3/27/20 Update: Day 3 of Online Learning

 We have now wrapped up the first three days of online learning and made it to the weekend. Students should have completed the first topic by now (The Great Depression) and be ready to begin the next topic (World War II) on Monday. Many students have already completed the first topic and are well into the second already. 

I want to tell all of you how proud I am of each of you who have logged in and started rocking and rolling on these online lessons. It is quite a change, I know, but you are handling things very well. There have been a few issues with some students trying to move too quickly, but I think we have those ironed out. By now you all have likely figured out that you are going to get multiple attempts to pass each exercise, including the end of the topic quiz. What I am looking for is your best effort. That’s all. Understand, however, I can see how long each of you are spending on each topic. When you fail a ten-question quiz and took 57 seconds to take it, well, I think we can all agree that is not your best effort. Slow down, read each question carefully, consider your answer choices, pick the one you think is right and move on. You can handle this.

The following message was sent out earlier today on the Remind app, but I realize that not everyone signed up for that at the beginning of the year so I am including it here. It is a flier detailing how students can get free internet during this time of school closures. 

I’ve had some questions about grades; it seems I was not alone and to address this the district sent out the following information:

“Parents and students are used to seeing grades in the gradebook that never change, unless another grade is entered. Edgenuity tracks your grade every day plus your daily progress.  For example: Yesterday you received a 100 for the day’s work and you open up the program today and have a 50 and a new grade has not been entered. This occurs because you have not made any progress today. Once you complete the day’s assignments your grade will reflect your current grade.”

I hope that helps.

I will be compiling a list of students who have not yet logged on to Edgenuity and started their work. I will be attempting to contact the parents of those students this weekend. I will also be sending this list to our Principal, Mr. Key (per his request). Students who have not yet logged on and started the work should take this weekend and use that time to catch up. Again, the first topic on The Great Depression should be finished and students should be ready to start the World War II topic on Monday.

If anything new comes up I will be sure to update here. If you have any questions or problems, please feel free to contact me. I will do all I can to help you figure it out.

Have a good weekend,

Coach