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Our challenge as an FLVS educator is to… engage our students with interesting learning opportunities. make our students feel part of a learning community. provide extra help for our struggling readers. provide enrichment activities for students who want more. give them more opportunities to think at a higher level.

Elluminate empowers us to…. Bring the students into a virtual classroom. Get to know our students even more. Provide a way for students to meet other students. Provide lessons that allow interaction.

Students love lessons on Elluminate! “My daughter was jumping out of her seat. I had to see what she was doing. She has so much fun… She also enjoyed talking to other FLVS students.” ~ Melody Bosse I loved this activity! I wish more teachers Would have these sessions. Especially math…it would make it Way easier. ~Jelissa Please do more of these in the future. It was very good to hear from all the Students and the teacher. I understand The material much better now. ~Zack

Elluminate Successes…. Icebreakers – Meet your classmates. To Tell the Truth – Muslim Women Survivor Island – Do you have what it takes? Who Wants to be a Millionaire – 1 st semester exam review Jeopardy – 2 nd semester exam review Help Sessions for 3.06,4.02, 6.05, and 8.05 Aloha-Cruise to Regional Civilizations

Elluminate Sessions to Come.. A Day at the Louvre – Renaissance Art Goldfish – A real look at the Holocaust Everyone wants to Rule the World! – Prewriting activity for Imperialism Essay Movie Night: Dear America-Letters Home from Vietnam Guest speaker on Vietnam War and connections to War on Terrorism today

How to get started? Raven and get your password. Go to Elluminate.com and log-in. Set up your session by choosing the date and time. Fill-in the Virtual Meeting Reservation Room Form and to Elois Matos.

Benefits of Teaming Up Pull students from more than one for a larger group. Take turns with other teachers offering sessions. Enjoy collaborating with your colleagues. Offer your students expertise of more than one teacher. Assign roles-i.e. invitations, tech support, note taker.

Getting Their Attention Send out invitations via . Post it on your announcement page. Mention sessions in weekly letters.

How to Create the Invitation Create in Power Point Save as jpeg Upload in files in Educator Send to entire class Include object for invitation and the Elluminate url for participants below the object

Elluminate Features That Make Activities Fantastic! Can do whole group or small group activities Breakout sessions -See handout for setup -centers, small group discussion -what to expect Loaded presentations vs. Application sharing –What’s the difference? –Interaction –Audio –See handouts for setting up application sharing Direct messaging vs. microphone

Saving Whiteboard Sessions When to save, why to save PDF, Whiteboard, and PowerPoint (which one is best for me?) Loading in common folders of Educator Linking to directions in course

Saved Elluminate files vs. Real-time Interaction What to do when…. Why

Where can I find help? 0/learn_about_elluminate.jsphttp:// 0/learn_about_elluminate.jsp FLVS staff: -Raven McElman -Samantha Ring -World History’s BAD team (Billingsley, Ard, Desuyo)

Contact Information Holly Ard -IM and - -Office Monica Desuyo -IM and - -Office Peter Billingsley -IM and -Office

Breakout – Planning for Success with Elluminate Make your group!-What teachers could you work with? Decide your role!-What asset would you bring to this “group” mentioned in above question? Which spoke in the wheel do want to be: invite, tech, etc. Brainstorm creativity for content!-What ideas do you have for an Elluminate Sessions to enrich your course and help your students? Set the Date!-When do you want to get started planning the fine details, delegations, and timelines? Maybe set up a time for a conference call (within 2 weeks) with some of the teachers in your subject area; or better yet, an Elluminate session.

Please pick up your own Gaming CD as you leave. Thanks for joining us for If you have questions, please us. Or You are the next contestant on

Citations for cd resources Mark Damon game templates downloaded from teachnet.com Weakest link, timer, 20 questions, squares 2, and wheel of fortune downloaded from Comic strip Flip chart Postcard Printing press Taboo and Bingo from Norman Herr