Blended Learn

Blended Learn

1. Pros

   • Increased Student Engagement
     • Students are using technology that they like. This helps increase learning, but students are also able to be more in control of their learning which impacts their engagement.
   • Students can review material on their own
     • Particularly, when students are struggling on homework they will be able to access materials to help them and ones they can study at home.
   • Increased teacher efficiency
     • Teachers can save the precious class time for the highest priority information. This will allow for more differentiation as well. Resources for students who want to expand on a lesson and help for those who struggle.

2. Cons

   • Not all students have internet access at home
     • Students are limited to what is available in their area, particularly in rural areas like Winter. Most students have smartphones, but they may not have cell reception in their homes. Or they may not be able to get high-speed internet to allow for streaming or other high demand content.
     • Some applications like Google can be downloaded on to devices and work on offline.
   • Students are not as tech savy as you think.
     • Students may use technology or play video games all the time, but this doesn't mean they actually know how to use things.
     • Teachers will have to spend time teaching students the technology. This may eat into instructional time.
   • Time commitment
     • The teacher needs to spend a lot of time setting up the resources. And then some students will not access them, or they may not work as well as the teacher thought.