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Our district has a subscription with Learning.com. LMS: Learning management system digital management system. Digital items to get them. So you don't have to hunt for anything. "Market Place"-Blend other sites into one place such as Khan Academy We still have Connected TEch. We can assess both learning.com and Connected Tech We have 2 Technology online books. Technology textbook online.

The link below will take you to the site. Learning.com Username: the beginning of your email If you forgot your password, click " Forgot Password?" They will send you a new password.

Before getting started:
 * Technology department will upload student info each year
 * Students and teachers can access it from home.
 * 5th grade can take a technology pre-assessment then teacher can create a learning plan
 * Bulk Updates: Remove students from classes to get rid of students that were in previous classes.
 * **If you don't see Teacher view in Safari: Check your pop up blocker. Go to Safari and deselect Pop Up Blocker.**
 * **Firefox-Preferences-deselect Pop Up Blocker**
 * Didn't seem to be issues in FireFox

Provides engaging and motivating supplemental K-5 curriculum that builds students' foundational skills for math success. Fully aligned to state and Common Core standards, Aha!Math supports teachers with multiple models of instruction, and the data to make informed decisions.
 * K-5 Aha! Math is included in this bundle.**
 * Lessons can be interactive on white board.
 * Assign lessons to students
 * Very little in Spanish
 * Use this as an introduction to math or give it to students ---Good for [[image:flipped.jpg width="129" height="76"]]
 * Supplemental content
 * Not in Spanish...awww man!
 * Assign individual assignments for kids
 * Students will be checked for understanding
 * They will get a grade for assignment-teacher will see in gradebook
 * There are some games. Game gets progressively harder
 * There are quizzes to check for understanding


 * Aha! Science is included in the bundle.**
 * Much of what is in the Aha! Math bundle
 * None in Spanish. :-(


 * Individual Content:**
 * teacher can add an individual lesson for a student
 * Exm: I want a student to work on a multiplication. I can assign multiplication lesson for that student.


 * Keyboarding Programs**
 * Typing Pals
 * Prescriptive Typing (Very cute!)


 * For the STAAR test
 * Review questions that TEA has provided and created some questions
 * Robust
 * Give to students and it will be self graded
 * Students can go back and return to the question, if they want to change it. It will show the student what they had selected. Then make change.
 * //Turn in Test// when COMPLETELY finished!
 * Students can come back and work on it AS LONG AS they don't "turn in Test". Make sure they press the X so that they can return to it at altar time.
 * Make sure that you assign a STAAR assessment with a start and end date. Can also include a time frame (8:00am-3:30)
 * Select //Randomize the Questions//
 * Look at scores: Click on Prescribe Curriculum (60% or less for prescribed lessons)
 * Can't see exactly what the student scored on each question (bummer)
 * Make curriculum inactive during daily time window-Makes a student take the test before going to anything else.


 * Students can...**
 * Customize their page with a picture and background
 * Students click on Assignements to see what has been created.
 * Students can see the score they received (on the right)
 * If student only gets half way through, the lesson is bookmarked, it is retained. It will ask if you want to continue or restart. (Nice feature!(
 * Receive content in Spanish! Yes, all the content is in Spanish. The interactive portions!
 * Receive //math// and //science// instruction

Allows you to differentiate instruction Can be in teacher window and show the lesson (View button) prior to assigning the lesson.
 * Teachers:**

Icons to know: J=Journal (send out an assignment and they can send it back to you) Q=quiz L=Lesson G=Game D=Discussion S=Simulation (digital lab) I=Interactive A=Activity (like a worksheet) Student can't give it back. Static worksheet. W=Web link
 * Blue ** icon means created by Learning.com
 * Green ** icon means created by a teacher.

Student Apps Pencil Icon Enable Student Apps (Science Glossary/Typing Pal) You can add these to the student pages.

Create a Class Click on +Desk icon on the left or at the top.
 * Getting Started:**
 * Name your class
 * New window opens up to add information and criteria.
 * STUDENTS and PARENTS CAN SEE THE DESCRIPTION box that you type. BE SENSITIVE!
 * You can either select Lesson Certificate: Printable/View Only/None. Most people use View only: Positive reinforcement! :-)
 * Student Tracking: Yes (If you select NO, it becomes a generic class. You would have every student use the same password.
 * You can set a minimum score.
 * Be sure to Click SAVE

Select Grade level Either Enroll each student or put a check mark next to the student name. Be sure to click Enroll selected.
 * Add Students:**

PRINT LOG in Cards is a tab you might want to print This will generate a card for their log in and password. You can print and laminate for each student. Log in NOT case sensitive, password is case sensitive.

