Holly Clark is a National Board Certified Teacher, a Google Certified Innovator and the Chief Learning Officer at The Infused Classroom, Inc..
Clark is a 20+ year educator and an advocate for students. She had spent over 15-years teaching in a 1:1 classroom and 5-years as an administrator in both public and private schools.
Holly Clark holds a masters degree in instructional design and educational technology from Columbia University.
Her passion is in creating classrooms where students become agents of their own thinking and understanding.
For more information about Holly Clark,
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Her blog: hollyclark.org
“The Chromebook Infused Classroom: Using Blended Learning to Create Engaging, Student-Centered Classrooms” was created by Holly Clark, Kasey Bell and edited by Maryann Rose to help teachers utilize the technology which is quickly becoming the primary tool used in most schools.
Why Chromebooks?
Chromebooks are widely used by schools and there are many reasons they are selected and utilized. As I have been teaching, these are the primary sources of technology in my classroom. I haven’t really imagined the reasons why it is used other than there was probably a huge bulk discount ! Here are a few of the highlights mentioned by Clark.
* Easier to Manage than a regular laptop computer
More durable
* Long Battery Life, and a short charging time.
* Contribute to creating equality and democratizing education
* Simpler operating system : Google Drive, which easily stores and shares information instantly.
* Can be used offline for students who do not have home access to the internet.
* Provides authentic collaboration opportunities for group work and communication with the teacher.
So, what is the “infused classroom”?
The word “infused” comes from the medical term “infusion”: to combine two chemicals to produce something brand new. The pictograph below shows the many benefits of the infused classroom. The 12 parts of an infused classroom represented in each part of the puzzle.
Recently I’ve heard the word “infusion” used to describe alcoholic drinks that are transformed in flavor by the incorporation of an herb or spice, I have also heard the term used for balsamic vinegars, and even candles.
Plainly, it means to transform one thing into another by incorporating another substance. In this case, the classroom is infused with technology to form a new way of learning for a new type of student: Generation Z.
Think about what it means to be an infused student…
In the photo below, observe all the ways a student can utilize a Chromebook to achieve multiple forms of learning and achieve a deeper form of learning at the same time.
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