Pearson System of Courses Getting Started Guide
Contents Ten Fast Facts 1 Welcome 3 ipad Essentials 4 Getting Started with the ipad 5 Troubleshooting 5 Moving Through Sections, Units, Lessons and Tasks 6 Navigation Tips 7 Icons at the Top of the Screen 9 Using the System Tray 10 Using the Notebook 11 Opening and Annotating Text 13 Using the Annotation Tool 14 Doodling and Drawing 15 Using the Teacher Guide to View Teacher Content 16 Discovering More to Explore 17 Exploring Concept Corner 18 Exploring the K 1 App 19
Getting Started Guide Ten Fast Facts The Pearson System of Courses is designed to make the work of teachers more effective and engaging. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The Pearson System of Courses is a system. The system is based on the digital delivery of courses that are designed to support student learning, motivation and engagement, classroom management, assessment, and teacher professional development. The system is based on years of research about how people learn. The methodology that underlies the Pearson System of Courses classroom instructional rituals and routines is designed to support a variety of learning styles and has been proven to improve student outcomes. The Pearson System of Courses curriculum, from kindergarten through high school, has been written from the ground up. It reflects the most current international research on the learning and teaching of mathematics, reading, and writing. The system uses state-of-the-art digital tools and media to facilitate mathematics and English language arts instruction. The unit and lesson design enhances the form of instruction, providing teachers with supports for presenting new content and concepts to the whole class and fostering teacher-student and student-student collaboration. The system supports individualized and collaborative student learning. The Pearson System of Courses includes adaptive learning technology tools that are optimized to engage and support student interaction with the content, both individually and in small groups. 1
Pearson System of Courses 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. The system contains content that is relevant, up to date, and easy to personalize. The lessons within the Pearson System of Courses can be easily updated and localized so that lessons remain interesting and engaging. Teacher supports are embedded into the design of each lesson and unit, as well as in stand-alone professional development modules and teacher networks. The system helps to enhance teacher capacity with research-based classroom instructional routines and specific guidance on the delivery of the content. The system uses technology to help teachers identify students who need extra help or tutoring, and the unit design incorporates time to support individualized instruction. In addition, the system organizes the assessment data and provides teachers with professional development support needed to help individual learners. The system includes formative assessment throughout instruction, enabling teachers to identify student strengths and weaknesses and modify instruction accordingly. These assessments occur throughout the unit and lesson delivery as pretests, quizzes, exercises, lesson tasks, and self-checks all as part of daily instruction and authentic student work. The system provides real-time, meaningful feedback to support teaching and learning. There are built-in tools, animations, and simulations to engage and deepen learning for students who demonstrate proficiency, as well as explicit scaffolds for students needing more support. 2
Getting Started Guide Welcome Getting Started Welcome to the Pearson System of Courses for English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics This guide will get you up and running with the Pearson System of Courses (System of Courses) app: a complete, educator-designed learning platform for ELA and Mathematics. We re excited to bring you this integrated, tablet-based system that supports active learning, student motivation and engagement, classroom management, and teacher professional development. The System of Courses equips teachers with a new model for creating a collaborative, dynamic learning environment within and beyond the classroom. The System of Courses includes: A suite of courses (145 150 lessons) for each grade Discrete student and teacher views within each course Student and teacher dashboards Professional development portal and supplemental online training courses If you have any questions, please call (800) 472-7497. 3
Pearson System of Courses ipad Essentials Please handle the device with care. The Pearson System of Courses is designed to work in landscape format (lengthwise), so please keep the tablet facing you in this direction: Home is the round button the only button on the screen. Press it to return to the ipad s Home screen at any time. Sleep/Wake is the oval button on the back of the ipad. If you re holding the screen lengthwise as shown, you ll find it on the lower right side of the device. To wake up the ipad, hold the Sleep/Wake button down until the Apple logo appears on the screen. To put the ipad to sleep when you re not using it, hold the Sleep/Wake button down until the screen goes dark. On the Home screen, tap an app to open it. 4
Getting Started Guide Getting Started with the ipad 1. Turn on the ipad by holding down the Sleep/Wake button until you see the Apple logo on the screen. Hints: If your ipad is already turned on but the display is black, wake it up by pressing the Home button. If your ipad is turned on but doesn t wake up, check to see if the battery needs to be charged. 2. When the ipad is awake, slide or swipe the Slide to Unlock button at the bottom of the screen with your finger. This feature prevents accidental swiping while the display is turned off. When the device is unlocked, the Home screen appears, where you can see all the installed apps. 3. Tap to launch the System of Courses for Grades 2-12. If you don t see the, slide the Home screen with your finger until it comes into view. If this is your first time logging in to the application, you ll be prompted to enter your user name and password. For more information about the application for Grades K-1 pg 19 of this document., see the Exploring the K-1 App section on 4. Tap the User Name box to display the onscreen keyboard and type in your assigned user name. Then tap the Password box to enter your password, and tap LOG IN. Log in information is case sensitive. Troubleshooting If your screen locks or freezes while you re working in the Pearson System of Courses, simply reboot by holding down the Sleep/Wake button on the lower right side of the device and then sliding the power off bar that appears on the screen. Press the Sleep/Wake button again to restart. 5
