PS/MS207
Howard Beach
Barbara M. King
Grades 6,8 Technology
Grade 8 Spanish
Grade 8 ELA/Research
Robotics Club
Our Middle School
PK-8 School
Middle School (3 classes per grade, 25-29 students)
We started ilearnnyc.net last September
All subject areas/teachers are expected to use it for everything
Before ilearnnyc
Every teacher had his/her own class blogs (wordpress, edublogs, blogger, etc.)
Every teacher used engrade.com for grade entries
Parent Workshops
2 PTA-sponsored evening workshops on what the LMS was all about
They wanted a single location where all grades could be viewed – Joe helped create a widget on the homepage for this
They wanted notifications of new grade items, etc. – the Notification section allowed for this.
Teacher Workshops
I was given 5 periods/week to work with teachers during preps
4 professional development sessions after-school on Mondays have been devoted to ilearn LMS
Also available wherever/whenever
Student Workshops
Students received usernames and “how-to” use the LMS system during technology class instruction.
On-going as needed