make study island work for you… instead of you working on study island. mrs. irish dyer, txva 7 th...

MAKE STUDY ISLAND WORK FOR YOU…INSTEAD OF YOU WORKING ON STUDY ISLAND.

Mrs. Irish Dyer, TXVA7th & 8th Grade Homeroom / 7th grade Science Teacher

Summary

Abstract

• Brief description of how to make Study Island work for you to get the results you want from your students, instead of you having to work to get Study Island results from your students.

Learning Objectives

• 1. Set up a class / group / individual assignments in study island.

• 2. Create announcements / web links / calendar of events.

• 3. Automatically notify parents daily / weekly / monthly on set parameters.

• 4. Easily monitor grades through study island.

• 5. The ever ongoing pursuit for the best cup of coffee for the morning.

Presenter: Mrs. Irish DyerBrief Biography• 9th year in the educational field. • Schooling: Richland Community College, University of

Colorado at Boulder, & Texas Woman's University. • AED Pre-Health member, Phi Alpha Theta History & Government

Honors Society. • 3 girls: Trinity, Inara, & River. (A special kudos if you can guess where

we got their names from! )• Why virtual teaching was a saving grace for our family… Trinity had scoliosis surgery at the Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas, Texas…the same month I was offered this position.

You can see the amazing before and after x-rays here to the left…

Really amazing...

Background

Our Challenge• To work smarter, not harder, for

the benefit of our students.• Involve Learning Coaches /

Parents in real time to address any learning gaps sooner.

• Essential for assisting those students that may have skated through the program unnoticed.

Our Exploration

Study Island was explored in detail by hands on experience through different school environments. (Virtual, public, and charter). It ultimately culminated into the information presented here for you today.

Absolutely not the definitive parameters of what Study Island can do or be used for, but definitely some more tools in your tool-belt to access for use.

Welcome to The Island!

It’s Island Time!How to get The Island to work for you……

Agenda for Presentation:

• Set up a class• Assign Pathways / Work Samples /

Pathways. (Class / Individual)• Assign automatic parent

notifications• Easily extract Study Island grades.

Setting up a class…

Inside the class manager…

Title your class…choose your students

Many important points on this page…

• Add assignments… individual students and whole class…

• Class Notes…• Class Page Activated…

My class notes never change….I put the same thing in my class notes as I put in the “directions” area of each assignment. It doesn’t actually seem to get read, but it helps when talking to LCs about DirectionsFor Study Island….

Suggestion for class links….You can put helpful links in the class links section. I highly recommend putting in a link for the blog site, K12 OLS site, and any other possible helpful sites for tutoring. Maybe add TTM & iStation Links Soon….

Suggestion for class events….I put another copy of the Work Samples inside here. I also put events for Benchmark assignments and tests here. I’m not entirely sure if this is utilized, but I want to make this information as Easily foundAs humanly Possible.

And now to add an assignment…

One student, a few students, a whole class…you can choose…

What my finished classroom looks like…a few things to note…

This is where Study Island “works” for you and your LCs

Parent Notifications tab in S.I.

• I take the OMNI report and filter it by my homeroom teacher name…then by grade level.

• I go into Parent Notifications and insert the email address for each student’s LC from the OMNI report. (It is worth the 20 – 30 min. at the beginning of the school year to set this up…I think.)

• I set Study Island to notify parents weekly of any grades lower than a 70, and monthly for everyone to receive a summary report.

• Please let your LCs know to expect this and explain to them it is an automated service, even though it will have your name listed as the “from” sender.

What my finished classroom looks like…a few things to note…

Any questions??? ( :

Thank You for Attending!

Thank you for your time and interest.

Contact Information

• I am always open for suggestions / feedback / collaboration / assisting. I believe teachers learn best when we talk to each other. Please feel free to contact me:

• Email: idyer@k12.com or irish_anne@yahoo.com

• Yahoo IM: dyer_txva or irish_anne

• My professional website: http://sites.google.com/site/rishgrrl

• My personal teacher website created for my virtual students:

– http://idyerclassroom.weebly.com (Password: txva2013)

AcknowledgementsA special shout out goes to my principal, Mrs. Kelly Morando, for giving me the nudge to put myself out there like this. Thank you!

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