[eMINTS] eMINTS Digest, Vol 41, Issue 21Marsha Johanning johanningm at eagles.k12.mo.usMon Jan 21 12:14:50 CST 2008
We use Study Island both in the lab and as a classroom activity. In my room we each have our own Blue Ribbon on the wall and as a student passes an activity and receives a ribbon from the program, they add a star to their ribbon. They are trying to fill up their ribbon. Our lab teacher has designated specific times throughout the months that they will work on Study Island during their lab time and students may go to the lab in the mornings before school to work and they can access SI from home. I pull up the report once or twice a week for us to add stars and in many areas it has assisted in mastery of a skill. I make assignments based on what we are working on. For example we are learning to write persuasive paragraphs and there is a lesson on this, so Friday we went to the lab and everyone worked on that topic. They were excited, some received a blue ribbon on this lesson and moved on to another, some didn't and will continue to work on this lesson. It is also a good tool to have if a student finishes an assignment and needs something to work on - educational activity! Marsha Jo ________________________________________ From: emints-bounces at lists.emints.org [emints-bounces at lists.emints.org] On Behalf Of emints-request at lists.emints.org [emints-request at lists.emints.org] Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 5:07 PM To: emints at lists.emints.org Subject: eMINTS Digest, Vol 41, Issue 21 Send eMINTS mailing list submissions to emints at lists.emints.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.emints.org/mailman/listinfo/emints or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to emints-request at lists.emints.org You can reach the person managing the list at emints-owner at lists.emints.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of eMINTS digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Study Island Questions (Tobi Layton) 2. Re: Study Island Questions (Liscombe, Eleanna L.) 3. Re: Study Island Questions (Oppenborn, Michelle Ann) 4. (no subject) (Carolyn Cooley) 5. Black History Activities (Carolyn Cooley) 6. Re: Study Island Questions (Neva Allen) 7. Re: Study Island Questions (Kerry Welch) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:01:50 -0600 From: Tobi Layton <tlayton at tnp.more.net> Subject: Re: [eMINTS] Study Island Questions To: General discussion for eMINTS program participants <emints at lists.emints.org> Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.2.20080118115929.02094bf0 at pop.tnp.more.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed 1. Not sure what you mean here, but I would recommend having a quiet time/place for it so they can concentrate. 2. I suppose you could do quizzes together, but it would be hard to keep everyone paying attention 3. Yes 4. They can see their achievement level/percentages on their menu beside each category (which, coincidentally, is a standard) 5. To soon to tell here... At 11:52 AM 1/18/2008, you wrote: >I would like information regarding the following from those who have or >are using Study Island: >1. Is it best used in a lab setting? >2. Are there smartboard only classroom applications for teachers >without computers for students in their classrooms? >3. Can students access it from home? >4. Can reports be generated by student? >5. Have you seen MAP scores improve and are those gains tied to student >use of Study Island? > >Anne Jeschke >Instructional Technology Specialist >Chillicothe R-II District >660-646-2359 >ajeschke at chillicotheschools.org >_______________________________________________ >eMINTS mailing list >eMINTS at lists.emints.org 5th grade teacher Zalma Elementary School tlayton at tnp.more.net http://teachers.emints.org/fy05/laytont/ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:07:11 -0600 From: "Liscombe, Eleanna L." <eleanna.liscombe at fhsdschools.org> Subject: Re: [eMINTS] Study Island Questions To: "General discussion for eMINTS program participants" <emints at lists.emints.org> Message-ID: <BD22E021B09B1A4C9FA01CC84A75D9EF04A5D33A at FHSD-EXC.fhsd.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" We are using SI for the first year in our building, so here's what I've found out so far: 1. If you contact them, they will give you a temporary password and free trial to use for teacher exploration. 2. If you sign up, they will send a rep. out to go over all of the features if you want. 3. While I use it in my classroom and let the kids work in pairs for practice purposes, I think that often times it would be better to have them work individually on their own computer. So, a lab would be great, or they can just take turns. 4. With new concepts or for review, I often put it on the SMART board with just a made-up login name for the kids to take turns coming up answering questions. The goal is to earn a "blue ribbon" for each GLE so we're going through that as a class for math right now. 5. Students can access it from home and the site gives you, the teacher, the option of, when you generate reports, to specify the time of day that work is accepted. So...you can limit the results to only 9-4 and any practice a student has done at home, perhaps with help, will be excluded. 