SuccessNet - Pearson -Paul Richins

Most classrooms have some sort of projection system. The way they will use it now is different because of the content with this curriculum.

To Log in:
http://pearsonsuccessnet.com

Username first_last
PW 6 characters minimum--district standard is district pw

Everything a student accesses is what is assigned by the teacher with the exception of the 2-d print (same as their text books)

Teachers can generate tests and have students complete end of level/benchmark, etc.

mypearsontraining.com is key because teachers can get inservice on demand
envisionMATH page has tutorials for teachers

Good idea to have teachers go over the overview tutorials for the appropriate grade level

Everything in print is also digital (appx 60% more available
digitally than printed)

Tools4MATH - online manipulatives

DimensionM- game environment

ExamView Test Generator has to be loaded to the hard drive.

Can open lessons online and use PDF or with digital resources

All student data is purged in the fall.

All teachers have DVD-ROMs in case the network is down or something.

Teachers can use a .pdf with an interactive white board and save the worksheet digitally.

Click Check computer settings from the home page. You will see green check marks if you have what you need. Flash and Shockwave will be required to use the system. It will say click here to check _____.

iPad users may have problems with the Flash issue.

This program is bi-lingual with a click of a button.

Any change made you must log out and log back in before changes will show.

Lesson Openers:
k-2 interactive story
3-6 video


View-teaching the lesson
Assign-assigns lessons for kids to do online
Information-UT standards and core, including new core
Teacher's Edition

Each lesson takes appx 60 min to complete
They are broken down into Learn, Guided Practice, and Quiz

Guided Practice allows you to go from print to interactive and back and forth.

There are online manipulatives that go with the practice sections.

Quiz is a quick check for understanding.

Consumables for K-2. Not sure about 3-6.

Resource can have k-6 content

Other grades only have their grade level -- choose all three from one grade level.

Print Parent Letter from the roster screen. It shows their username, password, and tech support phone numbers.

The district can also upload the classes.

There have to be students added in SuccessTracker to manage.

Use Parent Night or Back to School Night to have parents go into the lab to see the product.

CBT

This testing has been extremely frustrating at times, and fine at others. The problems we incurred were not in our control. There isn't enough bandwidth at UEN to support all of the schools in the state of UT hitting their servers at the same time. I'm at Park Lane today, and we had machines freeze at the beginning of testing but everything seems be working fine now. It is strange how sometimes it is very easy and other times very difficult. I do hope they get these issues resolved before next year!

iWorks Training

I enjoyed teaching this class with Jethro. He is a very dynamic instructor and I learned a lot from him, just as the participants in the class did. We only had 9 in our class, but that was a very good size for us to be able to provide more one-to-one help. We took turns with helping the class members.

I look forward to this type of training in the fall as we plan for the "23 Things" professional development opportunities.