1. Study Island Group Sessions
Grades 3-5 teachers, if you have been wanting to give "Group Sessions" a try and just haven't had a chance to learn about this new feature, please let us know! There are 3 ways to go about a group session:
A. Checkpoint
Teacher-led whole group noncompetitive session.
B. Challenge
Students compete against their classmates in a teacher led session, earning points for correct answers, quick responses, and correct answer streaks. Students are able to provide an anonymous name, so only the teacher sees the student's real name and data.
C. Race
Students race against each other to answer as many questions as possible as quickly as possible!
If you'd like, you can customize your session on the fly by selecting the exact questions you want your students to see. This means you can pull items from multiple topics, subjects, and even grade-levels into one Group Session tailored just for your students.
For
all of these modes, all performance data is available immediately and saved for
later review through Study Island’s reporting features.
For all of these modes, all performance data is available immediately and saved for later review through Study Island’s reporting features.
2. What's So Cool About Manufacturing? video contest
If you haven't had a chance to vote yet, please vote as often and as much as possible between March 20-March 22 here. The votes are unlimited. Feel free to share these videos with your students if it fits into your schedule and/or curriculum. Students are welcome to vote, too! Thanks for your support of our Pennridge Students and this beneficial program. Each video is less than 2.5 minutes!
If you're able to share this flyer via Seesaw or another avenue, we would greatly appreciate it.
3. PSD Key is Coming
On March 27 Pennridge will launch its Single Sign On Portal called PSD Key, which will allow students and teachers to unlock district and web resources using a single password. PSD Key has been tested in 12 classrooms this month and has seen very positive results with students and teachers alike. While many of the resources will not need a username or password to be inputted, some will need you and your students to input this information just one more time and PSD Key will take care of the rest. On March 27th each elementary school will be trained on PSD Key, and the trainer will model storing a password using your PowerSchool login. Please be prepared with your username and password for PowerSchool, and consider collecting all of your passwords in one place so they can be logged in PSD Key, which will follow you to any computer you are using.
