Transcript Teacher Orientation Guide American Bar Association Division for Public Education Welcome to the 2009 Teacher Orientation 2009 National Online Youth Summit Teacher Orientation (January.

Teacher Orientation Guide
American Bar Association
Division for Public Education
Welcome to the 2009 Teacher Orientation
2009 National Online Youth Summit
Teacher Orientation (January 7 – 30, 2009)
• This online orientation session will guide you through
the most used commands on FuseTalk, the online
discussion board.
• We have developed 5 sequential activities for the
orientation that will help you:
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3.
4.
Become familiar with and practice using FuseTalk
Understand the structure of summit work
Engage in discussion with other teachers
Set up online discussion activities for your students
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FuseTalk Trainings
• To help you become familiar with
FuseTalk, the web conferencing software:
– New teachers are required (and returning
teachers are encouraged) to participate in one
(1) hour-long live FuseTalk training.
– We highly recommend teachers work through
the FuseTalk orientation activities provided in
this PowerPoint independently.
• The length of the tutorial used independently is
estimated at one (1) hour.
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Orientation Activity Schedule
Activity 1: Discussion Forum Access
Available January 7
Activity 2: FuseTalk Tutorial
Orientation Dates:
January 8, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. EST
January 13, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. EST
January 22, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. EST
Activity 3: Registering Student Users to FuseTalk
Due January 15
Activity 4: Setting Up Classroom Conference for Student Activities
Two, Three, and Five
Activity 5: Teacher Pre-Survey & Assignment of School Clusters
Due January 28
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Activity 1: Discussion Forum Access
Discussion Boards
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The online forum can be accessed on the ABA NOYS website at
http://www.abanet.org/publiced/noys/09/home.shtml. Click in the ‘Registered Users
Login” section. Login information will be emailed separately by January 5.
1. Enter your login name (in the “Username” field) and the password (in the
“Password” field) that were assigned to you by the ABA, and click “Login.”
2. Check the access of the discussion board from computers that students will use.
3. If you experience difficulty accessing the site from any of the computers that will be
used during the summit, please consult your school’s technology professional.
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Activity 2: FuseTalk Tutorial
Overview
• The tutorials and exercises that follow will
help you become familiar with four basic
FuseTalk functions used repeatedly
throughout the Summit:
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Replying
Posting
Editing
Attachments
• Tips for navigating FuseTalk are also
provided.
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Getting the Most Out of NOYS
• The tutorial takes approximately one hour to
complete.
• Be sure to complete all of the exercises.
• We promise you will not regret the time investment
up front!
• Complete all steps in the order they are given.
Let’s Begin!
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Three Levels of Organization in FuseTalk
• Categories:
– Categories are folders of collected topics relating to a specific
aspect of that discussion board. Categories are at the highest
level of the folder structure and can only be created by a
discussion board administrator.
• Topics:
– Topics are threads/discussions created within a category.
Multiple topics can exist within one category. Topics can be
created by anyone logged onto the discussion board.
• Messages:
– A message or many messages are found within a topic and are
related to one subject matter. Anyone that has logged onto the
discussion board can post or reply to a message.
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Categories
• Figure 1 displays the basic
layout of the Discussion Board
screen. Categories are located
on the left side of the
discussion board as depicted in
this screen shot from 2007
NOYS.
• The screen shows a category
for Jefferson High School,
Washington High School,
Teachers Only, Feedback, and
Software Questions. The Icons
to the left of the category show
whether the category contains
messages, whether it is locked,
etc.
Figure 1:
You can return to this page at any time
by clicking on “Discussion Board Home”
in the menu at the top of the page
(indicated by the red arrow).
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Topics
• The screen shot at the right shows
the topic “Welcome Summit
Applicants” (yellow arrow), which
is within the category “2007 NOYS
Software test” (green arrow).
• A topic message begins a new
thread of discussion within a
Category.
• Click on the topic to read all
messages on that topic. All
messages within the topic will be
listed in chronological order. You
can reply to the Topic, or to any of
the messages within the Topic.
Your reply will be posted under
the message to which you replied.
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Activity 2A: Replying to a Topic
Replying to a Topic
There are two ways to reply to a Topic.
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Using the “Reply” Key
Method One: Use the Reply key
• Click on “Reply” at the lower right-hand
corner (green arrow).
• Type your reply in the window that appears.
• Sign your message. Remember to sign using
your first name, first initial of your last name,
and your school name (e.g., Mark K. George
(T) Washington High).
