Professional Development: Edmodo Rollout Series 1 of 4

Prepared by: Cynthia Mills Overview and Purpose of Training: This two hour Edmodo presentation is designed for Carson High School staff and administration. As a result of being a recipient of The Race to the Top Grant and the 1:1 initiative, Carson High School staff need to be trained in blended learning instruction and strategies. Edmodo has been determined to be a useful starting point for teachers to incorporate more digital content into their curriculum. In addition, in order to gather relevant data of the interface, staff will be concurrently trained in the Action Research Model and asked to utilize this approach in each department as it pertains to Edmodo. The Action Research approach will be modeled throughout the Edmodo training. Preparation: Prior to the professional development day, staff members will be asked to rate their technology skills. This will be implemented as follows: very knowledgeable and high navigational skills, somewhat knowledgeable and good navigational skills, low knowledge and slow to navigate. This will enabled me to integrate differentiated instruction through grouping. Before the inservice, during the organizational stage of dividing teachers up per their inservice groups, I will assign each participant a color: red, green and yellow. Red represents the low technology skilled teachers, green represents the highly skilled teachers, and yellow represents the somewhat knowledgeable teachers. The seating in the lab will be red, green, yellow; red green yellow, allowing the highly skilled teacher to be in between the other two. The green teachers will be asked to assist the other teachers throughout the instruction so that everyone has the opportunity to keep up with the lesson and the hands-on activities. Also, staff will be asked to listen to my podcast series,How Edmodo Changed my Classroom and write down one thing that interested them or caught their attention about the Podcast. Other Preparation: For the first two trainings, I will be the lead trainer and Cheryl Macy, Carson City School District Implementation Specialist, will assist me. Mrs. Macy has agreed to be trained over the summer, and she has seen this PD plan. Subsequent trainings will include teachers who express interest at the end of session one. This will be determined by asking teachers to respond to a post in the Edmodo classroom at the end of the second hour.. The goal is to establish an Edmodo committee for the year. The committee will meet after school during contract time to learn more about the interface so that members can assist in the next two training sessions and throughout the year. Mrs. Macy and I hope that this rollout generates enthusiasm and the desire by members of the staff to want to learn more and participate in this school wide effort. If staff memeber train, they will receive professional growth credits. Trainees will also receive professional growth credits, but they must attend both subsequent trainings. Where to find this PD Plan: This PD plan will be made available for all teachers on the shared drive. The links have been included next to the instruction for teacher use AFTER the training. The training will not access all these links (though it will access some of the links and video) because of time constraints.

Multimedia used in Presentation: Video, Powerpoint, whiteboard or butcher paper, camera, and Edmodo interface both observational and interactive. SMART GOAL: By December 15, all staff will employ Edmodo for at least one class, utilizing the interface as a blended learning opportunity in order to participate in the school improvement process and implemented school improvement goals. Objectives Hour 1:

Introduce the Edmodo interface Create Student account/join training group Create Teacher account Create teacher profile Create a group/class

Objectives Hour 2:

Demonstrate/create parent letter from template Review safety and best practices for teachers Review student code of conduct Demonstrate parent access Create assignments and posts Demonstrate how to access Gradebook Demonstrate Grade and annotate assignments Join a community on Edmodo

Materials Needed: Computer Lab Projector Teacher computer Other Resources: Large Post it paper or butcher paper or large whiteboard. Red, yellow and green construction paper Online Teacher Packet Videos and Helpful Links Video: Edmodo Overview Video: Tutorials Sign up as a Teacher Create Teacher Profile Training Presentation Powerpoint Create a Group Teacher Best Practices Parent Letter (sample) Code of conduct (sample) Sending a Quiz Send an Assignment

Create a Poll Access Gradebook Annotate Assignment Grade Assignment ______________________________________________________________________________ Formative Assessments:
1. Polls on Edmodo 2. Group Activities: Think/Pair/Share, Read/Pair/Share, Write/Pair/Share, respond to posts,

create posts, discuss Summative Assessments: 1. Learner sets up an Edmodo site with one class 2. Learner joined a network 3. Pop Quiz Edmodo Session Hour 1: Objectives Hour 1:

Introduce the Edmodo interface Create Student account/join group Create Teacher account Create teacher profile Create a group/class

1. Greet teachers and ask staff to sit at assigned color. Ask staff members to log onto their computers and log onto edmodo.com. 2. Explain the reason for the colors, and have staff introduce themselves to the person on the right and the person on the left. State name and what they teach State one thing that caught their attention from the Podcast. 3. Show Edmodo at a Glance. Edmodo Overview 4. Teach staff how to create a student Edmodo account and have them join our classroom for this session. Remind green staff to check on reds and yellows sitting next to them. As they are doing this, HOOK: Demonstrate a Voki Embedded on Edmodo speaking to the kids about being absent and what their assignment is. Create a Voki 5. Poll Question #1 Ask Staff: What do you think of the interface in terms of its appeal to your students? Create a Poll 6. Ask teachers to take poll. 7. Think/Pair/Share: Ask Staff: How do you think you can use polls on Edmodo as a blended learning tool? Ask group to share. Write ideas on board or butcher paper under category: How I Would Use Polls in My Classroom. Presenter will take a picture of ideas and post them on Edmodo for the class. 7.1 Action Research Approach: The following question will be put on the class Edmodo site. What will the data we collect in polls tell us about students learning and teaching

