Professional Documents
Culture Documents
July 2013
Introductions
Please introduce
Stephanie Ramos
yourself and share
Implementation Manager
what language you
East Chicago, IN
teach
Agenda
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Goal
Maximize students
world language learning
What Courses Do We Offer?
Elementary
Introduction to the language.
Focus on learning words and phrasesnot grammar!
Vocabulary acquisition is based on the diglot story.
Best to start students once theyre able to read.
Language Levels
Middle School
Exact same content as High School courses
Middle School year 1 and 2 = High School year 1
Language Levels
High School
4 years of Spanish and French (Levels I-III and AP)
Level III prepares students for AP level.
Level III and AP dont have the same number and
variety of games (no games in AP)
2 years of Chinese, German, and Latin
Language Levels
Listening
Listening Speaking
Speaking Reading
Reading Writing Grammar
Grammar Culture
Culture
Examples:
Pronunciation Station = listening and speaking
Realia = reading
Vocabulary blanks, Writing Practices = writing
Sentence Comparison, Grammar Hunches = grammar
Culture Video = culture
Course Information
Course Structure
180 lessons per course
Each lesson = 35 to 55 minutes
5 lessons in a unit (Monday - Friday)
Unit pattern/weekly cycle
Weekly Cycle
Do you remember ?
Guided Exploration
Student Experience
Purpose:
Experience the course as a student
Explore the structure and the types of activities
Duration: ~ 45 minutes
Student Exploration
Go to demo.pglms.com
Complete Pages 1-2 of the Guided Exploration handout
Return to our presentation.
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Questions
Live Demo
Teacher Navigation
Teacher Review
Do you remember ?
Guided Exploration
Teacher Experience
Purpose:
Experience the course as a teacher
Monitor student work and provide feedback
Duration: ~ 30 minutes
Professional Development Website
http://pd.middil.com
Username/Password: psteacher
Professional Development Website
Go to demo.pglms.com
Complete Pages 3-4 of the Guided Exploration handout
Return to our presentation
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Guided Exploration
Purpose:
Experience the course as a student
Check messages and feedback
Duration: ~ 10 minutes
Continued Exploration
Continue exploring
your course as a student
your course as a teacher
the MIL PD website
ASK What are your next steps to start using the program
with students?
Planning Your Next Steps
ILEARN LOG-IN: Log into www.ilearnnyc.net using your DOE username and
password.
Students can retrieve their designated iLearn Username by entering their
Student ID and birthdate.
Students are able to set their own password which can be retrieved by entering
their Student ID and birthdate. So students only need a Student ID and
birthdate to login.
MY COURSES: Under My Courses click on the name of the course with
Powerspeak (Schools determine the name of this course when they set it up
themselves, e.g. Robinson French or 9th Grade Powerspeak)
CONTENT: Click Content in the navigation bar
How Will Students Access Powerspeak?
SELECT COURSE: Under the heading Middlebury Powerspeak click the name
of the Powerspeak class youre logging into, e.g. Elementary French 1A
SELECT LINK: A new window should pop up click the link that says Select this
link to accessthe name of course
You should now be logged into your Powerspeak course.
Demo Access to iLearnNYC
http://ilearnnyc.net
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iLearn Wiki Spaces
http://ilearnnyc.wikispaces.com/
Student Orientation
Implementation / Student Use Plan
Student Goal Sheet
Powerspeak Teacher Checklist
Other Resources
iLearn Help Desk
http://www.desire2learn.com/sup/ilearn/ilearn-support.asp?
org=iLearnNYC&uname=&fname=&lname=&ou=6606&ouName=iLearnN
YC&email=@schools.nyc.gov