It's that time of year again, when Twitter Chats help to connect educators from across the country as we all learn how to implement new teaching stratagies, concepts, and technology tools.  Join us on Tuesday, September 18th at 9:00 EST for our first Twitter Chat of the 2018/19 school year as we explore new technology tools for the classroom, future-ready skills activities, and how to get started with blended learning.  We will be giving away giftcards for flexible seating throughout the Twitter Chat.  

Are you looking for educators that are on Twitter that are implementing Blended Learning?  Take a look a the list below and start to follow some of these amazing blended learning educators.  

How to transform the traditional classroom environment into a Phase Two blended learning classroom in 60 days. 
​By: Marcia Kish 

What is a Sprint?  A sprint is an interval of time that focuses on three to four critical areas of change.  A sprint can last for one week, two weeks, or three weeks.  In the videos and photos, I will showcase a three-week sprint.  Note: This is a suggested timeframe.  A teacher must move through the sprints at his or her own pace and take into account how the students are reacting to the transformation process.  Classroom management and organization is vital for the transformation to be successful.  

How to get started​

1. Prepare the students.  Explain to the students that you are going to be breaking the lesson up into learning studios.  Start with only two learning studios and gradually add in three and four learning studios before the first sprint starts. 
2. Start the first sprint! 
3. Change your space!  "If you change your space, you change your mindset" M. Kish Set up the classroom into four learning studios.  A mini-lesson studio, independent learning studio, digital content studio, and future-ready skills studio. 
4. Break apart a lesson into the four learning studios.  Take a traditional lesson and break it into a mini-lesson, independent practice (this could be the homework), digital content (a video, a video you created, or an adaptive technology tool), and finally a future-ready skill (a hands-on activity that the students can complete in ten minutes)
5. Set the timer!  Have the students rotate to each learning studio every ten-minutes