Collaborating Made Easy With Blendspace

Online Staff Development

Instructor:
Jana Jordan
Media Specialist
Moore Elementary School
Contact Information:
Please feel free to contact me via email regarding any questions, comments, or concerns you may

have upon taking this course. Email: jana.jordan@gscs.org

Course Hours:
1.5 hours

Description:

This an online professional development workshop designed for teachers from grades K-5. It was

created to aid teachers understand the benefits of the Web2.0 tool, TES with Blendspace, and

how it can offer support in their classrooms and collaborate with peers. The goals of this

professional development are as follows: teachers will create an account and a lesson centered

around a topic of their choice to implement in their own classrooms.

Course Learning Goals and Objectives:

As a result of this professional development session, educators will know and be able to
● Understand the benefits of using Blendspace
● Create an account and login to the website
● Create effective lessons with a variety of multimedia resources
● Share lessons with other educators, students, and parents
ISTE for Standards for Educators:
Learner
1a. Set professional learning goals to explore and apply pedagogical approaches made possible
by technology and reflect on their effectiveness.

1b. Pursue professional interests by creating and actively participating in local and global

learning networks.

Collaborator
4a. Dedicate planning time to collaborate with colleagues to create authentic learning
experiences that leverage technology.

Designer
5a. Use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that
foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs.
5b. Design authentic learning activities that align with content area standards and use digital
tools and resources to maximize active, deep learning.
5c. Explore and apply instructional design principles to create innovative digital learning
environments that engage and support learning.

Facilitator
6b. Manage the use of technology and student learning strategies in digital platforms, virtual
environments, hands-on makerspaces or in the field.

Course Activities:

● Learn about TES with Blendspace and how it can assist in collaborations with other

teachers, as well as, sharing information with students, collaborating with other

teachers and sharing information with their students.

 ● Review tutorials, resources, and examples of other’s lessons

● Create a Lesson

● Add Resources

● Share with other teachers

● Create a Class

● Share with class

Course Content:

All course content can be located at the following link:

https://sites.google.com/georgiasouthern.edu/jordanintrotoblendspace/lesson

Course Outline:

1.Understand the benefits of using TES with Blendspace.

a. Why do we collaborate?

b. Why should we use multimedia resources?

c. Why is Blendspace a beneficial tool?

2. Create an account.

3. Login to Blendspace.com .

4. Create Lessons

a. Choose a lesson topic

b. Incorporate varying media into lessons

c. Include descriptions with resources

5. Share lessons among peers

6. Create a class

a. add students

b. share with students

Content Includes:

● CourBllendsoavese Syllabus

● TES Teach Blendspace Presentation

● Summative Assessment on Blendspace

● Workshop Evaluation

● Additional Resources

Course Prerequisites:

Prior to taking this online course, educators must have basic computer knowledge and skills,

such as navigating through varying online commands.

Evaluation:

In order to measure the knowledge obtained by teachers in utilizing the web 2.0 tool, TES Teeah,

with Blendspace, they will complete a summative assessment located on the web repository

under Assessment. . Educator participants will also complete a workshop evaluation via Google

Forms.

Course Assignment:

1. You will create a lesson in TES with Blendspace and share with teachers and students.

Follow the rubric to complete the assignment.

2. Leave a discussion post stating how you would use TES with Blendspace in your

classroom. Then explain your plans for sharing; accessible to students or solely for

teacher collaboration.