6. I believe the website totes that research supports the use of their program though I have never looked at it. 7. The kids can see their scores and overall performance every time they login. I'm not sure if they're printable. However, the teacher has the option to either check scores at her leisure, or set a schedule for times/days that the reports are e-mailed to her/him. Hope this helps! I can't wait to see next year with our scores if we can see improvement! Eleanna Liscombe 3rd grade eMINTS teacher Harvest Ridge Elementary http://harvestridge.fhsd.k12.mo.us/eliscombe/index.html "We are preparing students for jobs that don't exist yet"-D. Warlick -----Original Message----- From: emints-bounces at lists.emints.org [mailto:emints-bounces at lists.emints.org] On Behalf Of Anne Jeschke Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 11:53 AM To: emints at lists.emints.org Subject: [eMINTS] Study Island Questions I would like information regarding the following from those who have or are using Study Island: 1. Is it best used in a lab setting? 2. Are there smartboard only classroom applications for teachers without computers for students in their classrooms? 3. Can students access it from home? 4. Can reports be generated by student? 5. Have you seen MAP scores improve and are those gains tied to student use of Study Island? Anne Jeschke Instructional Technology Specialist Chillicothe R-II District 660-646-2359 ajeschke at chillicotheschools.org _______________________________________________ eMINTS mailing list eMINTS at lists.emints.org CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged and confidential information and is intended only for the use of the specific person(s) to whom it is addressed. If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination or copying of this e-mail or the information contained in it or attached to it is strictly prohibited. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:28:52 -0600 From: "Oppenborn, Michelle Ann" <michelle.oppenborn at fhsdschools.org> Subject: Re: [eMINTS] Study Island Questions To: "General discussion for eMINTS program participants" <emints at lists.emints.org> Message-ID: <BD22E021B09B1A4C9FA01CC84A75D9EF05888CFB at FHSD-EXC.fhsd.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Okay...every email I have read loving the site has come from an elementary teacher...how is it for middle school (6 - 8) Michelle Oppenborn 7th and 8th Grade Science Teacher HMS Assistant Varsity Volleyball Coach FHN eMints For All Teacher 851-5330 Take good care of the Earth. It was not given to you by your parents but rather loaned to you by your children. Ancient Proverb -----Original Message----- From: emints-bounces at lists.emints.org [mailto:emints-bounces at lists.emints.org] On Behalf Of Liscombe, Eleanna L. Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 12:07 PM To: General discussion for eMINTS program participants Subject: Re: [eMINTS] Study Island Questions We are using SI for the first year in our building, so here's what I've found out so far: 1. If you contact them, they will give you a temporary password and free trial to use for teacher exploration. 2. If you sign up, they will send a rep. out to go over all of the features if you want. 3. While I use it in my classroom and let the kids work in pairs for practice purposes, I think that often times it would be better to have them work individually on their own computer. So, a lab would be great, or they can just take turns. 4. With new concepts or for review, I often put it on the SMART board with just a made-up login name for the kids to take turns coming up answering questions. The goal is to earn a "blue ribbon" for each GLE so we're going through that as a class for math right now. 5. Students can access it from home and the site gives you, the teacher, the option of, when you generate reports, to specify the time of day that work is accepted. So...you can limit the results to only 9-4 and any practice a student has done at home, perhaps with help, will be excluded. 6. I believe the website totes that research supports the use of their program though I have never looked at it. 7. The kids can see their scores and overall performance every time they login. I'm not sure if they're printable. However, the teacher has the option to either check scores at her leisure, or set a schedule for times/days that the reports are e-mailed to her/him. Hope this helps! I can't wait to see next year with our scores if we can see improvement! Eleanna Liscombe 3rd grade eMINTS teacher Harvest Ridge Elementary http://harvestridge.fhsd.k12.mo.us/eliscombe/index.html "We are preparing students for jobs that don't exist yet"-D. Warlick -----Original Message----- From: emints-bounces at lists.emints.org [mailto:emints-bounces at lists.emints.org] On Behalf Of Anne Jeschke Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 11:53 AM To: emints at lists.emints.org Subject: [eMINTS] Study Island Questions I would like information regarding the following from those who have or are using Study Island: 1. Is it best used in a lab setting? 2. Are there smartboard only classroom applications for teachers without computers for students in their classrooms? 3. Can students access it from home? 4. Can reports be generated by student? 