Because, there are so many lessons that will just be listed down the page, students might be overwhelmed be the list, you can create other classes for the content. This will be visually better for students so it is not overwhelming with all the assignments. You can assign students classes...such as Math, Science, Keyboarding, Digital Citizenship... RTI group. Students will see the list on the main page. Click on Add Course Group Select your Class Add a Group name Click Add Enroll Students Add curriculum (see below)
 * Subgroups/Additional Classes:**

Create an Item:

Scroll to the bottom Drag and drop it to your favorites bar to have on hand at any time.

Open up a website. Click on the Deselect Share this content Drag the link to your bookmark bar. Go to a site and then click on the bookmark to add it as a link. Must **save** and be successful!

Go back to My Curriculum - Create an Item Select Journal - Next Give it a name Journal Description Put a grade Deselect Share this Content AS YOU WORK - BE SURE TO SAVE AND OPEN UP AND EDIT So you don't lose your information. Estimated time is only to show how long you think it might take. Usually for when you are sharing.
 * Create a Journal Assignment**

Embed a video in your journal assignment Go to the video Find the word SHARE Click on Embed Code Copy Embed Code Back to site Click enter Paste in html code for video Back to Design
 * Change page to html at the bottom.**

Response Template Tab is where students write answers. You can add questions here. Students can erase so be careful. You might want to add them to the Prompt so they can go back and see questions IF they accidentally delete the questions. Save Journal will show up in Items Created

Add links Be sure to select TARGET: New Window! File Manager allows you to upload a document

Assign Curriculum Be sure to be in your class to assign Item (at bottom) Assign

Assign Content: Click on the Book icon: Assign Curriculum (either at the top or to the left) WayFind: Teacher Assessment alligned to NETS-T NETS-T: Teacher professional development Students will not see what grade level of the assignment. You can can assign Discovery Education videos! You can rearrange the assignments by clicking and dragging them on the left side.

Easy Tech options are K-8, K-5, Online Safety, Easytech keyboarding

Favorites If you go search for items but don't have time to go to it now, you can click the little heart and and it will save in your Favorites in My Curriculum. X to delete it.

Kelly Erwin has created a bunch of really great lessons. Do a search for her. Diane Kahanek as well.

Lesson View Double secret key stroke! Shhh! HOLD control shift tilde click on easy in top left corner. This will allow you to fast forward. It will show you a fast forward button. DO NOT SHOW the kids. Do the same to get rid of it!

List of assignments. Teacher adds the directions. Top left. A student can chat with you in the Comments section. It will send you a notification about a comment being sent. Student can then answer questions. Add an attachment. Insert graphics. They can save it and then come back to answer if they aren't finished answering. Caution: Once it is //Turned in//...it can't be changed. You can see it, but can't change it. A teacher can go back and open it up for a student.
 * Student View**

LMS they allow educators to put in content. Only in your account or share within the district. Or you can share the lesson throughout the Learning.com universe! How do you find the content? Type in key word in the search feature: volcano (click search) Be sure to preview lessons created by other teachers before assigning! Blue world icon means Discovery Education You will get a Skysso (sso-single sign on) login: Student and teacher can access Discovery Education. From now on I will not have to do the SKysso. Once you have done it once, it will always allow you to access it. To find out how to create items, go to the HELP button and search create content.
 * Teacher Created Materials:**
 * Blue ** icon means created by Learning.com
 * Green ** icon means created by a teacher.

Some of these are free such as Khan Academy Select a Site Add to Library



Web 2.0 Content that can be Embedded into SKY
 * Embed these items into your lessons... **

Teacher Tube

You Tube Click Embed and Uncheck Related Videos Presentations in Google Docs are Embeddable Share>Publish/Embed Forms in Google Docs are Embeddable Wall Wisher Do More>Embed Glogster.edu My Dashboard Scroll down to the bottom and look for the code Animoto Video Toolbox>Embed Voicethread Menu>Embed VOKI I've use the Wordpress format Large>Get Code

Jing Screencast.com

PBS Video Hover over the video and Click embed

Prezi

NeoK12 This site has many videos and games. Many of the videos are You Tube Videos that can be embedded (without the You Tube Site).

SlideShare a collection of slideshows that people have created and can be embedded or downloaded.

NASA Videos Are embeddable

Blabberize

TAGXEDO word clouds

Other Cool Resources

Triptico Classroom Resources in Flash--Name Picker, Timer, etc.

La Belle Interactive Texas Explorer Website

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