Teacher Orientation Guide

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Teacher Orientation Guide

• American Bar Association
• Division for Public Education

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Its Nothing to LOL About How the First
Amendment Affects You in the 21st Century

• Welcome to the 11th annual NOYS!
• During the Teacher Orientation Period you will
  engage in activities that will
• facilitate your understanding of the structure of
  Summit work
• help you become familiar with Fuse Talk (the
  software) and
• prepare for student work on the Student
  Discussion Board.
• Orientation activities take place
• via phone conferencing
• offline and
• online using FuseTalk.
• Some activities are interactive, while others are
  self-driven.

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Orientation Schedule of Activities
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Accessing FuseTalk

• What is FuseTalk?
• Web conferencing software used by the ABA
• Communication during the Summit takes place via
  FuseTalk on Teacher and Student Discussion
  Boards.
• Login information will be sent via email by Dec
  30.
• Log on by January 4 to check access and to
  provide sufficient time for troubleshooting.
• The online forum can be accessed on the ABA NOYS
  website at http//www.abanet.org/publiced/noys/
  
• Click in the Registered Users Login section.

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Accessing FuseTalk

• Enter your login name (in the Username field)
  and the password (in the Password field) and
  click Login.
• Check access of the discussion board from
  computers that students will use.
• If you experience difficulty accessing the site
  from any of the computers that will be used
  during the summit, please consult your schools
  technology professional.

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FuseTalk Guide
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FuseTalk Guide

• A separate FuseTalk Guide is included as an
  appendix to the Curriculum Guide.
• The FuseTalk Guide
• Is self-driven
• provides tutorials and sequential exercises to
  help you become familiar with FuseTalk functions
  and
• provides tips for navigating FuseTalk.
• Allot approximately one hour to complete the
  tutorials and exercises.
• Complete activities prior to participating in an
  online session.

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Registering Student Users to FuseTalk
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Student FuseTalk Accounts

• Teachers are responsible for setting up student
  FuseTalk accounts
• Register each student in your class for access to
  the summits Student Discussion Board.
• An excel spreadsheet has been created to assist
  you. Teachers will create student login names and
  passwords, and submit the excel spreadsheet to
  the ABA.
• After completing the spreadsheet, log onto the
  Student Discussion Board to open your students
  accounts and add them as users.
• The template, directions for completing the
  template, and directions for adding student users
  can be found on the Teachers Only Discussion
  Board, category Updates Information, topic
  Student FuseTalk Accounts.
• By January 15, all student users must be
  registered and the excel spreadsheet returned via
  email to wendy.holtman_at_gmail.com.

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Managing NOYS
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Teacher Discussion Board

• The Teacher Discussion Board is the primary
  vehicle for communication between teachers and
  also with the ABA.
• Weekly updates and reminders from the ABA will be
  provided here.
• The board is a forum to share ideas and seek
  support from other teachers use it for
  instructional support.
• If youre looking for a source and want to know
  how other teachers may have handled a particular
  issue raised during discussion with students,
  visit the Teacher Discussion Board.
• Use the Teacher Discussion Board to share great
  resources you have found that other teachers will
  find useful.
• Check the board a minimum of 2 x per week.
• Please do not share your log in and password
  information with students.

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Student Discussion Board

• Please note an important change to the set up of
  the Student Discussion Board - Unlike in previous
  years participating schools will not have
  individual school categories. All student
  activities requiring FuseTalk will take place in
  Cluster Groups.
• Participating schools have been divided into 5
  Cluster Groups, with 8 schools per group.
  Cluster groups will be numbered, ex. Cluster
  Group 1, Cluster Group 2, etc. (Please see slides
  20 - 21 for your cluster group)
• Cross-school communication will take place in
  Activities 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7.
• Per activity, you will find your schools Cluster
  Group category under Categories once you enter
  the online forum.
• Per activity, directions are provided to
  facilitate cluster group communication among
  students. Students are also encouraged to read
  and respond to the postings of students in other
  cluster groups.
• Teachers are Administrators of the Student
  Discussion Board. As an Administrator of the
  board you will be able to attach files, and as
  needed edit or delete an inappropriate student
  message.

