Blended Learning – AIMS Blended Learning is the fusion of online and teacher-led instruction. It selects and organizes content from the vast resources of the internet and places customized instructional units in the skilled hands of the classroom teacher and at the fingertips of the student. Blended Learning is the
by Joan Reissman, Blended Learning Specialist The value of homework is the subject of longstanding debate among educators. In simpler times, homework required no more than rote repetition of concepts taught in class. That’s no longer enough. Today’s teachers don’t want reinforcement to be merely repetitious. They want homework to
by Eileen Wedegartner, Blended Learning SPECIALIST Go into any classroom in any town and you’ll immediately get a taste of the teacher who presides there. You’ll see some of the latest research in education, famous quotations, pictures of important persons, findings in the teacher’s field of study. You’ll see school
Distinctions sharp and shaded by Eileen Wedegartner, Blended Learning SPECIALIST I’m sitting in an ELL classroom. Students are reading articles in our online curriculum and working through the meanings of unfamiliar words. The teacher in this class has stressed the techniques of active reading: note-taking and annotating a text as
Labor Shortage Continues 99% of Jobs Go to College Graduates by Gary Kaplan, JFYNetWorks Executive Director “There are no jobs for high school diplomas.” The May jobs report reiterates a theme we have been hearing with increasing urgency: the shortage of skilled labor. The current 4.3% unemployment rate is a
The need for a higher-skilled workforce is real. by Gary Kaplan, JFYNetWorks Executive Director The March state employment report (released in late April) focuses on two concerns: weak job growth and a shortage of skilled workers. Job growth waxes and wanes from month to month, but the skilled worker shortage
JFYNet Program Prepares Students for College and Career by Cathie Maglio, Blended Learning SPECIALIST As a Blended Learning Specialist at JFYNetWorks, I go into schools and work with teachers in their classes to prepare students for college, a career, or the military by strengthening their skills in math and reading.
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