Pearson System of Courses Moving Through Sections, Units, Lessons and Tasks Sections and Units Once the opens, you ll see all of the sections available to you (not applicable to all users). Tap on Units, and you ll see an overview screen for each unit. Swipe left to see all the units for your grade. Tap to see all your sections. Tap Start to go to the Lessons screen. 6
Getting Started Guide Lessons Once on the Lessons screen, you ll see a brief description of the unit and all the lessons it contains. Tap an image to open a lesson. Navigation Tips If there is more content to see than will fit within a single frame, you can scroll by placing your finger on the screen and swiping in the direction you want to go. Watch the bottom of the screen for page numbers, arrows, or pointers that will help you find your way. The white dot represents your current location within the unit or lesson just swipe left or right to see more. 7
Pearson System of Courses Tasks Tap Start again, and you arrive at the opening page of the lesson. From here you can tap on the number at the bottom of the screen to see a browser menu that lists all the tasks in the lesson. Your current location is highlighted in green for mathematics or blue for ELA. You can also move from one task to another by tapping the arrows at the bottom of the screen. Tap the page number to see a task browser menu for the lesson. Your current location is highlighted in green (Mathematics) or blue (ELA). 8
Getting Started Guide Icons at the Top of the Screen As you explore the lessons, you ll use the icons at the top of your screen to navigate to important areas. Here we identify the icons and their general purpose; in subsequent pages we explain their purpose and functionality in more detail: System Tray. Tap to display options for navigation and content for example, choose another unit, display your Notebook pages, update your content, and log out of the System of Courses. Notebook. Tap to open your Notebook, which is always at your fingertips, for creating, storing, and automatically organizing notes. For more information, see Using the Notebook later in this guide. Shared Work. Tap to see if anyone has shared work with you. Back. Tap to return to the place indicated. For instance, in a lesson, tap to return to an overview of the lessons. From there, tap to return to the Unit Opening, and so on. More to Explore/Concept Corner. Tap to open More to Explore (ELA) or Concept Corner (Mathematics), which provide supplemental lesson content. For details, see the relevant section later in this guide. Teacher Guide. Once in a lesson, tap to open the Teacher Guide, which offers tips on planning lessons and more. (The Teacher Guide feature is only available when you log on as an instructor.) 9
Pearson System of Courses Using the System Tray Students and teachers can update their content, view all their Notebook pages, log out, and do more from the System Tray on the top left side of the screen. My Sections. Tap to see the sections and the names of students you are teaching. Unit Library. Tap to open the index of available units. Assessments. Tap to view assessments on the Schoolnet Homepage in your web browser. My Notebooks. Tap to see all of your saved Notebooks, which are automatically organized for you by unit and lesson. Update Content. Tap to download the latest content by grade. About. Tap to see which version of the app is installed on this ipad, and the date and time of the last content update. Log Out. Tap to log out of the app. (Note: The next time you open the app, you will be required to log in.) To exit the app without losing your place, simply tap the Home button once. 10
Getting Started Guide Using the Notebook At any point within a lesson, you (and the students) can open your own Notebook by tapping. Everything you enter in your Notebook is saved and organized by unit and lesson until you erase it. Type. Tap to display the keyboard. Your typing is automatically saved. To close, tap again. Draw. Tap to display a drawing palette. Select a color and brush size for your pen, then touch the page to begin drawing. Erase. Tap, then use your finger to erase some or all of your entries on the page. Add Multimedia. Tap to take a photo or video using the ipad s built-in camera, or to select an image from your camera roll pictures you ve already taken. Venn Diagram. Tap to place a Venn diagram background on the page. Page Down. Tap to scroll down in your Notebook and see more of the page. Delete. Tap, then tap Clear All to erase everything at once. Redo an Action. Tap to restore the last thing you removed or to redo or repeat an action. Undo an Action. Tap to undo your most recent action. You can undo multiple actions by tapping this arrow more than once. Change Background. Tap to change the background to a Big Graph, Small Graph, Ruled, or Penmanship background. 11
Pearson System of Courses Hint: To close the Notebook, tap again. Sharing and Receiving Notebooks Hint: To see all of your Notebooks, tap. When the feature is fully implemented, you will also be able to send and share Notebook pages within the classroom. With a WiFi connection, you and your students can share the contents of a Notebook whenever the Notebook is open. Simply tap the share icon in the upper-right portion of the screen and another screen will appear that will allow you to send the Notebook to one or multiple recipients. If you wish, you can select to send to an entire class, or multiple sections of a class. Share icon With a WiFi connection, you can also see at any time if someone has shared a Notebook with you simply by tapping the Shared Work icon at the top of the screen. 12
