EDTEC 685
John Feeney
Colin Fiesbeck
Eastwood Middle School
ArkNet
SIS Tools Datamine/PEP
SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory)
ALEKS
International Baccalaureate (IB) Program
iWeb
Angel Learning Management System
Producer Server
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One of three middle schools within MSD of Washington township
Community is diverse in cultures, religion, ethnic groups, and SES levels
700 students ranging from 6th-8th grade
Average staff age is 43
Apple machines with Admin. using HP
3 Apple computer labs with 30 stations each
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https://sis.msdwt.k12.in.us/cgi-bin/wspd_cgi.sh/WService=arknet/ARKNet/login.htm
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The most powerful SIS used in Washington Township Schools.
Teachers and administrators can use this system for attendance, building student schedules, and gathering student data.
ArkNet can also be used to do such things as entering in code of conduct, running student information reports, entering grades, managing student fees, assigning and maintaining lockers, and registration for students.
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Accessible for all teachers within MSD of Washington Township
Access a variety of student data
Able to search demographics, trends, create surveys, review ISTEP assessment scores
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SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory)
SRI is a reading comprehension test that assesses students’ reading ability.
Tests are taken periodically throughout the year and then tracked by the individual’s teacher.
Each test is adaptive and will adjust to each of the students’ responses. (Difficulty level of questions change based on student performance)
Information is then used to help teams and administrators make decisions for remediation and acceleration.
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ALEKS
ALEKS is a web-based math assessment and learning system.
Adaptive questioning is also used with this program.
This test will figure out exactly what type of information the learner needs help with, and then start training the learner in those areas.
Periodically, the ALEKS program will reassess the learner to see if information is being retained.
Also available: One-on-one instruction from 24/7 from all web-based computers.
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International Baccalaureate (IB) Program
By implementing IB at both the elementary and middle school levels, Washington Township has become the first district-wide IB program in the state of Indiana.
Non-profit education foundation that is intended for students from the age of 3 to 19.
The three different programs available to students help develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing world.
Washington Township IB Program
http://www.msdwt.k12.in.us/IB.html
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iWeb
Every teacher and student station in Washington Township is equipped with iLife, which is a suite of 5 software applications. (iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, Garageband, and iWeb)
iWeb allows users to create and manage websites using Apple templates.
Each template comes with coordinated fonts, backgrounds, and colors to give your site a consistent look throughout.
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http://angel.msdwt.k12.in.us/default.asp
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Login using your district assigned user name and password
Able to upload and store files
Accessible where Internet access is available
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Access to courses, calendar, announcements, links, storage files, and resources
Find and create courses
Can limit access to courses with course password
Edit profile and add characteristics
Help button to allow easy solutions to issues
Calendar displaying each days events
Announcements viable for all courses
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Create and Edit an individual course information
Access to…
Syllabus
Calendar
Lessons
Communication tools
Resources
Reports
Data Management Tools
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Can limit access to students for each type of content created
Can create detailed lesson plans that are linked to state standards and objectives
Folders to organize content
Create links to documents on the Internet
Upload files from your computer to your assignments
Create drop boxes for users to submit files
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Create games showing course content
Develop discussion forums
Create blogs and wiki pages for students to and posts and edit freely
Create assessment including tests and exams
Create and add surveys
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http://producer.msdwt.k12.in.us/
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Producer Server provides teachers a location to create there own pages including wiki pages, blogs, and podcast capture abilities.
All teachers are able to access the producer server with their district user name and password
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Able to create video with audio types of podcasts
Create audio podcasts
Dual podcast ability to create podcasts with two video sources
Upload video and audio files to your producer server page
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Please visit the following website if you would like more information about the informatics used within our school district:
http://www.msdwt.k12.in.us/
To return to our blog sites, please click the following links:
John Feeney - http://wordpress.tc.bsu.edu/jjfeeney/
Colin Fiesbeck - http://wordpress.tc.bsu.edu/cgfiesbeck/
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