• Click “Reply to Topic.” (see Figure 3, next
slide).
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Figure 3: “Reply to Topic” button indicated by
the red arrow
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Using the “Quote” Key
Method Two: Use the Quote key
• Click on “Quote” at the lower right-hand
corner (yellow arrow).
• Type your message and sign it.
• Click on “Reply to Topic.”
• If you use the “quote” key, the original
message will appear in a box below your
reply (see Figure 4).
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Figure 4: This screen shot shows what happens if
you reply to a message using the “Quote” button.
The original message appears at the top, followed by the reply to the original
message, which includes a boxed “quote” of the original message.
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Hands-on Exercise
• Log into the Teachers Only Discussion Board
using your login name and password.
• After you log in, you will see a list of
categories, including two schools, an Updates
& Information category, an Evaluation
category, and a Software category.
• Complete the following exercises:
– Click on school category Jefferson High.
– Find the post by Joe D.
– Post a reply to Joe D.
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Activity 2B: Posting & Editing Topics
Posting New Topics
• Posting New Topics:
– First, select a category in which you would like to create a new topic.
– Next, click on the category selected.
– You will notice that a new menu option, “New Topic," appears in the
main menu. Select “New Topic” and a new window will appear
giving you the ability to add a new topic.
Figure 5: The “New Topic” button is in the menu and the right-hand corner.
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Posting New & Editing Topics
• After you click on “New Topic,” the screen below will appear.
– Enter the topic name in the “message title” field. Keep the name short.
– Type in your message or question.
– Sign your message (as previously demonstrated). When you have
completed your message, click “Post Message.”
– Your Topic will post immediately.
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Editing A Posted Topic
• Edit Topics by opening the topic message and clicking “Edit” at
the bottom right-hand corner. You can only edit topics you create
unless you are a board administrator.
• You can edit the topic title and summary, as well as the content
of the Topic.
• After you edit a Topic, a message will appear with the Topic to
indicate it has been edited, the name of the person who edited it,
and the time and date.
• Please Note: Editing messages is performed in exactly the same
way. As with topics you can only edit messages you originated
(unless you are a board administrator).
• Posting Tip: Messages can be previewed prior to posting.
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Hands-on Exercise
Part 1
1. Click on school category “Washington High.”
2. Make a new topic with the title “Mr. Gatling’s Terrible
Marvel Reading Assignment.” Use the following text for
your message: Read the following pages as homework:
pages 22-31 & 182-189. Answer the questions provided
and be prepared to post your thoughts.
3. Post your message.
4. Edit your message, changing page 189 to page 187.
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Hands-on Exercise
Part II
1.
Visit the Updates & Information conference.
2.
Find the message entitled “Welcome and congratulations!” from
Wendy Holtman.
3.
Reply to her message by posting any text you want, which will indicate
that you have been successful in navigating the board.
4.
Post a new topic message. Title it with your first name. Include the
following information in the text of your message:
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7.
Your name;
Your town/city, and state;
If applicable, the number of summits you have participated in;
The subject of the class that will participate in the summit;
The grade (s) of your participating students;
The number of students in your class.
Sign your message with your name and your school name.
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Threading & Linear Views
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You can view messages in two ways:
1.
“Threading” view - provides a list of all posts, showing the name of
the person who posted, the date and time of the posting, and the
thread of messages (i.e. arranged in order of message and replies.
Using this view, all replies to a message will appear directly under
the original message. We strongly recommend that you use
the “Threading” view so that messages and replies are
grouped together.
2.
“Linear” view - shows all messages in chronological order. Using
this view, replies to messages will not necessarily appear below the
original message—everything will appear in the chronological
order in which it was posted.
To change conference view:
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2.
3.
Click on “Profile.”
Click on “Personal Options.”
Change the setting from a “linear” view to a “threading” view.
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Threading View
Figure 6:
“Threading” view of all posts
within the topic “Welcome
Summit Applicants.”
Note: To quickly change conference
view while viewing a topic Click on
“Linear” or “Threading” (indicated by
the red arrows above) to show linear
or threaded view.
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Linear View
Figure 7:
“Linear” view within the
topic “Welcome Summit
Applicants.”
Note: To quickly change conference
view while viewing a topic Click on
“Linear” or “Threading” (indicated by
the red arrows above) to show linear
or threaded view.
