MIGRANT LITERACY NETGUIDE FOR TEACHERS: USING TUTORIALS

November 2012

www.migrantliteracynet.com

PURPOSE: TO HELP MIGRANT STUDENTS IMPROVE THEIR READING PROFICIENCY SO THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS AND LIFELONG LEARNERS

The Migrant Literacy NET is designed to address the reading needs of migrant students by creating online student tutorials that align with the Migrant Literacy NET (MLN) reading lessons, screening assessments, and an online electronic student portfolio to document student learning and progress that can be accessed by migrant educators across the nation.

LOG ON

Register a user name and password to access the resources

Your state migrant director must give you access to tutorials

ONCE LOGGED ON SELECT SUCCESS PLANS

“CLICK HERE” WILL OPEN THE SCREEN WHICH ALLOWS THE TEACHER TO CREATE SUCCESS PLANS AND ASSIGN TUTORIALS

Click on “New Student” to add students and create success plans

TO CREATE A NEW SUCCESS PLAN PROVIDE STUDENT NAME AND CLICK ‘ADD STUDENT’

COMPLETE THE TOP PART OF THE SUCCESS PLAN FOR EACH STUDENT BASED ON THE STUDENTS NEEDS.

PLEASE CLICK “UPDATE” TO SAVE CHANGES TO THE SUCCESS PLAN

AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH SUCCESS PLAN THE TEACHER CAN ASSIGN TUTORIALS TO INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS FROM A LIST OF LESSONS AND TUTORIALS THAT RELATE TO THOSE LESSONS. TUTORIALS CAN BE ASSIGNED IN ENGLISH, SPANISH OR BOTH

Click here for lessons

Click here for tutorials

ASSIGN TUTORIALS

Click here to assign tutorial

Then click “Student List” at the top of the Success Plan

ONCE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TUTORIALS

THE SYSTEM WILL ASSIGN STUDENTS USER NAMES & PASSWORDS

TEACHERS MUST PROVIDE USER NAMES AND PASSWORDS TO STUDENTS

STUDENTS CAN USE THEIR USER NAME AND PASSWORD TO LOG ON FROM ANYWHERE

ONCE A STUDENT LOGS IN, TUTORIALS ASSIGNED TO HIM/HER WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN. STUDENTS CAN THEN SELECT FROM THE LIST OF TUTORIALS ASSIGNED TO THEM AND COMPLETE THE WORK.

Students cannot access the teachers success plans from this screen.

FIRST STUDENTS COMPLETE A PRE-TEST. IF THEY SCORE LESS THAN 80% ON THE PRE-TEST THEN THE TUTORIAL AUTOMATICALLY STARTS.

IF THEY SCORE 80% OR HIGHER THE SYSTEM WILL INDICATE THAT THE STUDENT HAS MASTERED THESE SKILLS AND DOESN’T NEED THIS TUTORIAL. THE SYSTEM WILL TAKE THE STUDENT BACK TO MAIN TUTORIALS SCREEN.

STUDENTS WORK THROUGH TUTORIALS AT THEIR OWN PACE. THEY CAN STOP AT ANY POINT AND RESUME LATER UNTIL THEY COMPLETE THE TUTORIAL

After completion of the tutorial students complete the post-test to assess what they learned.

The pre-test and post-test is scored by the system and recorded on the students Success Plan

Students can then chose to work on other assigned tutorials

TRANSFERRING SUCCESS PLANS: TEACHERS CAN ACCESS SUCCESS PLANS FROM OTHER TEACHERS

CLICK ON ‘FIND’ AND ENTER STUDENTS’ LAST NAME

Click here to transfer

student to your list

QUESTIONS & INFORMATION

Contact your state migrant program office with questions regarding the field test, or

Call Educational Research & Training Corporation

phone: 970-356-9472 or email:billbansberg@comcast.net