Learn how to put learning in your students hands and create online learning stations to guide their learning. All students including special education, GT, Pre AP, and AP students will be challenged with the ability to learn at higher levels with the flexibility to integrate options that meet the needs and strengths of GT students. Will see what the blended learning station structures are and how you can use them in your classroom. Use tools you already use like Nearpod, power point, foldables, flash cards, Smore, QR codes, and more to see technology in a whole different way and flip your classroom.

1. Engaging for Students

2. Student- Centered

3. Collaboration between Students

4. "Chunking" of Information by dividing into smaller sections

5. Kinesthetic Learning

6. Easy to integrate technology!

7. Differentiated

8. Quick and Easy to Access

9. Perfect for building relationships between students and between students and teachers

10. You do not have to re-invent the wheel and can use many activities you already have

Blended learning stations are a great way to cover a large amount of information in the short time we have to cover certain topics. Technology is not always needed and not encouraged for every station that students go through.

Should include 4-8 stations depending on how much time each station needs and the class periods you would like to take.

What can the stations include:

1. Foldables

2. Graphic Organizers like Tree Maps, Circle Maps, and Flow Charts

3. Virtual Field Trips

4. Web Quests

5. Office Mix Teaching Video

6. Self-Paced NearPod lesson

7. Flashcards

8. Teacher review station

9. Catch-Up Station

10. Online Quiz using Quizizz or Quizalize

11.Avid Strategies: Cornell Notes, Concept Maps, Jigsaw Activity, Etc...

12. SIOP Strategies: 4 corner vocabulary, Readings using insert method, Pre-tests, Word Sorts, and concept ladders

13. Games

14. Mini-Labs for Science

15. Problem Solving for Math

16. Manipulatives

17. Task Cards- Free Examples

Keep in mind you can use leveled stations as well for differentiation for different learners where there are easier and harder tasks.

Stations Example:

1. Get Hands-On – Draw a well labelled diagram (ex. of either the plant or an animal cell, listing 5 organelles found in the cell drawn)

2. Research – using a classroom computer or their own device, students must research a specific question/issue surrounding the topic.

3. Explain yourself – students write down an opinion to a question in paragraph

4. Catch-Up Station - finish work from previous stations

5. Reading Station- students read a short passage from an article, etc. which directly connects the classroom content to a real life application.

6. Practice Questions- answer 5 multiple choice questions with written explanation of why they chose that answer

7. Learn from the expert – using a classroom computer or their own device, students must watch a short video clip and answer the associated questions. They may stop, rewind and restart as often as they like during the time frame. Can use Office Mix or Nearpod

8. Question Maker Station– Students must create 2 multiple-choice questions, 2 true/false questions and 1 short answer question. Students must also supply the answers.

You can create guided Project Based Learning projects to guide students in their learning and teach topics at the same time.

• The Ecology Project was done in a span over 3 weeks. Students introduced and taught about the topic in class and they would have the rest of the class period to collaborate with their groups research and create their projects. Guided worksheets and a group folder was kept as well to keep all the hand written work in one place. At the end, the folder and presentations were graded. Group members graded each other as well.
• The Human Body Systems Project was done as a teaching assignment for all body systems. The students had to teach the class about each system and create their own worksheets and presentations.

ThingLink is a great resource for PBL projects as well to organize all the sites and information needed for students.

Virtual Field Trip

Organization of Living Things

Your librarians are a great resource for project based learning projects!

SMORE Examples of Projects used in my class this year:

- Biology Ecology Project

- Human Body Systems Project

- Virus Learning Stations

- Classification Learning Stations

- AP Biology Final Project

- Photosynthesis Learning Stations

Microsoft Office 365:

Office Mix- Video recording for lessons and tutorials

Sway- Presentation tool or create newsletters

Forms- Can create assessments, Bell Ringers, or Exit Tickets

OneNote- Interactive Note taking and Note Books, can translate to spanish

OneNote Tips for the Classroom

You can receive on-line training at Microsoft EDU:

Microsoft EDU Educator Training

No longer an add-in on powerpoint, must use recording feature on Power Point and upload as a video, then upload to Microsoft Stream. Access to videos but does not contain the analytics yet.

Learn about One Note here

Top Things you Can Embed into One Note:

1. Flipgrid

2. Quizzes

3. Sway

4. Audio

5. Video

OneNote is integrated with Microsoft Teams!

Look at this link to learn how to use them together

Resources to help you with how to integrate One Note into the Classroom:

• Best Uses for One Note
• Making One Note Notebooks Accessible
• Creating Digital Breakout Rooms with OneNote!

1. Animoto- App as well- creates videos

2. Bingo Baker- Creates Bingo Cards to use in class

3. Dotstorming- Group brainstorming

4. Edmodo- Online Classroom for Collaboration

5. Edpuzzle- Engage students with guided videos- has an App

6. FlipQuiz- QuizBoard where students can compete in Class

7. GeoGebra- Learning and teaching Math

8. GoNoodle- Interactive Exercises and Brain break Activities

9. InstaGrok- Research Tool

10. Kahoot- Class Assessment tool that kids love

11. Kiddle- Safe ad easy research tool for younger kids

12. Nearpod- Interactive Presentation Tool with analytics- Great Resource!

13. Newsela- current events site with articles

14. Padlet- Wall for student collaboration

15. Plickers- App Available- For Class Assessments

16. Photos for Class- Common photos appropriate for school use

17. QR Stuff

18. Quizalize- Assessment tool where students can play against each other in class or can be given as homework

19. Quizizz- Assessment tool for in-class or homework

20. Quizlet- Create flashcards for studying or game for in class use

21. Recap- Ask students questions and they can record their responses in video form

22. SafeShare- YouTube Videos without Ads by copying URL of YouTube video and generate a Safe View

23. Shutterfly Classroom- Add pictures and videos to share with parents and students

24. Smore- Create Class Newsletters, use for projects, presentations, or school news

Smore Blog

25. Socrative- Assessment Tool

26. Spark- Create animated videos

27. StudyStack- Flashcards that are already made or can create your own

28. Symbaloo- An App available- share websites in one place

29. ThatQuiz- Directions- Assessment tool

30. Tiny URL- create small URL from a long URL

31. ThingLink- Interactive image with tags- can be used for project based learning

32. Vocaroo- Voice recording

33. Blended Play- Blended Games for the Classroom

34. Tips for Flipping the Elementary Classroom

35. Tips on Making Worksheets into an Escape Room

Khan Academy and TedEd have great videos that you can use to supplement learning.

Use this to help you plan out your stations. I included space for up to 8 stations.

Socorro High School Biology Teacher

Nearpod Certified Educator

Certified Microsoft Innovative Educator

Email: cavila@sisd.net
Phone: 915-9372334
Twitter: @CAvila_SHS