5. Have you seen MAP scores improve and are those gains tied to student use of Study Island? Anne Jeschke Instructional Technology Specialist Chillicothe R-II District 660-646-2359 ajeschke at chillicotheschools.org _______________________________________________ eMINTS mailing list eMINTS at lists.emints.org CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged and confidential information and is intended only for the use of the specific person(s) to whom it is addressed. If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination or copying of this e-mail or the information contained in it or attached to it is strictly prohibited. _______________________________________________ eMINTS mailing list eMINTS at lists.emints.org CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged and confidential information and is intended only for the use of the specific person(s) to whom it is addressed. If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination or copying of this e-mail or the information contained in it or attached to it is strictly prohibited. ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:02:21 -0800 (PST) From: Carolyn Cooley <acooley4393 at sbcglobal.net> Subject: [eMINTS] (no subject) To: emints at lists.emints.org Message-ID: <641641.37966.qm at web81113.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Just wanted to share something different for Black History. http://www.knowitall.org/gullahnet/teachers/classroom.html ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:09:29 -0800 (PST) From: Carolyn Cooley <acooley4393 at sbcglobal.net> Subject: [eMINTS] Black History Activities To: emints at lists.emints.org Message-ID: <320612.13334.qm at web81101.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Forgot the subject for previous message. ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:08:20 -0600 From: "Neva Allen" <nallen at knobnoster.k12.mo.us> Subject: Re: [eMINTS] Study Island Questions To: "'General discussion for eMINTS program participants'" <emints at lists.emints.org> Message-ID: <20080118220820.8841E4ADE1 at blackmore.kinetic.more.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Better yet, for those of us that have never heard of it, where IS the site? Neva Allen -----Original Message----- From: emints-bounces at lists.emints.org [mailto:emints-bounces at lists.emints.org] On Behalf Of Oppenborn, Michelle Ann Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 12:29 PM To: General discussion for eMINTS program participants Subject: Re: [eMINTS] Study Island Questions Okay...every email I have read loving the site has come from an elementary teacher...how is it for middle school (6 - 8) Michelle Oppenborn 7th and 8th Grade Science Teacher HMS Assistant Varsity Volleyball Coach FHN eMints For All Teacher 851-5330 Take good care of the Earth. It was not given to you by your parents but rather loaned to you by your children. Ancient Proverb -----Original Message----- From: emints-bounces at lists.emints.org [mailto:emints-bounces at lists.emints.org] On Behalf Of Liscombe, Eleanna L. Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 12:07 PM To: General discussion for eMINTS program participants Subject: Re: [eMINTS] Study Island Questions We are using SI for the first year in our building, so here's what I've found out so far: 1. If you contact them, they will give you a temporary password and free trial to use for teacher exploration. 2. If you sign up, they will send a rep. out to go over all of the features if you want. 3. While I use it in my classroom and let the kids work in pairs for practice purposes, I think that often times it would be better to have them work individually on their own computer. So, a lab would be great, or they can just take turns. 4. With new concepts or for review, I often put it on the SMART board with just a made-up login name for the kids to take turns coming up answering questions. The goal is to earn a "blue ribbon" for each GLE so we're going through that as a class for math right now. 5. Students can access it from home and the site gives you, the teacher, the option of, when you generate reports, to specify the time of day that work is accepted. So...you can limit the results to only 9-4 and any practice a student has done at home, perhaps with help, will be excluded. 6. I believe the website totes that research supports the use of their program though I have never looked at it. 7. The kids can see their scores and overall performance every time they login. I'm not sure if they're printable. However, the teacher has the option to either check scores at her leisure, or set a schedule for times/days that the reports are e-mailed to her/him. Hope this helps! I can't wait to see next year with our scores if we can see improvement! Eleanna Liscombe 3rd grade eMINTS teacher Harvest Ridge Elementary http://harvestridge.fhsd.k12.mo.us/eliscombe/index.html "We are preparing students for jobs that don't exist yet"-D. Warlick -----Original Message----- From: emints-bounces at lists.emints.org [mailto:emints-bounces at lists.emints.org] On Behalf Of Anne Jeschke Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 11:53 AM To: emints at lists.emints.org Subject: [eMINTS] Study Island Questions I would like information regarding the following from those who have or are using Study Island: 1. Is it best used in a lab setting? 2. Are there smartboard only classroom applications for teachers without computers for students in their classrooms? 