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One key difference is students can do their learning outside of the school environment.

It is NOT just posting lesson plans, tests, or assignments online. That is not adaptive or learning in and of itself. It is also not smartboard lessons or typing up assignments.

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This can look like students going to a lab and returning to the classroom where the teacher uses data to guide instruction. It can look like a center rotation. It can look like a lab with breakout rooms. There are also completely new roles for the adults being defined and new settings for the students both on and off the computers being created.

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In contrast, blended learning is a tool for students. It adapts to their wants and needs, allowing them freedom of choice in how to show what they have learned and allowing them to adapt their own behaviors to meet yours and their standards.

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Tech is more often an additional tool for teachers. This can include educational games online, videos the teacher shows, or unique presentations generated on the computer.

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We know students do not learn effectively in a lecture style format. We know that differentiated instruction, individual plans, inquiry based projects and small groups work much more effectively.

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With the help of technology, instructors can take data from students' online resources and use that to tailor their individual projects and assistance in the classroom, making the teacher more effective. Less time is spent on the "paperwork" side of teaching and more is spent with students, helping them and encouraging them in the appropriate ways.

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At the far end of the technological spectrum is a student at home, doing all their instruction online.

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These can be programs or curriculums that allow students to choose how, when, and where they do their own learning. The benefit to this method is having the "instruction" done by an adaptive system that can meet each student where they are.

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Can serve as a "stepping stone" to blended learning. Baby steps, in other words. For example, in this video for "tech integration" it suggests altering just one lesson. However, it suggests using videos, pictures, or infographics to convey information. None of that allows choice of their student for their "path, place, or pace".

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Integrating Technology in Your Classroom

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Tech integration and blended learning are like squares and rectangles. Blended learning always has tech integrated but tech integration is not always blended learning.