EducationCity Training Session

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EducationCity Training Session
Cue Cards
v2.0
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Introductions

• Teacher
• ICT Consultant
• Independent ICT Consultant

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Overview of EducationCity

• I am going to show you how you can teach the
  whole class using EducationCity with an IWB, you
  will be in control of what the children will
  learn and underpinning all of this is
  personalised learning Personalised learning is
  further supported by KS2 maths tests which after
  they have been used will create personalised
  revision paths.
• Although children are doing tests they don't see
  them as tests. They find the activities engaging
  and really enjoy using them. EducationCity is a
  developing site with over 1000 activities with
  two new activies are added each week and two
  upgraded
•  You watch the childrens progress using the
  Successtracker.
• If EducationCity is used effectively standards
  will rise and childen's learning will be
  accelerated. These are not are boastful words, On
  the back of one of the sheets I have given you
  there are two evaluations given by two year 6
  teachers after a special study of EducationCity
  in Bradford.

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Overview

• Introduction
• Access
• Play Activity
• Finding Activities
• Extras
• myCity
• Tests
• Features
• Setting up Class Lists
• Success Tracker
• Homework (if applicable)?
• Recap

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Introduction

• Leading teaching, learning and assessment
  resource.
• Online resource which means all new activities
  and features are available to all subscribers as
  soon as they are completed.
• Pupils are engaged by the bright and colourful
  graphics coupled with powerful content.
  Motivation to succeed is provided by the fun
  animations that accompany activities.
• The resource covers Maths, Literacy and Science
  from Early Years Foundation Stage to Year 7.
• Also have French, German and Spanish mapped to
  the new Framework for Languages.
• There are over 1000 activities on EducationCity.
  There are 2 brand new activities created each
  week and 2 upgraded activities. These can be
  identified by looking for stars on the activity
  select screens.

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Access

• In school, teachers and pupils access via a
  shortcut (autologin)?
• This could be on the desktop or in a shared area
• NEVER NEED TO INPUT PASSWORDS IN SCHOOL
• At home, teachers can use school login details at
  home
• Enter www.educationcity.com into web-browser and
  input login details.
• I will explain at the end how to access
  Educationcity from your home computer.

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Teaching through Activities

• Activities gt Year 1 gt Maths gt Summer Fair
  (Pictograms)?
• First play through
• Red arrows, 10min timer, Quit/Restart, Speaker
• Get to end and Save Score
• Do you have class lists set up?
• Restart in Whiteboard Mode
• No timer/Next button
• Restart and go through Teacher Zone
• Activity Sheet (View on whiteboard)?
• Teachers Notes
• Feedback

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Teaching Tools

• Teach and Learn Areas
• These are passive areas (no questions) that
  explain the concept that pupil needs to know in
  order to complete the activity
• Demonstrate Marvellous Muffins (Maths gt Year 5)?
• Whiteboard Tools
• A range of whiteboard tools designed to aid the
  teaching of maths
• Demonstrate the chart tool found in Hit a Puck
  (Year 5)?

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Finding Activities

• Curriculum Map
• Find Activities by searching for the objective
  you are teaching
• Demonstrate a pathway through C.Map
• Topic Filter
• Most effective method of finding activities
• Go through activities gt year 2 gt Science gt search
  Electricity in Topic Filter
• Find easier and harder activities on the same
  topic by clicking 'change level'
  (differentiation)

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Extra Activities

• Early Years 'Topics'
• Seven different cross-curricular themes each with
  5 activities covering maths, literacy, science,
  creative design and PSHE
• Demo this through activities button
• MFL
• MFL now mapped to new Framework for Languages
• To find MFL activities look In the appropriate
  academic year group
• Letters and Sounds (phonics)?
• Full Scheme phases 2-4
• Find the activities in Literacy gt F2
• Explain that the screen can be sequenced
  according to different schemes
• Select an activity but just demo the teacher zone
• Set up preferences - Hands on

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myCity

• Setup a myCity using electricity from Topic
  Filter in Year 2.
• First look for activities using the topic filter
  and make a note
• Then create new myCity
• Yr2 Hardware Store
• Reception Desert Island
• Remember to set preferences
• Explain preferences (unique to only the selected
  activities without effecting the rest of the
  product.
• If time/resources permit, allow teachers 20-30
  minutes for teachers to practice setting up a
  myCity
• Review the myCitys that have been setup

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Tests

• Explain Tests (Sats and optional Sats)?
• Formed from a large bank of questions
• Open Yr6 Test A
• Play first 5 questions (3 correct, 2 incorrect)?
• Save Score
• Show Corrections
• Revision Pathway (personalised learning)?
• Access through Tests gt Select Year gt myRevision
• Add Revision Pathway to myCity
• Access at home through Homework module (subject
  to subscription)?

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Homework
(If Applicable)?

• Optional Module 2 per pupil per year
• Explain Access
• Pupil can login from any PC with internet
  connection
• Homework should be set for at least a week to
  account for pupils that do not have internet
• Set new Homework
• Explain Homework Rule

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Success Tracker

• Use Classwork and Homework to locate specific
  scores for each day or for a set period in time
• Use Pupil report to view an individual pupils
  progress during the current academic year
• Use Class Analysis to view the progress of a
  whole class during the current academic year
• Use School Usage to determine how well each area
  of the resource is used at your school
• Use Email Reports to set up regular progress
  reports delivered to you by email

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Recap

• We have been through (say sentence about each
  one)
• Access
• Play Activity
• Setting up Class Lists
• Finding activities
• Extras
• myCity
• Tests
• Homework (if applicable)?
• Success Tracker