Learn how you can take some simple steps to begin to transform your traditional classroom into a blended learning environment.

1. Online Learning and the Traditional
Classroom
SGVCUE Tech Fair May 7, 2011
Timothy McKean
Presentation Website: http://bit.ly/mH8TkT

2. Online Learning Experience
Two online classes
One was one of my favorite classes
The other was one of my least favorite
What was the difference?
Interaction between student and teacher.

3. Online Teaching Experience
How I got started
with online ● Individuals from
teaching: other areas
● Skype
● uStream

7. 10 Weeks
Continue Teaching

8. Online Teaching Components
● Digital Delivery of Instruction These are the
components that we
● Class Website see being used
● Video Tutorials today in online
teaching.
● Chat Rooms
● Threaded Discussion Boards
● File Sharing
● Email
● Video Streaming
● Virtual Classrooms
● Online Forms
● Video Conferencing

9. Technology should always
allow you to be more Efcient
or Effective as a teacher.

10. If these tools can allow me to
be an effective teacher 6,000
miles away from my students,
how much more Efcient and
Effective would the same
tools allow me to be when I'm
actually there.

11. Categories
1.Instructional Delivery
2.Communication/ Interaction
3.Assessment and Feedback

12. Streaming video
Ustream Producer Demo

13. Streaming video
Ustream/ Ustream Producer
iWebcamera iOS app

14. Virtual Classrooms

15. Virtual Classrooms
Adobe Connect Pro
LearnCentral.org
Elluminate Live

16. Skype
Skype Demo (Maybe)
timothymckean

17. Learning On Demand
Video Podcasting Tutorial
Class session review video

18. Class Website
cedartech.org
timothymckean.com/edcu515

19. Class Website
Google Sites
WordPress.org

20. Formal Communications
Group Email Lists
Blog Posts

21. Informal Communications
Individual emails (quick response)
Social Networks

22. Redundant Communication

23. Student Interaction

24. Assessment and Feedback
Wikis / Discussion Board
Drop Box Public or Shared Folders
Embedded Forms in website
Quizstar
Poll Everywhere

25. Get Started Tomorrow
1.Set up a class website
2.Establish an email list for parents
3.Post lessons and class notes
4.Begin recording and posting lectures
(audio or video)

26. Closing Thoughts
Technology should always make
teaching and learning more
Efcient or Effective.

27. Closing Thoughts
Online and Blended learning
should provide a more personal
experience for students, not less.

28. Questions

29. Contact
timothymckean@gmail.com
Twitter: timothymckean
Blog: timothymckean.com