Since March 2020, REED (Rural English Education Department) has been training their teachers to use technology in the classroom and to teach using blended learning strategies.  We have already run more than 150 sessions reaching more than 1300 coordinators and teachers.  

 

Some of the things we have been doing include:

1. Zoominars - Monthly meetings with experts including Dr. Tziona Levi and Yardena Yaara Levi on The English Curriculum, Assessment and SEL.

2. Weekly English Coordinator meetings every Sunday at 8AM

3. A Blended Learning Course - designed as a choice board with 350 participants and 18 different learning sessions.

4. Regional cluster meetings and individual school staff meetings all on ZOOM.

 

The English staffs in schools are well trained and understand the principles of using technology, SEL and blended learning.  They feel comfortable with all google tools including classroom and all of the different Google Drive tools and more.

 

We shared a plethora of choice boards and recommended experiential and kinesthetic learning.  We created collaborative materials for everyone in google sites and more.

 

In January we will be running the 10X10 Google Basics Course again for technologically challenged teachers.  There will be a lot of one on one opportunity.  We hope to run it twice.

 

In addition, budget permitting we will be running the second half of the blended learning MOOC course.

You are welcome to join us!  

 

Judie Segal, Melissa Weglein and the REED Staff

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