benchmark universe presentation for sweeney
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Building Success with
NEW
Professional Development Day
October 16, 2013
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Manage Learning Customize Instruction
Increase Achievement!
Training Objectives
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In our time together, we will…
• Create bookshelves, select and assign
resources to meet the instructional needs of ALL
students in our diverse classrooms.
• Understand how to use the Teacher Wall and Student Wall to access and manage the online tools for teaching and learning;
• Identify the features and functionalities of
Interactive Whiteboard Resources and Talking
E-Books in the New Benchmark Universe;
Teacher Wall
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Welcome - My Profile
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Change your avatar.
Select areas of
interest. Look for
updates on this page
in the spring.
Message Center
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Sharing information:
Teacher to Teacher
Teacher to Student
Student to Teacher
BUT NOT
Student to Student !
Share Space
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Students can
share book
reviews from
their libraries
with others!
Benchmark Blog
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Not
available at
this time.
Support
Teacher Tutorials,User Guides, Help
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Your Turn!
• Change your avatar.
• Add your interests.
• Check your computer systems.
• Review a tutorial.
My Library
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Library Search
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Title Details
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Model and Share Book Reviews
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Writer’s Workshop Tab
• This tab worked for me the other day, but
not now. Would be nice to have a screen
shot or two.
Word Study
• Add screen shot of Word Study pages for
3rd grade and 4th grade (it works)
• Grade 5 DOESN’T WORK
Phonics Tab
• Add screen shot of
Show pic of instruction card, frieze card and
Take Home Activity
-Information ready for K,1, and 2
-Note the Program Implementation &
Management Guide located under this tab
Related Teacher Resources
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Benchmark Literacy Teacher
Common Core
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• Do a library search using the different
selection tabs
• Open up a title
• Peruse through a different literacy tab
• Check out the Benchmark Common Core
tab
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Your Turn!
Complete the Benchmark Universe, Test Drive: Teacher Wall, Part 1
Bookshelves
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Like
creating
playlists for
your
literacy
instruction!
• Create a bookshelf or two!
Your Turn!
Posters
• I don’t’ know if the next slide should be
here. Running on empty so will look at
this section with fresh eyes tomorrow.
Assign Students / Groups
to an Assignment
Complete the Test Drive Activities Talking E-Books
Your Turn!
Search Interactive Whiteboards
for Bookshelf
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Customized Interactive
Whiteboard Lessons
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Your Turn!
Complete the Test Drive Activities, Interactive Whiteboard
Resources
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Manage Students
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Create Student Groups
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Assignments
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Create an Assignment
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Add Materials to an Assignment
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Customize Talking Ebooks
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View Existing Assignments
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Your Turn!
Complete the Benchmark Universe, Test Drive: Teacher Wall, Part 2
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The Student Interface
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Student Wall
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Welcome – My Profile
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Message Center
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Assignments
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Share Space
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My Library
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Write and Share Book Reviews
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My Progress
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Student
Tutorials, User
Guides, Help
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Your Turn!
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Complete the Test Drive, Parts 2 and 3: Student Wall
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Managing Learning / Customizing Instruction…
Teacher Wall and
Resources
Student Wall and
Resources
Whole Group
Small Group
Independent
Reading and
Learning
Integrating Technology
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Implementing Benchmark
Universe
What supports do you have to
implement Benchmark Universe with
your students?
•Video Clip Tutorials / Show Me How
•Teacher and Student User Guide
•Training Test Drives
•User Guide pages
•Customer Support