Instructional Map by Jes O'Kelley https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h Use this space to reflect on successes in SY1617 and areas for growth in SY1718. en-us 2017-02-09 19:30:46 UTC 2025-09-26 00:49:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Folder.png I believe moving to more of a flipped model has been successful for SY1617. guest_kelli https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153119567
I think the more we moved to a flipped model the more we need to adjust how teachers are evaluated on CC attendance. I think we are on the right track with looking at required vs optional students]]> 2017-02-10 17:13:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153119567 Hybrid? jokelley https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153436059 Could we do a hybrid model where people can choose between the Magic Calendar and a typical spreadsheet or Google Doc for their map? Everyone would still have something to turn in and we could post in the same place for uniformity for the kids. I know a lot of people still struggle with the Magic Calendar, but I don't necessarily want to get rid of it now that everyone has worked so hard to build it.]]> 2017-02-13 14:45:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153436059 Everyone use some sort of Unit calendar/WOO/ something to print off for students with daily assignments for the Cycle. CONSISTENCY OF PLACEMENT in pdf form that students could find and print easily- put in course materials https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153507392 2017-02-13 17:46:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153507392 What does middle school do for assignments/due dates? Maybe do something similar for the sake of consistency https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153507654 2017-02-13 17:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153507654 I use the announcement sheet we had last year as well as the Magic Calendar. Seems to work well for my students. https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153526832 2017-02-13 18:40:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153526832 I like the concept of Magic Calendar, but I think we could make one that has less junk on it and is easier to view for students. https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153558491 I also know from communicating with a friend at middle school that they just use the OHS calendar/class plan to show assignments.]]> 2017-02-13 20:05:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153558491 Let's please keep the MC. We spent a ton of time setting those up. We've trained students to use them. Why would we want to train them on something else new next year. https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153559123 2017-02-13 20:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153559123 https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153559248 The MC is great for teachers and teams, but students need a cleaner document. I think the Weekly Instructional Calendars work better for them.
Chambliss]]> 2017-02-13 20:08:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153559248 https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153559620  We need to eliminate the magic calendar. The OHS already has built in tools that are uniform across the board in all OHSs. We shouldn't over complicate something that is already done and done well with the class plan and the OHS recording calendar. ]]> 2017-02-13 20:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153559620 I like how the Magic Calendar auto updates with the current recordings, but the setting up part is very time consuming. For students, I felt like the window announcements were just as effective if not more. For teachers, I do see the value in the calendar also housing the connection of the standards to each lesson but that can also be done using other methods. https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153559867 2017-02-13 20:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153559867 https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153559885 My kids and parents are very confused with the due dates.  We are setting due dates for the end of Instructional Cycle but then I tell them that they are missing an assignment and they come back with that it is not due till this date. They are confused with when assignments should be completed and when they are actually considered late]]> 2017-02-13 20:10:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153559885 It would be great if each department had an hour of time marked off on the course plan in the OHS to post the work for the day. Students could use this to help organize their days, regarding what to work on when. https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153560018 2017-02-13 20:11:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153560018 I like the concept of the Magic Calendar as a teacher tool (planning tool for teachers), but it's not student friendly. I also think we should choose Magic Calendar or Window Instructional Calendar because having multiple calendars to drop in recordings is tedious. legilbert_gca https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153560109 2017-02-13 20:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153560109 I like the concept of the Magic Calendar, but it is overloading the teachers, and the families. No one knows how to read it properly, or work in it properly and seems like one of those "great ideas". Using what the elementary school does the MIC, is really beneficial. As a former elementary parent, it is EASY to understand for all. I think this giant excel document has really backfired. https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153560304 2017-02-13 20:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153560304 The Magic Calendar would be best used as an internal document. I think its a great way to store the CC sessions (and share those with students) but I dont think it is something we need to have showing all the time, not sure if students actually use it other than to find the recordings athompson_gca https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153560568 2017-02-13 20:13:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153560568 I like the magic calendar. I'm not sure what is confusing about it for the students. you are just giving them the link for the CC recordings and the calendar. They don't actually see the excel spreadsheet. I think if we use it again next year, teachers and students will be more comfortable with it. https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153605549 2017-02-14 01:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153605549 Magic Calendar https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153696185 I really like the Magic Calendar. I have had no complaints from families. If done correctly, it is very easy to provide your family with a PDF format that ALSO updates when you update your calendar. I like that the MC is real time and when I change something students can view instantly. The Window Announcements were cumbersome in that they were edited in Word, then saved as PDF, then had to be re-loaded into the OHS. Most of the time my re-loaded version would not work in  the OHS! Also, CC recordings had to be placed on a separate doc when we had Window Announcements. Reading some of these other comments, I feel that it is user error that is causing families strife, not the MC itself. If the teacher properly hides cells and edits the MC, it is not hard to read at all.

