Educate with Eduphoria August 10 th La Mesa Elementary Alissa Carter Advanced Academic Service/Instructional Technology Coordinator PISD

Mission Today Introductions Forethought Fundamentals Aware Basics Techno Apps Questions

Learn to use Forethought in Eduphoria! Set up your planner and learn how to share your lesson plans. Learn how to data dig in Aware and get great info about your students. Learn where to find some techno links from the district.

What is eduphoria! A suite of products that enhances productivity of teachers and administrators. Web-based application. Can be accessed from any device with an internet connection. 7 applications to assist with instruction and logistics: – Aware – Forethought – Workshop – Appraise (PDAS) – Helpdesk – Facilities and Events – Formspace Instruction Logistics

Opening Page and Components Update Profile

BUILDING YOUR SCHEDULE IN FORETHOUGHT Part 1

Unit, SE, and more Daily Schedule Shared Lessons

This is where you will be able to see and enter plans in a sequential manner by course.

Learning Standards Double click to add to lesson

Pop-up box will open when you click on EU Resource Look for BLUE DOT

TYPE HERE

Things you need to know as you explore this program…. Everything is WIZARD driven…user friendly! You will never lose a lesson plan as long as you do not delete it. It saves….200 years…. Plan a day, week, or month! Set up your own template or use the district one. Lesson plans will need to be deleted one day/lesson at a time. To play use July so that info does not get included in this years schedule.

Things you need to know as you explore this program…. Create a course once and then mirror it…similar to assignments in Skyward. TEKS, EU’s, EQ’s have already been input—just select the ones you need to cover in that lesson. (Double click will place them in your lesson.) EU’s & EQ’s—indicated with a Blue Dot and the resources are here too. Double click to view and add to lesson. (Resource tab bottom right).

Things you need to know as you explore this program…. You can put a team together so all the lesson plans are shared. (Use the WIZARD—Who is on it and What do you teach?) Only teachers who have set up schedules will be able to be added to your team. There is a discussion board w/in Team Planner. Remember everyone can see what you have written and you can not delete comments. All will be able to edit/delete etc this team/lesson.

Things you need to know as you explore this program…. You can share your lesson and others can not make adjustments by being in your lesson planner. (Not a team!) Click the Change My Settings in the task pane. Click Share My Planner This will show up in My Lesson Plans…you will need to delete this if you no longer want to share.

Things you need to know as you explore this program…. No one can modify your personal lesson plan. You can copy this info from year to year. Please do not copy the whole year…copy a 2 weeks at a time or day at a time! TO COPY…Select both A and B day or it will only copy the A day over and over. Copy WIZARD will let you copy…Content or Instructional Days or Shift a Day! Careful when shifting lesson plans because it will shift the A/B day…shift 2 days if you need to use this function.

Things you need to know as you explore this program…. On the left hand side you will notice tabs…My Planner, My Activities, Scope & Sequence is district Curriculum. After a lesson plan has been built, and you expect to use this as an Activity regularly. You can save this info as an Activity and it will be added to the available resources the next time you click on the TEKS it is tied to. This activity will be tied to the 1 st Standard (TEKS) in the Lesson. Or just build an Activity and then add to the lesson plan.

CREATING NEW TEAMS Part 2

Use team planner for PLC or Department Planning. Share your plans and keep a copy in your planner.

Team Planner comments (cannot be removed)

Help!!

AWARE Part 3

eduphoria!:aware SchoolObjects:aware provides access to data from one central location, just a mouse click away. SchoolObjects:aware not only enables you to access and analyze data, but you can also develop benchmark tests, and even build student personal graduation plans. Features Analyze STAAR data in a rich, interactive grid Create and share custom data views to focus on important issues for your district Develop easy-to-administer benchmark tests Print answer documents on plain paper and scan with inexpensive retail scanners Deploy secure student forms for almost any purpose

eduphoria!: aware Assessment data management system – State data – District data – Campus data Displays student performance reports. Disaggregate data quickly and is accessible to administrators and teachers. Most heavily used application within eduphoria!

eduphoria!: aware Aware can quickly access and analyze student data to drive instruction and intervention strategies. Student data can be viewed based on one’s level of access: – Superintendent – all data – Principal – school data – Teacher – classroom data