iLearnNYC+Resources



=STARS iLearnNYC Tutorial:= =Single Sign On Directions=
 * [[file:STARS_STEPS_for_iLearnNYCv2.pdf]]
 * [[file:iLearnNYC Single Sign On.pdf]]

Problems Logging into VLE?
 * **For Teachers**: []
 * [[file:LoggingandAccessforiLearnNYCStaff.ppt]]


 * **For Students**: []
 * [[file:Logging and Access for iLearnNYC Students.ppt]]

Students' Usernames and Passwords
 * In order for students to appear in the online course roster, they have to be scheduled for the course in HSST/STARS. Once this scheduling is complete, your school's VLE administrator can access students' usernames and passwords. For a quick tutorial, go here: []

**Student Usernames and Passwords:** []

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=@WebEx Resources= Moodle Rooms Manual
 * [[file:using_moodle_2e.pdf]]

=Moodle Resources=
 * [[file:MoodleToolGuideforTeachers_May2010_JS.pdf]]

=Moodle Screencasts=

**MoodleRoom Access for Teachers**: [] **Moodle Dropbox Feature**: []
 * Adding a Link in Moodle
 * Using Blocks Insert Gallery
 * Moodle Basics
 * Embedding a YouTube Playlist (Demonstrate this with Teacher Tube)
 * Embedding a YouTube Video (Demonstrate this with Teacher Tube)
 * Using Moodle's Report Features
 * Creating a Mash-Up Embedding a Timeline
 * Adding a Feedback Survey
 * Inserting a Glossary

=Resources for Educators:= > []
 * Smartboard Lesson Plans and Activities:
 * [|NYCDOE] Teacher resource page: []
 * Online Gizmo : online survey tool that can be used in a wiki: found this resource here: http://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/AcademicBiologyVery Clean look. Students can complete their assignment right on the wiki
 * All materials are available to educators free of charge at http://21cpd.wikispaces.com/. Here is some of what you will find:

> In Celebrating Student Work with a Virtual Science Fair participants discover how wikis, online rubrics, electronic science notebooks and other technology tools can enhance the students’ ability to share, comment to, and reflect on science experiments virtually. Upon completion of this class, participants will be able to go back to the classroom and conduct a virtual science fair.
 * Celebrating Student Work with a Virtual Science Fair

> Discover how to enrich social studies instruction with digital documentaries using the American Revolution as a sample unit of study. In this class participants investigate key individuals from that period in history and present their contributions in a digital documentary requiring students to use the research process, storyboard, include narration, and credit their work appropriately.
 * Enrich the Study of American Revolution with Digital Documentaries

> SmartBoards have been proven to be effective teaching and learning tools in the classroom for reaching all students with multiple learning styles. This four session course will focus on training the ELA teacher to: · understand the tools and advanced functions to fully utilize the Smartboard in the classroom · locate and examine existing SmartBoard ELA lessons · build a library of existing SmartBoard lessons · create a SmartBoard lesson specifically designed to address their students’ academic needs.
 * [|Utilizing Smartboards to Enrich Literacy Instruction]

> In Celebrating Student Math Work with Digital Data Displays participants discover how to use technology to enhance the learner's ability to collect, organize, display and analyze data. Upon completion of this class, participants will have the resources to use technology to publish student work.
 * Celebrating Student Math Work with Digital Data Displays


 * Creating An Online Wellness Community: Managing Resources Effectively In Enriching the Promotion of Fitness & Health Programs with Technology participants develop a wiki to create an on-line forum to improve coordination of community health resources for students, parents, school staff members and other community members. Participants will then have the opportunity to develop a presentation to promote their online wellness community as well as their physical education program.

> English Language Arts teachers will discover how to support their students in using technology to enhance the writing component of exit projects and project based learning. Participants explore the stages of the writing process and learn how digital graphic organizers, wikis, blogs, advanced word processing features and more can support collecting ideas and selecting topics to capture in an electronic writer’s notebook. Participants learn to use these tools to to foster writing and research skills, and in the development of critical thinking skills and language arts skills. The class culminates with participants celebrating writing using a collaborative online tool to publish their work. =iTunes U Resources by Subject Area:=
 * Project-based Learning and Exit Project Writing in the 21st Century
 * All Resources: []

=Resources from the Innovative Educator:=
 * Creating Vidoe Playlists Using Embedr.com
 * Social Media in Education MYTHS
 * @http://moodletuts.com/

=Resources for Leaders:= > You need ideas about how to enhance the curriculum with technology. A great place to start is with the **Information Communication Technology Literacy Maps.**In collaboration with several content area organizations, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills developed a series of ICT Literacy Maps illustrating the intersection between Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy and core academic subjects including English, mathematics, science and social studies (civics/government, geography, economics, history). The maps enable educators to gain concrete examples of how ICT Literacy can be integrated into core subjects, while making the teaching and learning of core subjects more relevant to the demands of the 21st century. The download the maps below to get started.
 * ACOT2 **:** has identified six design principles for the 21st century high school. Click on the link to explore those designe principals and there resources.
 * **Google for Educators**: []
 * **21st Century ICT Curriculum Maps**:
 * ICT Literacy Map - Geography - Map
 * ICT Literacy Map - Math - Map
 * ICT Literacy Map - Science - Map
 * ICT Literacy Map - Social Studies - Map
 * ICT Literacy Map - English

=NYCDOE Helpful Links:=
 * Professional Teaching Standards
 * Principals Portal
 * Internet Acceptable Use Policy

=iNACOL Standards & Resources:=
 * iNACOL Standards of Quality for Online Courses
 * [|Online Learning in the Race to the Top Round 2 Finalists' Applications Wiki]
 * [|iNACOL Promising Practices in Online Learning Series]
 * [|iNACOL National Standards of Quality]
 * [|iNACOL Fast Facts About Online Learning]
 * [|iNACOL Online Bookstore]
 * [|Susan Patrick Video Advocating Online Learning] (Edutopia, July 2010)
 * [|Keeping Pace with K-12 Online Learning: A Review of State-level Policy and Practice], by John Watson (November 2009)
 * [|iNACOL Research Committee Issues Brief: An Exploration of At-Risk Learners and Online Education] (April 2010)
 * [|The Online Learning Imperative: A Solution to Three Looming Crises in Education], by Governor Bob Wise, Alliance for Excellent Education (February 2010)
 * [|Research Committee Issues Brief: Examining Communication and Interaction in Online Teaching], iNACOL (September 2009)
 * [|A Summary of Research on the Effectiveness of K-12 Online Learning], iNACOL (September 2009)
 * [|What Can Congress and The Federal Government Do To Promote Quality Online Learning Opportunity For All Students?], iNACOL (August 2009)
 * [|Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies], U.S. Department of Education (June 26, 2009)
 * [|Guidelines for Professional Development of Online Teachers], SREB (May 2009)
 * [|IESD Comprehensive Technical Report: Evaluation of the Social Skills of Full-Time, Online Public School Students], Online Public School Students (May 2009)
 * [|Getting Students More Learning Time Online: Distance Education in Support of Expanded Learning Time in K-12 Schools], by the Center for American Progress (May 2009)
 * [|20/20 Costs and Funding of Virtual Schools] A Report Prepared for the BellSouth Foundation by APA (November 2006)