1. [insert presenter name Name of school Date and time] Academic Activity Seminar for Parents

2. www.insyncedu.com © 2013 InSync Education Welcome and Introductions

3. www.insyncedu.com © 2013 InSync Education Objectives 1. share successes and challenges of helping your child with schoolwork 2. learn how to use InSync Education to find academic resources in all four core subjects 3. try out four academic activities that you can do at home with your child

4. www.insyncedu.com © 2013 InSync Education Discuss  How do you currently help your child with schoolwork?  What strategies have you found to be successful? Unsuccessful?

5. www.insyncedu.com © 2013 InSync Education Overview of InSync Education InSync Education is a web-based library of resources in Math, Science, Language Arts and Social Studies for our parents. We chose this system because it’s easy to use, developed specifically for parents, and aligns to our instruction. You can learn more about InSync Education at: www.insyncedu.com

6. © 2013 InSync Education Key Features InSync Education has four key features: 1. Activities in four core subjects 1. Math 2. Science 3. Language Arts 4. Social Studies 2. Searchable 3. Standards-based 4. Available in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole languages

7. www.insyncedu.com © 2013 InSync Education Signing Up for InSync Education 1. Go to http://www.insyncedu.com/insynchttp://www.insyncedu.com/insync 2. Enter your District Code: ENTER CODE HERE 3. Create your username/password and set your preferences 4. Click Create your Account to login. * After the initial sign-up you can login with the username/password you selected

8. www.insyncedu.com © 2013 InSync Education Logging In  How do I log into InSync Education?  How do I stay logged into InSync Education?  What if I forgot my password?

9. www.insyncedu.com © 2013 InSync Education Conducting Searches Search for resources in InSync Education in four ways: 1. by searching keywords 2. by searching Common Core Standards 3. by browsing an index of resources

10. www.insyncedu.com © 2013 InSync Education Discuss  Does your son or daughter struggle with any specific topics?  Is there a particular subject that your son or daughter finds especially difficult?

11. www.insyncedu.com © 2013 InSync Education Searching by Keywords  Keywords could anything from a topic, to a grade level, to a subject.

12. www.insyncedu.com © 2013 InSync Education Viewing Resources  Overviews  Activities  Additional Resources  Favorites  Print Screen  Print All

13. www.insyncedu.com © 2013 InSync Education Discuss Imagine that your 11-year-old son or daughter was having trouble in math class dividing numbers and a big test was coming up. What would you do?

14. www.insyncedu.com © 2013 InSync Education Viewing the Index Lists all resources in InSync Education by subject and grade. Sorts resources by:  Resource number  Grade  Category (type of resource)  Title

15. www.insyncedu.com © 2013 InSync Education Printing Resources and Favorites  How do I print a resource?  How do I save a resource I want to use later?  How do I see resources I’ve added to favorites?

16. www.insyncedu.com © 2013 InSync Education Discuss  What do you like about InSync Education?  How do you think InSync Education could help you?  What do you want to learn more about?

17. www.insyncedu.com © 2013 InSync Education Activity Stations Station 1: Reading/Language Arts Activity Station 2: Math Activity Station 3: Science Activity Station 4: Social Studies/History Activity

18. Questions?

19. www.insyncedu.com © 2013 InSync Education Contact Information [contact information of parent trainer]