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Thursday, August 9, 2012

M-Class Tips and Reminders

  • You will be given a USER NAME and PASSWORD when you recieve your device. Please change your password and then share your new password with the Data Coach.
  • Once signed in as yourself, you must set up an icon on desktop to use it off-line.
  • It is important to SYNC you device often. Syncing will update information to your I-Pad as well as syncing information from you I-Pad. Failure to SYNC could result in a loss of student data. To SYNC, you simply hit the SYNC icon (bottom left) before signing off.
  • Each teacher will have a demo class assigned to them for the purpose of practicing and gettign familiar with M-Class testing and usage.
  • PROGRESS MONITORING:
    • RED: Every other week
    • YELLOW: Once a month
    • GREEN: As needed. (Consider doing bubble kids at least once a month)
  • Step Kit:
    • Purple and Yellow books are fiction
    • Green books are non-fiction
  • Indiana DOE website has resources for M-Class!
  • Wireless Generation contact, support, and live chat
  • Freereading.net = Resources for skills and interventions.
    • Click "Teach the Program" for 40 weeks of interventions and plans.
    • Click "Find Literacy Activities" for help with phonological awareness
    • Under "Tools and Resources," click "Word List Generator" to generate words lists where you can set the parameters.
  • Florida Center for Reading Research
  • If you are having trouble logging in, clear history and cookies and try again

See notes from M-Class training for more tips and reminders!

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