1. EDTEC 685
John Feeney
Colin Fiesbeck

2.  Eastwood Middle School
 ArkNet
 SIS Tools Datamine/PEP
 SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory)
 ALEKS
 International Baccalaureate (IB) Program
 iWeb
 Angel Learning Management System
 Producer Server
 For More Information

3.  One of three middle schools within MSD of
Washington township
 Community is diverse in cultures, religion,
ethnic groups, and SES levels
 700 students ranging from 6th-8th grade
 Average staff age is 43
 Apple machines with Admin. using HP
 3 Apple computer labs with 30 stations each
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4. https://sis.msdwt.k12.in.us/cgi-bin/wspd_cgi.sh/WService=arknet/ARKNet/login.htm
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5.  The most powerful SIS used in Washington
Township Schools.
 Teachers and administrators can use this system
for attendance, building student schedules, and
gathering student data.
 ArkNet can also be used to do such things as
entering in code of conduct, running student
information reports, entering grades, managing
student fees, assigning and maintaining lockers,
and registration for students.
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7.  Accessible for all
teachers within MSD
of Washington
Township
 Access a variety of
student data
 Able to search
demographics, trends,
create surveys, review
ISTEP assessment
scores
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8.  SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory)
 SRI is a reading comprehension test that assesses
students’ reading ability.
 Tests are taken periodically throughout the year and
then tracked by the individual’s teacher.
 Each test is adaptive and will adjust to each of the
students’ responses. (Difficulty level of questions
change based on student performance)
 Information is then used to help teams and
administrators make decisions for remediation and
acceleration.
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9.  ALEKS
 ALEKS is a web-based math assessment and learning
system.
 Adaptive questioning is also used with this program.
 This test will figure out exactly what type of
information the learner needs help with, and then
start training the learner in those areas.
 Periodically, the ALEKS program will reassess the
learner to see if information is being retained.
 Also available: One-on-one instruction from 24/7
from all web-based computers.
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10.  International Baccalaureate (IB) Program
 By implementing IB at both the elementary and middle
school levels, Washington Township has become the first
district-wide IB program in the state of Indiana.
 Non-profit education foundation that is intended for
students from the age of 3 to 19.
 The three different programs available to students help
develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social
skills to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing
world.
 Washington Township IB Program
 http://www.msdwt.k12.in.us/IB.html
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11.  iWeb
 Every teacher and student station in Washington
Township is equipped with iLife, which is a suite of 5
software applications. (iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD,
Garageband, and iWeb)
 iWeb allows users to create and manage websites
using Apple templates.
 Each template comes with coordinated fonts,
backgrounds, and colors to give your site a consistent
look throughout.
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12. http://angel.msdwt.k12.in.us/default.asp
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13.  Login using your
district assigned
user name and
password
 Able to upload
and store files
 Accessible where
Internet access is
available
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15.  Access to courses, calendar, announcements,
links, storage files, and resources
 Find and create courses
 Can limit access to courses with course password
 Edit profile and add characteristics
 Help button to allow easy solutions to issues
 Calendar displaying each days events
 Announcements viable for all courses
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17.  Create and Edit an individual course
information
 Access to…
 Syllabus
 Calendar
 Lessons
 Communication tools
 Resources
 Reports
 Data Management Tools
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19.  Can limit access to students for each type of
content created
 Can create detailed lesson plans that are linked
to state standards and objectives
 Folders to organize content
 Create links to documents on the Internet
 Upload files from your computer to your
assignments
 Create drop boxes for users to submit files
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20.  Create games showing course content
 Develop discussion forums
 Create blogs and wiki pages for students to
and posts and edit freely
 Create assessment including tests and exams
 Create and add surveys
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21. http://producer.msdwt.k12.in.us/
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22.  Producer Server provides teachers a location to
create there own pages including wiki pages,
blogs, and podcast capture abilities.
 All teachers are able to access the producer
server with their district user name and
password
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25.  Able to create video with audio types of
podcasts
 Create audio podcasts
 Dual podcast ability to create podcasts with
two video sources
 Upload video and audio files to your producer
server page
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26.  Please visit the following website if you would like more
information about the informatics used within our school district:
 http://www.msdwt.k12.in.us/
 To return to our blog sites, please click the following links:
 John Feeney - http://wordpress.tc.bsu.edu/jjfeeney/
 Colin Fiesbeck - http://wordpress.tc.bsu.edu/cgfiesbeck/
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