3. Can students access it from home? 4. Can reports be generated by student? 5. Have you seen MAP scores improve and are those gains tied to student use of Study Island? Anne Jeschke Instructional Technology Specialist Chillicothe R-II District 660-646-2359 ajeschke at chillicotheschools.org _______________________________________________ eMINTS mailing list eMINTS at lists.emints.org CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged and confidential information and is intended only for the use of the specific person(s) to whom it is addressed. If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination or copying of this e-mail or the information contained in it or attached to it is strictly prohibited. _______________________________________________ eMINTS mailing list eMINTS at lists.emints.org CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged and confidential information and is intended only for the use of the specific person(s) to whom it is addressed. If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination or copying of this e-mail or the information contained in it or attached to it is strictly prohibited. _______________________________________________ eMINTS mailing list eMINTS at lists.emints.org ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:07:37 -0600 From: "Kerry Welch" <kwelch at mail.republic.k12.mo.us> Subject: Re: [eMINTS] Study Island Questions To: <emints at lists.emints.org> Message-ID: <4790DCD8.7846.000B.0 at mail.republic.k12.mo.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII The website for Study Island is studyisland.com Kerry Welch Republic Elementary II 3rd Grade eMINTS Teacher kwelch at mail.republic.k12.mo.us www.republic.k12.mo.us >>> nallen at knobnoster.k12.mo.us 1/18/2008 4:08 pm >>> Better yet, for those of us that have never heard of it, where IS the site? Neva Allen -----Original Message----- From: emints-bounces at lists.emints.org [mailto:emints-bounces at lists.emints.org] On Behalf Of Oppenborn, Michelle Ann Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 12:29 PM To: General discussion for eMINTS program participants Subject: Re: [eMINTS] Study Island Questions Okay...every email I have read loving the site has come from an elementary teacher...how is it for middle school (6 - 8) Michelle Oppenborn 7th and 8th Grade Science Teacher HMS Assistant Varsity Volleyball Coach FHN eMints For All Teacher 851-5330 Take good care of the Earth. It was not given to you by your parents but rather loaned to you by your children. Ancient Proverb -----Original Message----- From: emints-bounces at lists.emints.org [mailto:emints-bounces at lists.emints.org] On Behalf Of Liscombe, Eleanna L. Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 12:07 PM To: General discussion for eMINTS program participants Subject: Re: [eMINTS] Study Island Questions We are using SI for the first year in our building, so here's what I've found out so far: 1. If you contact them, they will give you a temporary password and free trial to use for teacher exploration. 2. If you sign up, they will send a rep. out to go over all of the features if you want. 3. While I use it in my classroom and let the kids work in pairs for practice purposes, I think that often times it would be better to have them work individually on their own computer. So, a lab would be great, or they can just take turns. 4. With new concepts or for review, I often put it on the SMART board with just a made-up login name for the kids to take turns coming up answering questions. The goal is to earn a "blue ribbon" for each GLE so we're going through that as a class for math right now. 5. Students can access it from home and the site gives you, the teacher, the option of, when you generate reports, to specify the time of day that work is accepted. So...you can limit the results to only 9-4 and any practice a student has done at home, perhaps with help, will be excluded. 6. I believe the website totes that research supports the use of their program though I have never looked at it. 7. The kids can see their scores and overall performance every time they login. I'm not sure if they're printable. However, the teacher has the option to either check scores at her leisure, or set a schedule for times/days that the reports are e-mailed to her/him. Hope this helps! I can't wait to see next year with our scores if we can see improvement! Eleanna Liscombe 3rd grade eMINTS teacher Harvest Ridge Elementary http://harvestridge.fhsd.k12.mo.us/eliscombe/index.html "We are preparing students for jobs that don't exist yet"-D. Warlick -----Original Message----- From: emints-bounces at lists.emints.org [mailto:emints-bounces at lists.emints.org] On Behalf Of Anne Jeschke Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 11:53 AM To: emints at lists.emints.org Subject: [eMINTS] Study Island Questions I would like information regarding the following from those who have or are using Study Island: 1. Is it best used in a lab setting? 2. Are there smartboard only classroom applications for teachers without computers for students in their classrooms? 3. Can students access it from home? 4. Can reports be generated by student? 5. Have you seen MAP scores improve and are those gains tied to student use of Study Island? 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