Technology Allows Schools to Personalize Learning Experiences
To facilitate interactive learning opportunities, educators can establish subgroups in GoGuardian Teacher and distribute customized content. This streamlines activities like station-rotation blended learning exercises, in which students move between collaborative, online and other activities.
A study published in the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning found that blended learning significantly improved K–12 students’ learning compared with traditional face-to-face instruction in the classroom.
“Blended learning is definitely one of the most popular instructional models, especially post-pandemic,” says Erica Hartman, a former teacher and school district CTO who now works as a subject matter expert for CTOs at GoGuardian. With better access to the internet and more devices for students, blended learning models are increasingly attainable in K–12 education environments.
In addition to the station-rotation model, there are many ways educators can incorporate blended learning. Asynchronous learning, such as the flipped-classroom model, is another popular example. Each model works to personalize learning for students and support their individual learning needs.
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“After giving students an assessment, the teacher looks at the data and can group the students in GoGuardian Teacher,” Hartman says. “It saves teachers a lot of time because they aren’t making charts on the board and then changing groups all the time.”
In the classroom, teachers can send a link to a website or an announcement to let the class know they’ll be switching from a writing activity to peer review in five minutes.