Housekeeping

__Your role (as the class teacher) in ICT lessons: __  
 * We are basically in a team teaching situation where you'll do exactly the same thing as me unless I allocate you a specific role for a lesson.
 * It's really important that you listen to the introduction of the lesson along with the students, so you know what we're doing and how you need to assist them. Usually at the end of the introduction I'll say "Ms/Mr... and I will be... while you're doing your work" so students are also aware of our roles.
 * Please don't bring any marking or other work in the ICT lab and don't drop off your class. I need you to be there to assist me because students need a lot of support at this stage and the lesson will be half as fruitful without you there. If another teacher is relieving you, please inform them the same.

__Using the Level 1 ICT Lab when I'm not there: __  
 * I really encourage you to bring down your class to teach the allocated lesson if I'm absent from school. I'll try to leave Daybook/program pages. You can also see Mrs M***** if you need anything.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">To use the interactive whiteboard, please open the program called 'eBeam Interact' from the 'Start' menu. Then, use it as normal. Please calibrate the screen if you find the stylus is not working very well.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">If you're the last class in for the day, please make sure all computers are shut down and the window is closed. A lot of students will switch off the monitor and some switch off the hard drive (which damages it) and think they have shut down. The correct procedure is to go to 'Start,' then click 'Shut Down' and finally click 'Ok.' After that, they just have to turn off the monitor. At no time should anyone switch off the hard disk.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">If you're having a stage/grade meeting there, the same rule applies. If you have used a computer, please shut it down properly before you leave the room.

__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Lexile Reading Program: __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="background: white; display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Teacher's please access your Lexile accounts and monitor the students' progress. Please see me if you need your log in details.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Ask students to bring their diary to the ICT lab for the Lexile log in details, when they're due to do a quiz or test.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">It's your job to contact parents if students have not been reading and completing quizzes without a reasonable explanation.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">There will be a Lexile Test in the beginning of each term to assess students' improvement (hopefully). This will be followed by book quizzes every second week.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Please remind students that book titles must be typed carefully and correctly. Otherwise they cannot access the quiz. It's a good idea for students to write down their book title somewhere in their diary or if they have a reading log. Teachers please think about having students keep a reading log. Students can also bring their book/novel with them to the computer lab when they're due to do a quiz.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Students can do the diary entries at home, about each book that they have read.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Please try to make sure your class doesn't miss their library session and try to organise make up sessions.
 * <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">If books are not available for a particular number, you need to inform Mr A*** straight away. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
 * <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">If you have computers in you class, please have students do a book quiz as soon as they finish reading a book. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Any books that are identified as not having a book quiz needs to be given to me, before returning to the library. A quiz will be created and the student notified as to when he/she can do it.

__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Portfolios: __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="background: white; display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Usually, the first lesson/s I'll teach in the term will be that term's ICT portfolio task. From this term, I'll send off the sheets with task description and skills checklist. You as the class teacher need to send it back to me with student details filled out e.g. name, class, and date. Year 2-6 can fill in their own details. Please insist that students write their full name as it is on the class list otherwise I'll not be able to identify it. Please check students details are written in correctly before sending it to me. I'll then fill in the ticks, attach it to the work samples and send them back to you. Please return plastic sleeves back to me for the purposes of recycling.
 * <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Please let me know if anyone's work is missing or if there are any other issues. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Students work samples will be in Black and White this term unfortunately :(

__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Technology Component in Reports: __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="background: white; display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">
 * <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">To help you report on ' //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Handwriting and Computer Technology' //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">outcome in English and ' //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Using Technology' //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> outcome in SciTech, I'll be listing some skills criteria and each will be worth 5 marks. I'll have these pasted against the class list. Over a few lessons in the computer lab, you can give students marks based on their performance. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Then you can add up the marks and use our school's grading criteria e.g. <90%=A and so on, for awarding grades. Please remember that it'll be you who'll allocate the marks and I'll assist you with it. I'll explain what you're looking for to award 5 marks and conversely, to award 1 mark.

__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Logging in: __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="background: white; display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">
 * <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">All students must log into the computers with their class username and password. Otherwise, they may not access the resources I have saved and prepared for their work and they will not be able to save their work in their class folder. If any student's work is not in the class folder, others may temper with it and it may be deleted and I'll not be able to access it for assessment purposes. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
 * <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Class username is just the class name and password is the first 3 letters of the class name. For 3Gold for example, the details will be- username: 3gold and password: 3gol. Please remember that there should be no spaces or capitals. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
 * <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">K-1 teachers: Please log in for your class after you enter the ICT lab. On days when we do pair work, just log in every second computer. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Year 2 have done a fantastic job of learning how to log in for themselves in Term 3 and this will improve with time. For now we just need to assist them every time they're logging in.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">3-6 teachers, please insist that students use their class user name and password to log in even when they use the Level 3 Lab. Many students are finding it hard to break the habit of using 'pstudent' which is a common user account (students' work is not safe) and should only be used as an alternative if there was any problem with the class account.

__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Logging off: __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="background: white; display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">
 * <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo7; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Students must log off at the end of each lesson. They don't need to turn off monitors. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo7; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">They must never turn off the computer.

__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Shutting down: __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="background: white; display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">
 * <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The last class of the day needs to shut down the computer. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Teachers please move around and actively remind your students the correct way of shutting down computers.
 * <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The correct procedure is to go to 'Start,' then click 'Shut Down' and finally click 'Ok.' After that, they just have to turn off the monitor. At no time should anyone switch off the hard disk. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">

__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Reward System: __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo9; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">I'm in the process of setting up a reward system to be in place starting next year. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.