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Classroom Time

• 2009 NOYS participants reported
• Spending 7 10 hours per week on Summit
  activities, including prep time and copying time
• Devoting an average of 2 class periods per week
  on Summit activities
• Classroom time impacted by students access to
  computers and the internet at home
• Easily modifying activities to fit students
  abilities

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Student Orientation PowerPoint

• The Student Orientation PowerPoint is included as
  Appendix B to the Curriculum Guide, and can also
  be downloaded from the NOYS website.
• Teachers will facilitate the Student Orientation
  as a part of Activity 1. Activity 1 is to be
  completed by February 5.
• The guide will provide an overview of
• Summit terms
• Fusetalk, including definitions and functions
• Communication tips
• Our expectations for student behavior
• The PowerPoint presentation should take no more
  than 20 minutes to complete. Be sure to
  familiarize yourself with the PowerPoint before
  conducting your orientation session.

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Student Activities Overview

• Activity 2 What is Online Civil Discussion
• Five Discussion Starter Statements will be
  created by the ABA and posted to the student
  board by Feb 8
• Activity 3 Timeline of Key Events
• Cluster group categories will be posted to the
  student board by Feb 13.
• Activity 5 Advocacy Groups and the Future of the
  First Amendment
• Cluster group categories will be posted to the
  student board by March 12.
• Activity 6 Student First Amendment Rights
• Cluster group categories will be posted to the
  student board by March 26.
• Activity 7 The First Amendment in Action
• Cluster group categories will be posted to the
  student board by April 2.

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Teacher Pre-Survey Assignment of School Clusters
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Teacher Pre-Survey

• A pre-survey has been designed to capture
  information about student knowledge from the
  teachers perspective.
• The link to the pre-survey will be sent to
  teachers via e-mail on January 7 and will also be
  available on the Teacher Discussion Board in the
  Evaluation Category under the topic Pre-Survey.
  
• Surveys will be administered via Qualtrics, and
  the results will be sent directly to ABA staff.
• Please complete the pre-survey no later than
  January 29.

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Cluster Group Assignments

• Cluster Group 1 Aspirations High School Casa
  Richard Academy Hawley High School Oroville
  High School Sandra Day OConnor High School
  Sarasota Military Academy Thomas A. Edison High
  School Warren Harding High School
• Cluster Group 2 Advanced Technologies Academy
  Bishop Ireton High School Nathan Hale-Ray High
  School North Vista Alternative Middle Park High
  School OLA High School Springfield High School
  Winston Churchill
• Cluster Group 3 Clara Barton High School Curie
  Metro High School Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep
  Charter New Kent High School Northport High
  School Parkersburg High School Peabody Magnet
  High Wieland Academy

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School Cluster Assignments Contd

• Cluster Group 4 Blue Ridge High School
  Bluffton High School High School for Public
  Service Green Mountain High School Hinsdale
  South High School Martin County High School New
  London High School West Liberty-Salem High
  School
• Cluster Group 5 Ainsworth High School Dr.
  Michael M. Krop Senior High School Finger Lakes
  Technical and Career Center Groveton High
  School Kensington Creative and Performing Arts
  High School Madison Central High School
  Ridgefield High School The Morgan School

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Conclusion

• This concludes the 2010 NOYS Teacher Orientation.
  
• Student activities are scheduled to begin the
  week of February 1, 2010. Please take a moment
  now to review the Student Activity Timeline in
  the Curriculum Guide for important dates and
  information.
• Please post any questions and concerns you may
  have to the Teachers to ABA category on the
  Teacher Discussion Board.

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Questions?
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Contact Information

• Rina Shah
• ABA Division for Public Education
• Program Manager
• E-mail shahr_at_staff.abanet.org
• Phone [phone]
• Wendy Holtman
• Summit Coordinator
• E-mail wendy.holtman_at_gmail.com
• Phone [phone]
• American Bar Association
• Division for Public Education
• 321 N. Clark Street, MS 20.2
• Chicago, IL 60654
• Phone [phone]