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Searching for Messages
• To search for messages, you can either:
– Click on “Search Discussion Board” in the main menu, or
– Click on “advanced search” in the left hand navigation
window.
Figure 8:
Arrows indicate
location of “Search
Discussion Board” and
“advanced search.”
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Searching for Messages
• A search window will appear (Figure
9). Select one or more categories to
search from the “Forum Categories”
window on the right side of the
screen (red arrow in Figure 9).
• You can search:
– By word or phrase,
– By author,
– For messages you have posted,
– For messages within a date
range, or
– For messages posted by you.
• Tip: Keep Hard Copies of Students’
Messages.
– The search function is not
foolproof. Our primary
recommendation is to instruct
students to print out all of the
messages they write from
Microsoft Word, and keep a
portfolio to turn in to teachers.
Figure 9
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Printing Messages
• Printing a single message:
– Select the print icon shown in the top right hand
corner to print the message displayed in the same
frame.
• Printing a topic and all messages within the
topic:
– Click on the topic you want to print.
– Click on the “topic tools” drop down box. Select
“print this topic.”
– A pop-up window will appear. Select “print this
topic.”
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Attachments
• Attaching a file:
– Only Board Administrators can attach files on FuseTalk. All
teachers will be Board Administrators of the Student Discussion
Board. (Which will also allow you to edit student topics and
messages, if necessary).
– Students are not permitted to post attachments on FuseTalk. Please
keep your login information confidential.
– Files can be attached when creating a new topic or replying to an
existing topic.
• To attach a file follow these steps:
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Click “New Topic,” “Reply,” or “Quote.”
Click “Attach File” located at the bottom of the screen that appears.
Click “Browse” to locate file, and double click on the selected file.
Click “Upload File.” File will now appear in File Listing box.
Double-click file to attach to message.
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Logging Off FuseTalk
• To log off of FuseTalk, click “Logout” on the
menu bar.
• You will be automatically logged off if you:
– Go to another site on the Web, or
– Close your browser window.
• A different user will then be able to log on
to the same computer using his or her own
login name and password.
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Glossary of FuseTalk Icons
Icon
Description
Represents a category with no associated topics.
Represents a category with one or more topics associated
under it.
Represents a locked category. For access contact the
board administrator
Represents a new topic
Represents a previously viewed topic
Represents the print message function
Represents the trash can.
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Feedback
• Visit the “Software” category and let us know what
you think by replying to the topic message entitled
“Hello, Teachers! Please Read Me!”
• You may wish to answer the following questions when
giving your feedback:
– What aspects of FuseTalk did you find easy?
– Could you access the categories easily?
– Could you reply, post, edit, and attach messages without
difficulty?
– What aspects of FuseTalk were difficult?
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Reporting Error Messages
• Hopefully you will not have encountered any or very
few error messages, but if you have, please share them
by starting a new topic message in the “Software”
category.
– Title your topic message “Errors from (your name).”
– Be sure to provide as much information as you can so that
your colleagues can perhaps share their expertise on your
problems. Such as - “I went to post a new topic, entered all of
the information in all of the fields, hit “reply to topic” and (the
problem happened/the error message I got was “…”).
– Include the browser and browser version information so
teachers with similar browsers can assess whether their
solutions might help you.
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Activity 3: Registering Student Users to
FuseTalk
Student FuseTalk Accounts
• Teachers are responsible for setting up student FuseTalk
accounts. In this activity, teachers will register each student in
their class for access to the summit’s Student Discussion Board.
• An excel spreadsheet has been created to assist you. Teachers
will create student login names and passwords, and submit the
excel spreadsheet to the ABA.
• After completing the spreadsheet, log onto the Student
Discussion Board to add student users to FuseTalk.
• The template, directions for completing the template, and
directions for adding student users can be found on the Teachers
Only Discussion Board, category Updates & Information, topic
“Student FuseTalk Accounts.”
• By January 15, all student users must be registered and the
excel spreadsheet must be returned via email to
[email protected].
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Activity 4: Setting Up Classroom Conference for
Student Activities Two, Three, and Five
School Categories
• Each teacher participating in the summit will have a Category on
the Student Discussion Board. This category will serve as the
primary area for online communication among your students.
Your school category is where you will post some assignments
and direct discussion activities for your students.
• You will find your class category under Categories once you enter
the online forum.
• The name of your class category will correspond to the name of
your school.
• If more than one teacher from a school participates, we
differentiate the names of a teacher’s forum or category by
including the teacher’s last name in the category name.
