Infinite Campus Instruction Information

Welcome Back!

Each year brings new and exciting tools that will make your school year a true success.  I have created a new Kindergarten schedule to accommodate the different calendar start dates.  I have attached some helpful hints to assist you in locating your kindergarten students.  For all elementary reports, make sure you check to see that you have your kindergarten students included.  It may take a while to get use to this but this is the best way to calculate ADM for the MDE.  The new Campus Instruction Beta is an all-in-one collection of tools to make your grade book experience easier.  Once you get use to it, you will appreciate the simplicity and convenience of all it has to offer.  I have attached some HOVL from Campus Community for you to go in and virtually TRY IT!  The old Grade book (Java) will be going away soon, so I HIGHLY recommend that you take the leap.  I am here to help so just give me a call and I will do my best to walk you through it.  Campus Instruction Beta was born because Infinite Campus listened to your suggestions and incorporated the features for your convenience.  There still may be some glitches, so if you find one, let me know and I will pass on the problem to ARCC.  Be sure to check out your grade book set up ASAP so we can solve any issues that may occur.  

The 'Campus Community' Knowledge base is an amazing tool.  This is where you will find videos and simulations as well. 

Joani Bergstrom

Introducing your parents and students to the Campus Portal?  Check out these video links:

Available on YouTube:

Campus Family Portal:
http://youtu.be/gmGwami6Z8A

Campus Student Portal:
http://youtu.be/FVAcJuFF4X4

Campus Portal Account Management:
http://youtu.be/UIyMon7nNsM

Campus-Hosted videos
Campus Family Portal:
http://media.infinitecampus.com/public/learn/Explore/Portal/CampusPortalFamily/CampusPortalFamily.html

Campus Student Portal:
http://media.infinitecampus.com/public/learn/Explore/Portal/CampusPortalStudent/CampusPortalStudent.html

Online Trainings for Google, Schoology,

For great training information on your time and your schedule, check out these links!

Google
https://www.google.com/edu/training/tools/

Schoology
https://www.schoology.com/resources/public/21768089/profile

Hitachi StarBoard Training Modules
http://www.hitachi-solutions.com/starboard-asia-oceania/sp/support/videos.html

iPad Hints
http://www.edudemic.com/teachers-ipad-guide/
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/09/a-comprehensive-guide-for-effective-use.html

Gmail

Check out this training material for Gmail.
https://www.google.com/edu/training/tools/gmail/level1.html

Google Calendars

Don't forget to follow the school calendars in Google.

Here is a training video on using Google Calendars.
https://www.google.com/edu/training/tools/calendar/level1.html

Level 2 is available in the menu on the left.


The ISD 2142 School Calendar can be found at  https://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/isd2142.k12.mn.us_56osqgc1pe6mamtv5a08kagtsg%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic

The ISD 2142 Staff Development Calendar can be found at
https://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/isd2142.k12.mn.us_dmjahliti5g6mu5s5u16i3ft2c%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic

You can also add calendars for classes or clubs and share those with your students.

Snow Day Resources 2014

**iPads in the Classroom.  You can google it by your content area.  Apple also has many resources right on their site.  http://www.apple.com/education/ipad/teaching-with-ipad/

**Set up your classes in Schoology.  Once you log in to the program you can click on the small arrow in the far right side and choose Help Center.  There are a number of tutorials to help you set it up.  You can keep those classes from year to year and just change the students.

**Take another look at http://www.scimathmn.org/stemtc/frameworks to look at the standards, sample lessons, and assessment suggestions.

**Take time to really look through the IXL and Raz-Kids websites.  There is information that may help you expand your understanding of how to use the program.

**Log in to Edutopia.  There are articles about standard based teaching, technology and more.  

**Learn Zillion has lesson plans and Common Core information for all ages.  If you click on Community and Blog you will see many articles and vides about teaching in the common core.

**NWEA has webinars.  Here is one on discovering how growth data can increase the impact of programs and interventions.  http://info.nwea.org/index.php/email/emailWebview?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRojv6vBZKXonjHpfsX74u0sWKK2lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4CRcpgI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7fDMal507gLUhU%3D 

**The Teaching Channel has hundreds of videos on many topics.  

**MCA Resources page on http://www.mnstateassessments.org/ is a good site to look over for item samplers and student resources.

**Download Zite on your iPad and set it up to load articles about your areas of interest.  This is a great way to have a news feed that provides you with information that is interesting to you.

**Set up a Twitter site and look for people who teach subjects similar to you.  I have many technology, curriculum, and political sites on my twitter and it is a great way to stay up on topics when I have 30 seconds to just take a peak.

If you are having difficulties logging in to any of the resources, please email me and I will be on my computer all day to assist you.

ZITE

This was an article from last year.  More importantly was the use of Zite as an app to find articles on many different topics.

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/3-simple-strategies-rigorous-instruction/

MDE Assessment Schedule