Artifact(s):  Blended Learning / MIT Contest

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​OVERVIEW:  As a full-time teacher for Cambridge Jr/Sr High School, I teach Business, Economics, and Social Studies.  This past year, taking advantage of my BrainHoney experience with IDLA, I created my first blended Economics course where at least 51% of the instruction was delivered online. In the blended format, I am free to include multiple mediums such as in-class videos, online interactive resources such as Hands On Banking, and hard copy textbooks with handouts delivered online for easier grading and access from home for my students.



​As an EdTech student at Boise State University, my Mobile App Design instructor encouraged me to enter my final project in the 2012 MIT App Inventor Contest.   I was recognized as a 2nd place winner for my Learn by the State-Idaho app.

 

Performance Indicator #1: The online teacher understands the continuum of fully online to blended learning environments and creates unique opportunities and challenges for the learner (e.g., Synchronous and Asynchronous, Individual and Group Learning, Digital Communities.)

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​Performance Indicator #2:  The online teacher uses communication technologies to alter learning strategies and skills (e.g., Media Literacy, visual literacy).



​Performance Indicator #3:  The online teacher demonstrates knowledge of motivational theories and how they are applied to online learning environments. 



​Performance Indicator #4:  The online teacher constructs learning experiences that take into account student's physical, social, emotional, moral, and cognitive development to influence learning and instructional decisions. (Physical-repetitive use injuries/back and neck strain; Sensory Development-hearing, vision, computer vision syndrome, ocular lock; Conceptions of social space-identity formation, community formation, autonomy; Emotional-isolation, cyber-bullying; and Moral-enigmatic communities, disinhibition effect, cognitive, creativity.)