]]> 2017-02-14 13:34:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153696185 I'm not a huge fan of the magic calendar. I think we could use excel or OneNote to house all our instructional links and resources. I think we should upload our links and try to keep everything in the OHS as much as possible. I feel this would make things simpler for teachers and students. I like the the idea of using OneNote to save documents and HTML codes (with snips of what it looks like) to use in future OHS classes so we do not have to "recreate the wheel" each year. chall_gca https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153716626 2017-02-14 14:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153716626 I live the Magic Calendar. However, I thing we are using way to many views and this is confusing to families. I think if we keep it we go with 1 live post which would be the all details tab so that we can add links to resources. We could also do printable PDFs like this year if needed. msayama_gca https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153742927 However!!! I like the idea of the One Note notebook like admin does for us. It would allow us to make tabs for recordings, calendars, due dates, notes and so much more. We would need some training at the end of this year so that we know how to use it.
We are also adding these things live to the OHS now. My recording are embedded and in the units. the due dates are there for them as well as links in announcements and  in the content. ]]> 2017-02-14 15:21:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153742927 Please not two things. Not Magic Calendar internally and other docs for families. Why do the same thing two ways. If we scrap MC I say we go with OneNote msayama_gca https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153745504 2017-02-14 15:27:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/153745504 https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/159093374 Can we focus more on using OHS tools rather than creating ways to not use them?

]]> 2017-03-09 19:01:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/159093374 I like the idea of using the Magic Calendar for planning but would rather the students follow the Class Plan in the OHS for due dates. The Class Plan is there when they open up each course and they see what they need to be working on. Hiding the Magic Calendar in the content does not seem productive, but I like the idea of giving kids a pdf version of their schedule, preferably by unit. https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/159106105 2017-03-09 19:35:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/159106105 https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/159108608 I like how the course plan is so much easier for kids to access this year. I think more kids follow the course plan than the Magic Calendar. The Course Plan can link directly to assignments/activities in the course. It is worth the time it takes to set this up because it's SO easy for kids to find now. It's literally the first thing they see.
The Magic Calendar is great for extra resources and class recordings. It is not great as a calendar. I think using that concept but making it a document that just houses extra resources and recordings would be more beneficial. One Note could do the same thing and be easier for teachers to learn since One Note won't require any of the publishing steps. However, a well made Google Doc could also be great to use but maybe more user friendly than the Magic Calendar with all of its tabs and rules. I think the most important things that the Magic Calendar gives would be 1) what kids should do each day, 2) what CC will be about, 3) CC recordings, and 4) extra help. Whatever we have needs to do these things.]]> 2017-03-09 19:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/159108608 I like students having a PDF to print, but I also think we need to have consistency in using the OHS tools. For example, should teachers just put due dates on graded work or do we put due dates on class readings too? I personally think we need due dates for any work we want them to complete so that it shows on their schedule for them to complete. Whatever is decided needs to be CONSISTENT! moneal_gca https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/159115799 2017-03-09 20:02:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/159115799 Keep everything in one place https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/159117169 I really like the magic calendar now that I have gotten used to it (the learning curve is a bit steep).  I think that we are trying to do too many different things at the same time and it's causing a lot of confusion.  The OHS has a lot of capabilities that we should take advantage of before we try to use outside resources. OneNote is redundant, as it essentially does the exact same thing that the course materials section in the OHS is set up for. And it's just one more place to go, one more thing to bookmark, one more thing to have to remember. As a student, it would be incredibly frustrating to have to go 4 different places to try to find the information I need for school. Everything should be housed in the OHS. Let's take advantage of it's functionality.]]> 2017-03-09 20:04:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/159117169 I LOVE the Magic Calendar! The learning curve is pretty steep but once you figure it out it is so beneficial. https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/159128024 2017-03-09 20:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/159128024 Use the OHS https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/159300626 Use the OHS and the due dates and all the functions that are available there. If all teachers are required to put due dates on all the graded assignments, then it shows up easily for students to know it is due. 

 We need to train students that EVERYTHING they need (including due dates, recording links, etc...) can be found in the OHS and just make sure it's there. Why are we doing things multiple times?

 I say if a teacher wants to use MC or One note, then use it- but that's just an extra for the teacher and the students IF they choose to use it. However, it's not necessary when we have all of our course materials in the OHS. 

I agree with keeping everything in one place. We definitely need to take advantage of all of the functionality that is in the OHS. We may need more training on all that can be done in OHS but it can all be housed in one place and these outside things are unnecessary. (not that they can't be used but they just aren't needed if we use the OHS correctly)]]> 2017-03-10 15:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/159300626 Not a fan of the MC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/160276914 My students get overwhelmed at the bulkiness of the MC. They want a simple reader-friendly document.]]> 2017-03-15 15:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/160276914 Magic Calendar not as Magic as hoped jledford_gca https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/160313323 Students struggle to operate or print the magic calendars. Communication between parents and students point to them preferring a simple formatted calendar or an easy to print word doc similar to the window check lists. ]]> 2017-03-15 16:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jokelley/6zsu9r0yyc7h/wish/160313323