Community reviews for Blendspace

I like anything that allows me to be organized visually. So this website is exactly my type of tool. I use a lot of web sites and videos in my lessons (tech teacher) so I can get everything in order on Blendspace. The nice thing is that it also links right into Edmodo, as there is a free app.

Blendspace is an easy way to collect and contain content you want to pass on to your students. The site allows you to add content very easily by searching for online content and dragging the results you want to use onto the main content area. Content can include online videos, Google Drive documents and forms, websites, pictures, and many other items that can be found online. When I first discovered Blendspace, I was trying to find a resource that would help teachers flip their classrooms and found this. It did not take long at all to figure out how to use this site and within minutes had a good sample to share with my teachers for them to see how it could be used. Since showing my teachers in a staff meeting, many of them have been using it to deliver their content in an organized, easy to follow manner. Blendspace allows you to create and add quizzes to accompany your content, which many of my teachers have used for pre-assessments related to the topic they are covering. This feature especially comes in handy when you are flipping your classroom where students would need to complete a quiz after going through the content before coming back to class the following day. The site allows the user to not only access information found on the internet, but also supports uploading media files, dropbox files, and Educreation files created on an iPad. We have had much success with the free version of this site, but there is a paid version of the site specifically for school (Blendspace for Schools) that has a pretty hefty price tag.

I love this tool because I can collaborate with colleagues to build and share the lesson content. Content can be curated from any source, added, revised and arranged as needed. It is incredibly easy to level the content for all learners. Students can revisit the lesson anytime, and I like the option to add formative assessments throughout. Blendspace can be used to: flip a lesson, provide scaffolded support in a class station or strategy group, keep students connected if they are away from school, and serve as a re-looping/review resource.