Tools and Resources for Blended Learning

High school history teacher visits a famous battleground. He creates a video to explain the history and events leading up to the battle. Later, he uploads the video to share with his students over the Internet.

• Podcast

• Narrated Slideshow

• Videocast

• Slideshow

• Bookmarking Site

A high school foreign language teacher wants her students to practice vocabulary and pronunciation by listening to a native speaker.

• Videocast

• Synchronous Conferencing

• Bookmarking site

• Podcast

• Simulation

A middle school health teacher wants his students to understand how blood flow through the heart is affected by exercise and diet habits.

• Simulation

• Bookmarking Site

• Videocast

• Narrated slideshow

• Podcast

An elementary school teacher wants to create a class alphabet book that her students can access from home.

• Podcast

• Narrated Slideshow

• Videocast

• Simulation

• Synchronous Conferencing

A middle school teacher wants his students to review Web sites that explain different types of simple machines and how they function.

• Simulation

• Synchronous Conferencing

• Bookmarking Site

• Videocast

• Podcast

A blended learning instructor wants to host a live online debate to engage her students in a current political issue.

• Simulation

• Narrated Slideshow

• Videocast

• Podcast

• Synchronous Conferencing

A high school history teacher wants to continue an engaging class discussion that occurred earlier in the day. He posts a question online, and his students respond to one another, continuing the conversation virtually.

• Calendar

• Privacy Settings

• Threaded Discussion Forum

• Assignment Dropbox

• Course Resources

A middle school teacher wants to protect her students’ identities by ensuring that only enrolled students are allowed to access course content and participate in the online discussions.

• Threaded Discussion Forum

• Calendar

• Assignment Dropbox

• Privacy Settings

• Course Resources

An elementary school principal creates an online platform to schedule parent-teacher conferences, post upcoming events, and send reminders about important dates.

• Calendar

• Course Resources

• Assignment Dropbox

• Privacy Setting

• Threaded Discussion Forum

A group of high school students are collaborating on a project. They each access the document from home, complete their sections, add peer feedback comments, and then upload the saved document to the learning management system.

• Privacy Settings

• Course Resources

• Calendar

• Threaded Discussion Forum

• Assignment Dropbox