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New blended curriculum in GRPS
Combines classroom work, computer use outside room
Updated: Tuesday, 07 Sep 2010, 6:27 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 07 Sep 2010, 8:14 AM EDT
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - The new school year comes with a new and controversial program for high school students in Grand Rapids Public Schools.
Blended classes are designed to integrate technology into classroom lessons.
The school board approved the concept in June as part of the district's budget.
Administrators have stressed students will not be simply sitting in front of a computer for the school day. Blended classes are different from all-online classes, which district leaders said are being offered as an option to students and parents who opt in.
In contrast, all high school social studies classes and most high school math classes are set to be blended.
More blended classes could follow, administrators have said, depending on internal and external evaluations of the success of the blended program.
The courses are expected to be taught in three stations. The first is more traditional, with teachers introducing the concept to students. The second station could include group or individual work exploring the concept. Students might be directed to online videos or texts, for example.
At the third station "students will receive individual instruction or intervention," Chief Academic Officer Carolyn Evans said in May. "They may be describing or sharing their learning, but we are beginning to culminate, we are evaluating what students know and don't know."
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