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I trust summer is going well thus far for you and your family and you have found it to be a refreshing time of reflection over the past several months of the school year as well as an exciting time of anticipation of what God has in store for you in the months ahead.
In the next few days, there will be more updates regarding the coming school year. Please look for those as they come.
In the meantime, I wanted to write a little more here about the blended learning model that I discussed with you all at the meetings this spring.
As many of you understand, technology has been impacting the learning landscape for some time now. Initially, there was an immediate pursuit by some of online learning and all that it has to offer. Online learning (video-based in our case) does have much to offer—particularly related to individualized learning. But it also has its challenges, just like any other learning model, and is not ideal for every setting or individual student.
As time has passed, the most current interesting pursuit is in learning environments that blend the positive traditional classroom characteristics with the best use of technology and reshape an effective learning model that many believe is needed both in secular and Christian circles.
Recently, someone passed along this video (below) highlighting a school that is capitalizing on the best of blended learning. They highlight many of the points of emphasis that I recently spoke of at our meetings about the blended model such as individualized academic support, online courses (or videos in our case) mixed with live support, mastery learning, etc.
Blended learning models are believed by many to be the future of effective education. This was so striking, I felt obligated to share it with you and thought it might help give you a flavor for the direction we are heading. Of course, not everything is the same, but the model structure is quite similar.
Please view this video when you have a few minutes. I’m interested in your thoughts if you want to e-mail me.
Very interesting and encouraging. Thanks for posting.