LEARNING CENTER

“Development”

The following items will need to be determined, as to effectiveness, as we proceed in the development.  The RWSL core area will be the first to be studied. Items with ***  will be ready by Fall.

• ***Formative/Summative Tests:  Teachers will provide tests written in Word that can be entered by OAMS staff and/or teacher can enter their own assessments directly. Teacher-made tests and quizzes can be entered.  Includes semester, chapter, spelling, etc. Graphics can be added and OAMS can design Flash-based questions, if needed.  Custom Test Format
• ***Essays: Teachers post subject area and students write essays online and submitted. Teacher can grade and add comments. E-mail evaluations back to students. In addition, students can write for practice and exchange with peers and evaluations based on six traits.  Also, examining possibility to have computer analyse for six-traits based on 8.2.1 Rubric.
• ***Worksheets: Worksheets can be added, as long as they are in a Word format.  OAMS staff can add or teachers can enter directly.
• ***Tutorials: Performance-Based practice sets to develop standard assessment skills.
• ***Report:  Student Management Report used to explore class weaknesses and show overall results based on school grading scale.
• Forums:  Teachers can develop discussion groups for their students.  These sessions can “visit” about subjects for essays, group efforts, or teacher feedback.
• ***Automation: Teachers control which grades are added to Power School/IC and included in the report card process. Use system to send report cards via parental e-mail or print for snail mail.
• Auto-Update: As grades are added and changed, parents will receive the student results or a notification to view latest results.
• ***Web-Page: A self-generated web page to be used by teacher to link sites of interest. OAMS will offer 24-hour services to develop pages based on specific concepts. For example, teacher wants a page based on spiders. OAMS will research spiders at grade level, create links and send URL to teacher for students.
• Lesson Plans: Online plans can be e-mailed to designated personnel and archived for future use.