strategies? Staff will be asked to comment on this directly on the Edmodo site. They may do this activity individually or they have the choice of pairing up. This will be offered in order to differentiate instruction. 8. Action Research Approach: Now that the staff has seen this approach for recording, displaying and sharing findings, ask each staff member to comment on one post (in response to 7.1) 8.1 Think/Pair/Share and Action Research Approach: How can this approach (asking a question on the Edmodo interface and asking students to respond to each other) be used in your classroom for recording, displaying, and sharing findings? Share with entire class. Presenter will write ideas on board or butcher paper under category: Recording, Displaying and Sharing Findings. Presenter will take a picture of ideas and post them on Edmodo for the class. 9. Demonstrate/tutorial how to create teacher account and teacher profile. Sign up as a Teacher Create Teacher Profile 10. Ask Green teachers to give the thumbs up that their reds and yellows are good to go. 11. Demonstrate/tutorial on creating a group. Create a Group 12. Poll Question #2: Now that staff have started their profiles and set up one class, rate your first hour of learning Edmodo. Just allow teacher to view interface and responses. Edmodo Session Hour 2: Objectives Hour 2:

Review parent letter from template Review safety and best practices for teachers Review student code of conduct Demonstrate parent access Create assignments and posts Demonstrate how to access Gradebook Demonstrate how to grade and annotate assignments Join a community on Edmodo

1. Welcome teachers back and remind them to sit where they sat during the first session. 2. Pop Quiz: The quiz will be designed on Edmodo. It will be a fun quiz about the first session. The purpose of the quiz is to refresh participants memories and demonstrate how quizzes work on Edmodo. Sending a quiz will not be taught at this session. The link for the tutorial to create a quiz is here and under Helpful Links in the staff online resource packet. Sending a Quiz 3. Review parent letter from template. Parent Letter (sample) 4. Activity: Review safety and best practices for teachers. Teacher Best Practices Read/Pair/Share: Have teachers pair up and read through the best practices together. Write/Pair/Share: Ask staff to post one or two best practices that their group deemed as a nonnegotiable. Respond to another groups non-negotiable on Edmodo. 5. Review Student Code of Conduct Sample. Code of conduct (sample) Open Forum: Anything missing? Discuss and record on butcher paper or whiteboard. Presenter will take a picture of ideas and post them on Edmodo for the class. 6. Quick Demonstration parental access. Teachers can view video later. Parent access video 7. Demonstrate creating assignments and Polls: Send an Assignment Create a Poll Activity:

This is a hands-on demonstration following the instructor. Staff will create an assignment and a poll on their class page. Remind Green teachers to assist reds and yellows. 8. Demonstrate how to access Gradebook. Access Gradebook Annotate Assignment Activity: This is a hands-on demonstration following the instructor. 9. Demonstrate how to grade and annotate. This is observational only due to time restraints. Its a teaser, baiting staff to want more! Grade Assignment 10. Demonstrate how to join a community. This is a hands-on demonstration following the instructor. Community 11. Final Poll on Edmodo: Rate session two. Ask Staff: What do you want more of? Are you interested in being a member of the 2015-2016 Edmodo Committee? 12. Action Research Wrap-up: When staff meet in their PLCs discuss the following Action Research Question: How can I use Edmodo to gather data on the same question in different ways, from different sources, and at different times? Follow-Up: I will set up an additional after school session within the first two weeks to address staff questions and concerns. In addition, in order to ensure that teachers are on Edmodo, evaluators will be asked to access their teachers Edmodo page at least once a month as this training will fall under the professional domain category that states that the employee participated in the school improvement process and implemented school improvement goals. The Edmodo committee will create goals and follow-up strategies to ensure success for all teachers, students, and parents. Edmodo Committee Edmodo Rollout Series 2, 3 and 4: The next three trainings will be offered by the Edmodo committee for professional growth credits for the trainers and the trainees. These trainings will take place after school in the computer lab in the tech center. They will be 1-hour trainings using similar methods as demonstrated in this PD for evaluation and assessment. Each PD lesson will be submitted to Cheryl Macy and myself for approval. The training will incorporate the following, but they are not limited to the following: teach learners how to access the library, import Google Docs, Use the planner and calendar, create quizzes, use badges, and share resources from discovery. The Edmodo committee must submit the dates and times for approval within the first 4 weeks of school, and the trainings must occur during the first semester. Evaluations of the trainings will be created and analyzed by the committee and an analysis will be presented to myself and Mrs. Macy. We will share the results with department chairs, administrators and staff. Further trainings or repeated trainings will be considered for second semester. Additional Support: Department chairs will be asked to email their teachers a self-evaluation within the first month of the Edmodo rollout. This will be done in the form of a survey. This evaluation will be provided by the Edmodo committee and will help identify any emerging issues. The Edmodo committee may need to continue evaluating throughout the year, but this will depend on feedback from administrators, department chairs, peers, and the evaluation itself. Summative Evaluation: Because the Edmodo rollout stakeholders are teachers, students, and parents, I will ask the Edmodo committee to create a summative evaluation at the end of the

year. Through the CHS website, the administration will ask students and parents to participate in a survey. In addition, teachers will receive an end of the year survey. My goal is to gather the information and graph it, sharing the results with the administration and the department chairs.