PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY: IMPLEMENTATION OF IXL - SOUTH PLAINFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS (NJ) - South Plainfield ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS (NJ)
MATH (GR. 3-12), ELA (GR. 3-10)

    PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY:
                                    Bobbi Bear
                                    Training Specialist
                                    IXL Learning
        IMPLEMENTATION OF IXL       bobbib@ixl.com
                                    (650) 732-4391

Pre-Assessment

1) Go to: http://tinyurl.com/PlainfieldPadlet
2) Reflect on the question.
3) Double click anywhere on “the wall” and
   compose your response.
4) Review colleague’s responses when you’re
   finished.

WHAT IXL IS:
 Aligned and adaptive math and ELA content for
  students
 Couples students’ enthusiasm for technology with
  critical skills practice
 A tool that enables teachers to create and facilitate
  focused, differentiated instruction

WHAT IXL IS NOT:

GOALS
1) Review account activation and class rosters

2) Navigate site through a student’s perspective

3) Share implementation strategies (and the reports that

  support those strategies)

4) Assessment, questions, debrief

Your IXL Sign-in Page:
https://www.ixl.com/signin/spboe

                                   YOUR ACTIVATION KEY:
                                      PLAINFIELD378

CREATING STUDENT ROSTERS

USING IXL: A STUDENT’S PERSPECTIVE
Your task:
1) Select the grade level that you teach.
2) Choose a skill to practice and begin answering problems.
3) Answer some questions correctly; answer some INCORRECTLY.

Be ready to discuss:
                What happened when you got a question correct?
                What happened when you answered incorrectly?
  What did you notice about the problems as you progressed through the skill?

QUESTION ADAPTATION

QUESTION ADAPTATION

WHAT IS THE SMART SCORE?
A score used for monitoring a student’s skill progress towards
 mastery.
    Calculated by the:
•    Number of problems completed

•    Number of problems correct and incorrect

•    Problem difficulty

•    Recent answers are weighed more heavily

•    Consistency (more correct answers in a row) is rewarded
     highly

SMARTSCORE: PROGRESS LEVELS
                 Successfully completed the Challenge Zone

                        Entering the Challenge Zone

                            Showing confidence

               More confidence needed; Would benefit from
               brief review, modeling, collaborative practice

               Struggling; Reteach the skill and provide ample
                   time for modeling, guided practice, and
                            collaborative practice

DISCUSSION
Will students’ IXL work be placed in your grade
                     book?
 If you answer “yes”, WHAT will you grade and how will you score students?

 If you answer “no”, WHY NOT?

SELECTING SKILLS (CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK )

Scenario:
ELA
You’re a 4th grade ELA teacher and
introduced your students today to helping
verbs vs. main verbs via a whole-group mini-
lesson.

Assign O.1 skill practice after you
have led your mini-lesson

Grade 4 ELA Landing Page
                 ON YOUR AGENDA/HOMEWORK BOARD:

                  Today’s Classwork:

                  IXL Skill PP.1 20 questions
                  Or
                  IXL Skill PP.1 10 minutes
                  Or
                  IXL Skill PP.1 Earn a ribbon

REPORTS SPOTLIGHT

 I want to
monitor class
 progress
within a skill

CLASS OVERVIEW REPORT

Click on the skills link in
order to review student
   data for this skill.

SO, NOW WHAT?
Scenario:
You provide whole group instruction today in math class on place value.
In the lesson, you:
- introduce the skill using a hands-on anticipatory set
- model how to tackle several problems
- have students work collaboratively to practice the skill
- have students practice independently using IXL

      YOUR CLASS OVERVIEW REPORT REVEALS THIS…

YOUR CLASS OVERVIEW REPORT REVEALS THIS:

     What’s your plan for tomorrow?

REPORTS SPOTLIGHT

I want to set
goals for my
   students

Set class goals here

  Failed to meet goal

USING IXL AS A TOOL FOR PROVIDING
                    DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION

EIGHTY PERCENT OF DIFFERENTIATION IS
MIND-SET; THE REST IS CRAFT.
~ RICK WORMELI
(AUTHOR, FAIR ISN’T ALWAYS EQUAL; ASSESSMENT AND GRADING IN THE DIFFERENTIATED CLASSROOM)

DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGY #1
           PROVIDING SCAFFOLDING AND SUPPORT

                                    Allow student
                                        to gain
                                     confidence
                                    using a lower
                                     grade level
  Want to hide grade levels?
Select “Hide grade levels” in the
    profiles & settings area.

DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGY #2
   PROVIDING ENRICHMENT

                      Move skill(s) up
                      a grade level
                        (or two!)

ADDITIONAL REMEDIATION & ENRICHMENT IDEAS

                        Using the Class Overview report, generate a
                        student-specific worksheet of:

                        Questions answered incorrectly during skill practice
                        (remediation)

                        OR

                        Questions answered correctly in order to provide
                        further writing opportunities (enrichment)

GUIDE TO CREATING STUDENT-SPECIFIC WORKSHEETS
1) Reports tab          Status Update            Class Overview
2) Select skill in Skills Practiced Area
3) Review student performance, select student, and select “Missed”
4) Click HIDE CORRECT ANSWERS
5) Select UPDATE REPORT
6) Select the printer icon     in right corner
7) Print the worksheet.

  If you are creating a worksheet for enrichment purposes, follow the steps above
           but choose CORRECT vs. MISSED when you arrive to Step #3.

DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGY #3
      CREATING SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION
        AND/OR COLLABORATIVE GROUPS

 Group 1

 Group 2

 Group 3

CENTERS         STATIONS        ROTATIONS

           HYBRID/BLENDED LEARNING

IXL AS A HOMEWORK TOOL
Assign:
                                       Free IXL app available for
                                       iPad and Android tablets
• One skill

• The number of questions to be completed
   - K-2 (5-10 questions)
   - 2-5 (15-20)                  Recommended, but
                                     not required
   - 6-12 (25-40)

• Using the Class Overview report, review their
   progress the next day.

COMMUNICATING STUDENT PROGRESS

STUDENT REPORT CARDS

Shows Olivia’s
performance in skills
     practiced

GENERATING ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT

Competition ideas:
 Who has shown the most growth in a specific area?
 Who spent the most time practicing using the site?
 Your ideas?

    Note: Don’t compete using students’ SmartScores.
                     WHY NOT?

Incentive ideas:

RESOURCES TO EXPLORE

           Student/teacher      Aligned to GoMath &
         standards checklists       enVisionMATH

Are you an IXL Scholar?

             kahoot.it

Your
    questions?
What idea or strategy for
IXL usage did we discuss
today that you plan on
incorporating into your
instruction?

Contact me to:
• Discuss other strategies for successfully implementing IXL into
 your district’s classrooms
• Target reporting features to best support your instruction
• Share exciting ways that you are using IXL in your classroom
Bobbi Bear                                Julia Lee
IXL, Training Specialist                  Account Manager
Email: bobbib@ixl.com                     Email: julial@ixl.com
Direct: (650)372-4391                     Direct: (650)372-4374

Please share your:
1)Additional training needs
2)Lingering questions
3)Reactions to our work together today

http://tinyurl.com/PlainfieldTraining