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Student Activity 2: What is Online Civil
Discussion?
• In the second half of Student Activity 2, students are provided
the opportunity to practice critical thinking and the process for
participation in the summit.
• Discussion Starter Statements are used to focus student
attention.
• Discussion Starter Statements are to be created from student
responses to opinion-based questions on the pre-test.
• This activity will take place in your class category and should be
posted on your class’s discussion board prior to the activity.
• The results of the pre-test will be provided on February 6. Go to
the Teacher Discussion Board, Updates & Information.
• See Curriculum Guide, Activity 2, for Discussion Starter
Statement Samples and posting directions.
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Student Activity 3: Timeline of Key Events
• This activity provides students with an overview of gun-related
events in U.S. history.
• In Part II of this activity students will post work to the
discussion board. This work will be posted outside of their
normal class category.
• Students will post work in their “Cluster School” category.
Cluster schools will be named “Cluster School 1”, “Cluster School
2”, and so on. (Cluster school partnerships will be provided in
Teacher Orientation Activity 5.)
• The ABA will post Cluster School categories to the Student
Discussion Board by February 13.
• See Curriculum Guide, Activity 3, for student posting directions.
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Student Activity 5: Use of Guns Today
• In this activity students will explore gun culture influences and
be responsible for completing a mini-research project.
• In this activity students will again work outside their normal
class category.
• Students will post work in their “Cluster School” category.
Cluster schools will be named “Cluster School 1”, “Cluster School
2”, and so on. (Cluster school partnerships will be provided in
Teacher Orientation Activity 5).
• The ABA will post Cluster School categories for this activity to
the Student Discussion Board by March 1.
• See Curriculum Guide, Activity 5, for student posting directions.
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Activity 5: Teacher Pre-Survey & Assignment of
School Clusters
Evaluation Category
• A teacher pre-survey has been designed to
capture information about student knowledge
from the teacher’s perspective.
• The link to the pre-survey will be sent to
teachers via e-mail on January 7 and will also
be available on the Teacher Discussion Board
in the Evaluation Category under the topic
“Pre-Survey.”
– Surveys will be administered via Survey Monkey,
and the results will be sent directly to ABA staff.
• Complete the pre-survey by January 28.
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School Cluster Groups
• Cluster Group 1
Schools: Southeast Nebraska Consolidated School (Stella, NE);
Casa Richard Academy (Detroit, MI); Corrigan-Camden High
School (Corrigan, TX); Belleville High School (Belleville, NJ)
• Cluster Group 2
Schools: EBC/ENY High School for Public Safety and Law
(Brooklyn, NY); Capitol Hill High School (Oklahoma City, OK);
Denison High School (Denison, IA); Springfield High School
(Springfield, PA)
• Cluster Group 3
Schools: Yoncalla High School (Yoncalla, OR); Oroville High
School (Oroville, WA); The Fulmore Humanities and Law Magnet
for International Studies (Austin, TX); Ainsworth High School
(Ainsworth,NE)
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School Cluster Groups Cont’d
• Cluster Group 4
Schools: Hampden Academy (Hampden, ME); Jackson High
School (Jackson, MI); Lincoln High School (Jersey City, NJ);
Alcoa High School (Alcoa, TN)
• Cluster Group 5
Schools: New Kent High School (New Kent, VA); PatchogueMedford High School (Medford, NY); Madison Central High
School (Madison, MS); Shaw H.S. Leadership Academy: School
for Law, Public Safety (East Cleveland, OH)
• Cluster Group 6
Schools: Blue Ridge High School (Hallstead, PA); Groveton High
School (Groveton, NH); Bishop Ireton High School (Alexandria,
VA); High School for Public Service (Brooklyn, NY)
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Conclusion
• This concludes the 2009 NOYS Teacher
Orientation.
• Student activities are scheduled to begin the week
of February 2, 2009. Please take a moment now
to review the Student Activity Timeline in the
Curriculum Guide for important dates and
information.
• Please post any questions and concerns you may
have to the “Teachers to ABA” category on the
Teacher Discussion Board.
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Contact Information
Wendy Holtman – primary contact
Summit Coordinator
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 516/818.8026
Rina Shah
ABA Division for Public Education
Program Manager
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 312/988-5720
American Bar Association
Division for Public Education
321 N. Clark Street, MS 20.2
Chicago, IL 60654
Phone: 312/988-5735
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