In Mr. Anderson's class he does a blended learning cycle. A blended course is where you do not meet as often as a normal class so therefor more of your work is done and turned in online. How Mr. Anderson does this is by simply asking them a question and then the students will search and investigate it! Then Mr. Anderson makes a video to help the students remember the lecture and to review since they can watch the video as many times as they need. Elaboration is his next step of the cycle, he has the students read certain things about the topic question. Next is review. Mr. Anderson makes sure that each student full understands the concept and once they do then they will be allowed to move onto the next step. The last and final step to his cycle is summary, he gives them a quiz over the summary of the topic. After he does a couple of these cycles he puts them together for a test. I think that Mr. Anderson has a pretty good thing going here with his blended cycle and even though I seem to have a problem with blended courses I think that Mr. Anderson makes it easier and very helpful learning.
I agree that some students have a time with blended courses. I think Mr. Anderson does a great job of organizing the information for his students. The students can not go to another step without completing the first one. I think that is a great idea because it holds students accountable for the information. I really enjoyed reading your blog post!
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