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Abstract

Blended learning lets you take a portion of the time that is traditionally done face to face, and you use online instruction during that time. In a K-12 setting, it might mean that you are working with a software program that gives the student some essential feedback and basic guidance. The beauty of technology is that it gives us data. It is good at delivering data to students, and then it is excellent at returning that student’s data to the teacher. Moreover, when the teacher has the data, we can level our instruction appropriately to where those students are.

Introduction

The history of blended learning started in the 1960s in corporate and higher education. It was first used in 1999 when the American Interactive Learning Center launched software programs for online teaching. Unlike many other pedagogical technologies, blended learning has no specific authorship. Instead, it has evolved due to numerous attempts to change teaching methods and principles.

The Blended Learning Model facilitates a student’s ability to attain more information while at the same time motivating them to increase their academic performance. In addition, the growth of technology in education continues to impact how students learn and acquire new tools for learning. The Blended Learning Model facilitates a student’s ability to attain more information while at the same time motivating them to increase their academic performance.

Technology and Traditional Instruction

Those who relied primarily on the whole group, teacher-led model discovered that talking for extended periods in a video conferencing session failed to engage learners. Moreover, students were no longer in a physical learning environment where teachers had control. The pandemic exposed the shortcomings of the whole-group approach to instruction.

During the pandemic, many school districts decided to invest in new resources for the classroom to adapt to the drastically changed environment. Students learn to develop their skills through process, time, and strategies. We are in the 21st century, where everything is possible through technology. I firmly believe that Blended Learning is a powerful tool. We have the keys to helping others develop their abilities by keeping the experiences we have to design plans or strategies that can contribute to the learner reaching their goals. As a teacher, I am the support to build up a solid foundation in their academic growth to make connections to get to the next step in their learning journey.

Why is Blended Learning important in the learning process?

This Method of teaching benefits students and teachers. Because all students live in a technology-driven world, blended learning can help every student. Mobile access means teachers can schedule assignments and track student progress through an online teacher management hub. In addition, blended learning is flexible: incorporated learning methods can be integrated into almost any classroom.

Station Rotation

According to Horn & Staker (2015, p.37), “the model that classroom teachers, in particular, gravitate toward first is the Rotation Model. This category includes any course or subject in which students rotate, either on a fixed schedule or at the teacher’s discretion, among learning modalities, at least one of which is online learning”. It has been demonstrated that students often rotate among online learning, small group instruction, and pencil and paper assignments at their desks. An essential factor in this model is that the students are working with resources provided by the school, like online reading programs, and at the same time, it must be complemented with whole group discussions.

Motivation in the classroom
is the key to success.

Students who fail to read proficiently during their journey in elementary or higher levels often face persistent struggles throughout their academic careers (Macaruso et al., 2020). The idea of motivating and engaging students is one of the keys to reaching goals in the educational field. “When schools design the right blended model plan for students’ perspective, they feel that school aligns well with the things that matter to them, students show up to school motivated and eager to learn” (Horn & Staker, 2015, p. 137).

Creating Significant Learning Environment Experiences

When we design a blended learning environment, we want to take advantage of the machines' strengths. However, we also want to take advantage of the strengths of the humans that are involved in that environment.

Emotional engagement is the heart, passion, emotion, and excitement about learning. Cognitive engages energy that you are willing to put into the challenge. Blended learning allows us to reach educational goals, increase the dept knowledge, and provide life mentorship.

In addition to the influence of Those processes, be according to to match the blended learning process. The key to implementing a correct abstract strategy is to involve students in engaging in high quality enjoying the learning experience and focusing on accurate integrated learning models that work for each one.

Adding to the analytics process to track each student's academic progress when we talk about technology, implementing this strategy allows us to follow the data progress to keep the peace with the exponential growth of data and skills developed by choosing the right analytical tools using the correct information to bright about a positive blended learning implementation.

Blended learning allows incrementing and improving knowledge as much as necessary. Improving digital tools to create robust understanding and support straggler readers with different digital resources will make a positive blended learning environment. For this reason, students become demotivated when they notice that their reading level is low compared to their grade point average for their grade.

One of the solutions to this problem is to use blended learning in schools to help students advance in their academic areas. Using it correctly maintains an environment of collaboration and motivation. For example, a station rotation setup uses small groups for teacher-led instruction, online learning, collaborative activities, and offline learning.

Conclusion

Using Blended Learning and the station rotation model provides a solid foundation for students to receive strong support in learning to read. The development of this model, which is carried out in different stations individually, in groups, and under the direction of the teacher, generates a high motivation in the students, which allows the appropriate environment. In addition, the use of technology accelerates learning. As a result, the child has to be actively involved in his reading process.

Managing discipline and motivation is essential to achieve a positive environment in the classroom. Each station will allow children to receive guidance, build their learning and turn it into a practical experience that leads them to advance in their real life and their environment.

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In conclusion, the Blended Learning Model allows integration learning by taking the best of traditional teaching and all the advantages of technology. In an era of digital transformation like the current one, it is essential to incorporate technological elements that facilitate and optimize learning methods.

BIO

Paola Rodriguez is growing in her first year of teaching and loves keeping up with learning and improving technology. She is working on a Master of Education Degree in Applied Digital Learning.