Lake Middle School teachers use 'blended learning' in the classroom

Lake teachers Ken Mysinger, left, and Aaron Bailey. (Photo: J.D. Pooley/Sentinel-Tribune)

MILLBURY - Aaron Bailey is a young middle school teacher, eagerly embracing YouTube, Moodle, My Big Campus and podcasts in his Lake School District classroom.
Colleague Ken Mysinger is, well, a little bit older.
But Mysinger, also a middle school teacher, is just as interested in incorporating technology in his lessons.
The two social studies teachers teamed up to talk technology to their peers, giving a "How to Find the Techie in You" presentation at the Ohio eTech Conference in Columbus in February. Jay Ackerman, Lake Middle School principal, said Bailey and Mysinger had one of the only presentations out of 100 to get a rousing round of applause from fellow educators at the conference.
The teachers gave an abbreviated talk at the April Lake Board of Education meeting.
"Blended learning," they said, combines traditional ways of teaching with technology.
Both teachers like to give a good, old lecture in class.