dynamic blended learning also extends beyond the traditional bounds of the school day, schedule, and physical walls, and beyond the physical notion of hard and fast due dates. Digital tools are used for more than substitution, to do and create previously unconceived of things. Dynamic learning is boundless, with limitless opportunities."

When you look at her "Do This, Not That With Google Tools", how can you change your teaching to be more dynamic?  This semester, try to make your teaching and student learning more dynamic.

Related post from Kasey: Do This, Not That - Dynamic v. Static Learning