Getting Started Guide Opening and Annotating Text During the course of a lesson you get to a text signified by a dog-eared title page with a book icon at the top you can open it by tapping the magnifying glass. Tap to open a text in the content reader. Once the text is open, you can annotate it using the tool on the right-hand side of the page. Annotation tool 13
Pearson System of Courses Using the Annotation Tool Annotation is a key strategy for helping students comprehend complex texts. Students use the Annotation tool to underline, highlight, and make margin notes all strategies for close reading. Annotations are automatically saved and organized for you within the digital text, so you can refer back to them at any time. To annotate text, press the area of the text you want to annotate until a magnifying circle appears. (HINT: If the magnifying glass does not appear, tap annotating icon to make sure that highlighting and annotating is turned on.) Then remove your finger from the screen to see the toolbar that will provide you with a menu of choices: 14
Getting Started Guide Copy enables you to copy text by dragging the blue box with your finger and then pasting the highlighted material into an area such as the Notebook. Highlight specific text by dragging the blue box with your finger. Annotate brings up a keyboard so you can type your own notes on the text. Like highlighter pens, annotations are color coded. The color of the note shows its purpose in a lesson: Gist: blue New thinking: pink New word: orange Other: green You can tap the annotating icon at any time to hide your annotations, notes, and highlights. Doodling and Drawing To make the drawing tools visible so you can add notes or doodles directly on the text, tap the Drawing Tools button. Tap again to hide drawings so you can read a clean text. The following tools appear: Draw: Tap to bring up a drawing palette so you can draw anywhere on the text with your finger. Erase: Tap to use your finger and erase all or part of your drawing. Clear All: Tap and then select Clear All to erase all the marks on the page. 15
Pearson System of Courses Using the Teacher Guide to View Teacher Content To get to the Teacher Guide, tap the in the upper right-hand corner. From here, you can see all teacher content. In the left pane, you ll see the student content, with your class roster below. On the right, under the Teacher Guide bar, you ll see complete lesson plans, notes, tips for differentiation and intervention, and more. Tap to expand or collapse the teacher view. Tap again to close Teacher View. Tap to expand or collapse each section (Unit Overview, About This Lesson, Teacher Guide). Swipe up or down to move through the text in a particular screen. Each task in a lesson includes these lesson plans and teacher tips. As you move through the student tasks, appropriate teacher content is displayed, screen by screen. Above the Teacher Guide, two other bars offer important information. Tap the Unit Overview for a summary of each lesson in the unit, Guiding Questions, and more. Tap About This Lesson for specific information about the lesson. 16
Getting Started Guide Discovering More to Explore Within each ELA unit, tap to access More to Explore. Here, as you can see on the unit overview page, students can delve much deeper into the themes and activities embedded in the unit using a rich variety of supplemental content Topic Readings provide students with articles about everything from historical context to explorations of why and how the literary and historical themes are still relevant today. Independent Readings are collections of complete books and book excerpts both classic and contemporary that have been recommended by educators and curated by grade level. Claims & Quests provides provocative statements or theses for students to prove or disprove as well as the option to create something original of their own. Beyond the Classroom is an optional section that connects students to an array of curated educational resources, productivity tools, games, and other apps via the web. 17
Pearson System of Courses Exploring Concept Corner With each mathematics lesson, tap to access Concept Corner. Here, as you can see on the Overview page, students can delve into rich supplemental resources designed to complement and expand understanding of the mathematical concepts addressed in the Common Core State Standards. Tap to return to the Concept Corner home page. Tap to display concept maps. Video Tutorials support the specific concepts addressed within the lessons. Example Problems, ranging from easy to difficult, enable students to practice their conceptual learning and to understand and explain alternative ways of solving the problems. Concept Map is a navigational tool that illustrates how mathematical concepts and their interrelationships are aligned to the Common Core State Standards. Glossary is an easily accessible reference guide of key terms and related terms from the lessons. Inside this Concept provides students with mathematical briefs about important topics in mathematics written by mathematicians. TLounge is where teachers can share best practices and tools, ask questions about everything from managing the classroom to supporting nontraditional learners, and meet up with other members of the mathematics teaching community. 18
Getting Started Guide Exploring the K 1 App The environment in grades K and 1 is teacher mediated. A simple, student-friendly design places all student tools, videos, and digital manipulatives for a unit in a library, which can also be distributed for each lesson via the Today screen. 1. From the ipad Home screen, tap. 2. Enter your user name and password, then tap the check mark to log in. 3. Select a lesson from the menu ELA or Mathematics to open a demonstration unit. 4. Tap Today. The Today screen organizes the videos, texts, problem sets, interactives, and tools used in a lesson. Home takes you back to the unit s home page Library holds all the music, videos, tools, and interactives that students use throughout a unit. Libraries are organized by unit and serve as both a reference and a resource for accomplishing work. Libraries from prior units are always available from the Home screen. Teacher Guide is where you can find tips regarding lesson planning, teaching nontraditional learners, and more. Notebook is where is where students can create and keep letters, numbers, art, and more. 19
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