Final Exam Web Application - Application Summary

Blendspace is a free web application that allows teachers to create interactive digital lesson plans and organize classroom resources and materials in one central location. It gives students access to resources like YouTube videos, images, and presentations without having to leave the application. Teachers can incorporate pre-made educational content or create their own lessons, while students can access and complete their work easily in one place. The application aims to make introducing digital content to the classroom simpler for teachers and more organized for students.

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Blendspace

By: Natalee Porter

Purpose
Describe the purpose of the web application. What does it do for the teacher? Student? Parent?
Blendspace is an application that makes it easier for teachers to introduce their classroom to digital content. Teachers can
create interactive lesson plans for their classes. Students keep all their work organized and in safe places without it getting
messed up in class folders. Parents love the application because it can be edited and created in a way that is good for any
learner.

Link to an Overview Video (emphasis on “Overview”)

Blendspace Overveiw : This video gives a brief overview of how to get logged into Blendspace as well as navigating how to use
and create lesson plans in the classroom as a student and/or teacher.

Features
Choose the 3 most important tasks or features. 2-part answer.
Describe the classroom application for each task or feature. Why is this feature or function important?
1. With Blendspace you have access to YouTube links, web This feature is important because it gives students and
images, PowerPoint applications, and many other teachers access to resources they will commonly need when
resources without having to ever click off the application. creating a presentation/lesson plan.
2. There is no cost for educators who use Blendspace. There This feature is important because there are so many web
are pre-made educational resources available for applications that charge you for every little thing and being
educators to use in the classroom. able to have free access to resources already made can really
benefit a student's learning.
3. Blendspace is a self-contained application, and everything This feature is important because it helps keep students and
is accessible in one click. All the elements and learning teachers' work organized.
material are housed in one place to reduce the need to
click on a bunch of items and open new tabs.

Key Text Resources with Description

1. What Is Blendspace? Five Ways To Use Blendspace In The Classroom : This resource gives a description of what Blendspace
is and how it works as well as listing ways a teacher can use Blendspace in the classroom.
2. Blendspace: This resource is very helpful; it lists off the benefits and challenges of using Blendspace and really gives
educators a good idea of what Blendspace can do for them in the classroom.
3. How to use Blendspace in the Elementary Classroom: This resource shows educators how they can use Blendspace in young
age group classrooms as well.

Key Video Resources with Description

1. How to Create Digital Lessons with Blendspace : This video is a step by step walk through on how to create your own digital
lesson plan using Blendspace. It is very helpful for anyone struggling to figure out how to create items/use Blendspace.
2. The student side of Blendspace: This video shows what Blendspace is like from a student's point of view. I think this video is
very helpful because it can show parents and educators how the child is learning and what the materials look like to them.
It can help teachers create better content when they see how it looks for the students.
3. How to Create a Blendspace: This video is just another walk through on how to create a Blendspace lesson plan. I think it's
important to know as many of these resources as possible because some might be easier to follow along with than others.

Pricing Model
Describe the free and/or paid model used by the company. Include cost, major features, and any restrictions associated with each
model.
Blendspace is a free application for educators to use. Blendspace users have access to several resources as well as making the
application adaptable for workstations. Blendspace also requires little preparation time, because all the resources students
and educators need are available in Blendspace.
Blendspace
By: Natalee Porter

Possible Improvements
Provide 3 possible improvements and explain why. 2-part answer
Describe the possible improvement. Explain why this is a needed improvement.
1. Notifying the user if a link/resource doesn’t work in This is a needed improvement because many have
Blendspace. complained that Blendspace does not alert you when an item
doesn’t work with the application, which can create many
problems when students are trying to learn from the lesson
plan given.
2. There is a lack of interactivity for students. This is a needed improvement because it is easy for the
students to get overwhelmed by the work, due to the lack of
content planning.
3. Students are not able to reset/re-take quizzes and the This is a needed improvement because students could not re-
answers continued to stay listed as incorrect or correct. test the materials or continue to learn because the answers
were already marked.

Support Available
What types or formats of support are available?
A website(Common Sense Education) that is used for teachers and parents to give feedback on certain web applications used
in the classroom.
What is the quality of the resources?
This resource was of good quality. Teachers can give honest reviews of the application.
Is there a cost associated with any of the support options?
The resource I found was free to anyone who wanted to use it.
Does the company offer a certification in the use of the product?
I'm not 100% sure if it offers a certification in the use of the product, but it does list what the application does and how to
correctly use it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Question Answer
1. How do I create a lesson plan? • How, create, lesson plan
• https://blendspace.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/67000536610-
create-lessons
• You first create a free account and then click the “new lesson” button and then
go on from there.
2. Does Blendspace work on mobile? • Mobile
• https://blendspace.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/67000536630-
does-blendspace-work-on-mobile-
• Short answer no it does not. You can view Blendspace on mobile browser but
cannot edit content.
3. How do I connect my Google Drive? • Connect, Google Drive
• https://blendspace.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/67000536608-
how-do-i-connect-my-google-drive-
• There is a google drive icon, click on the icon, allow access to your Google Drive,
once you connect it your files will be available.