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For Your Hands: Learning Stations for Blended Learning Environments

Taken from , by Kara Douma, Edutopia

A station rotation setup uses small groups for the purpose of teacher-led instruction, online learning, collaborative activities, and offline learning.

4 STATIONS TO PROVIDE TEACHERS GREATER FLEXIBILITY

1. An online learning station for independent practice. Use of the online learning station helps to drive immediate data-informed instruction. The online station is maximized by investing in a web-based learning platform that provides standards-aligned immediate feedback to the learner and teacher. With a focus on , teachers can leverage learning. Several low-cost or free programs provide teachers with an effective way of getting students to practice grade-level material with immediate feedback upon completion signifying progress on the standards. At the end of the online learning station time, in-person students move on to the next station, with students at home potentially joining a virtual, small-group station.

2. A teacher-led station for real-time feedback. The teacher-led station begins with the learning goal. Students try out the learning, and the teacher makes observations while providing real-time feedback in the instructional moment. The teacher-led station is highly coveted instructional time. It’s when connections are made, and teachers get to know how kids learn to better plan for and support their progress.

3. A no-tech station for independent practice. An offline station is critical to avoid screen fatigue in a virtually demanding environment. Materials such as books, notebooks, manipulatives, and other resources should be distributed at once to the students to keep for the duration of the marking period or semester. Students may be journaling in a marble composition notebook, reading a book, or creating a graphic organizer to self-check their knowledge of the content. The  offers questions to promote students’ understanding in planning, monitoring, and evaluating their work, which can be used in a journal entry. Ideally, the independent practice may serve as a time to engage in routine, written reflection.

4. A collaborative-learning station using peers as partners. This station can be hosted in a mixed (at-home and in-person) small group. It may also be an in-person group of four students in their square and an only-at-home group holding a virtual meeting. When only one group is in this station at once, ideally one in person or one virtual, the teacher can check for understanding by taking a brief pause from their teacher-led station. Equally important, students build relationships, confidence, and trust by learning to rely on each other in group work.  for establishing formal, cooperative-learning groups along with research that supports the need for socialization during student learning to grow understanding.

For Your Head: Ideas for Increasing Motivation (Part 1)
Excerpts from Defeating apathy, building motivation by D. David Carroll, NBCT (The New Teacher's Guide to Overcoming Common Challenges: Curated Advice from Award-Winning Teachers, 2021)

"...[M]otivation is not a fixed commodity given at birth beyond your control. If it was, there would be no purpose to practice new skills or apply new knowledge, and we would have no need for inspirational teachers...students with a fixed mindset tend to be apathetic towards new ideas or skills, and they tend to fear failure.

"You can create a growth-mindset classroom by following two core principles. First, establish an optimal learning environment by embracing responsibility and respect with every routine. Practice your class routines over and over until they require no prompting from you, including transitions, whole-group listening, and small-group discussions. Second, make connections between your students' past experiences and their future opportunities."

This week's edition will focus on contextualizing learning as a means for making connections with students' past experiences and future opportunities.

"Apathy is rooted in a disconnect between the skills and knowledge you are teaching and your students' vision for applying them in the future. Your students will be motivated when they see a purpose or application in the content you are presenting. It is up to you to bridge their experiences to future opportunities...

"Contextualize Learning. The best teachers provide a context in which studets can apply their knowledge. Mathematical story problems are an easy example of contextualizing concepts into authentic problems. Keep in mind, story problems can be suited to fit any content area. The most effective story problems relate closely to the uniqueness of the students in your class...[A]dvanced high school students may be problem solving complex literary, scientific, or historical phenomena in the context of current geopolitical events. Your contextualized instruction uses students' experiences to fit hypothetical scenarios in their own world."

For Your Heart: Because of a Teacher