Day Two

What did you do in the lesson?

• We listened to and watched some people talking about blended learning. We took notes and then discussed the concept in groups. Our task was to answer the following questions: Is this blended learning?; Is this your idea of blended learning?; What do you agree or disagree with?.

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• Then we learnt what Google Forms tool is and how to use it.

1. First we drew up questionnaires in pairs: The Simple Past Tense.
2. Then we participated in a collaborative task for the whole group: 6 Student Quiz.

What technologies did you cover?

• Google Forms a tool to gather data and analyze it. Forms include different types of questions such as: text, paragraph text, multiple choice, checkboxes, choose from the list, scale, grid, date, time.

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How might you use the technologies in your own teaching and learning?

• The teacher can prepare questionnaires, quizzes, surveys, forms, tests.
• Students can make their own questionnaires, quizzes, surveys, forms, tests for their partners (for example for peer feedback).

Important texts

• Blended learning by Pete Scharma
• What do we mean by blended learning by Russell Stannard

You can learn about this technology from Google Forms section on TTV by Russell Stannard.

Day One

The day the course starts. The students are a group of six teachers from five countries and two continents: Maria, Petruschka, Erick, Karl, Gianni and me. The teacher is Russell Stannard.

What did you do in the lesson?

• We used spider graphs to get to know each other.
• We were to find information about our teacher on the Internet and then from the teacher himself. 
• We tried to define the concept of blended learning.

What technologies did you cover?

• TodaysMeet - a backchannel chat platform for classroom teachers and learners.

TodaysMeet LLC



How might you use the technologies in your own teaching and learning?

• brainstorming
• pair work
• group work
• whole class discussion (you may use the transcript)
• writing (you may use the transcript), for example: a report, a story
• scaffolding

Important texts

• Top Ten Things Employers Look for tin New College Graduates

You can learn about the technology from TodaysMeet section on TTV by Russell Stannard.