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Welcome!
Susan Lopes
Educational Technology Specialist
lopess@bcsd.com
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BCSD Core Priorities
Priority 2:
A Culture of Teaching and Learning
We believe grade level mastery of content standards (Language, Literacy, Mathematics and the Sciences) are critical for college and career readiness.
Priority 3:
A Culture of Student Centered Schools
We believe in the power of relationships, the importance of teaching self awareness and self management techniques leading to responsible decision making to support the development of the whole child to compete in our global economy.
Priority 4:
A Culture of Access and Inclusion to Ensure a Multi-Tiered System of Supports for All Learners
We believe implementing a coherent system is vital to meet the academic, behavioral and social emotional needs
of all students.
Priority 1:
Priority 1: A Culture of Collective Efficacy
We believe in the collective capacity of our staff and the ability of staff at each school to positively affect student achievement.
BCSD Mission & Vision
Our vision in Bakersfield City School District is to be the model of educational excellence, equity and innovation.
-BCSD Vision
Bakersfield City School District’s mission is to educate all students at the highest levels of academic excellence to become collaborative, creative, and critical thinkers.
- BCSD Mission
Learning Intention - We will learn how to use myON to give students access to independent and assigned reading.
Success Criteria - We will know we are successful when we are able to access myON, use library/newsfilters, monitor student reading habits and assign books to students.
Our Purpose
What do you want to walk away with today?
myON Basics
Access Library and News
Use Filters
Monitor Students
Assign to Students
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Teacher & Admin Access
2. Select Employees
3. Select Employees Main Page
4. Click on Renaissance Teacher or Admin (Teachers may also go directly through Clever and Main Teacher Portal)
Teacher & Admin Access
Teachers do not need login credentials since they are routed through Clever
Admin users (coaches, specialists, library staff, principals) require login credentials
Teacher & Admin Access
myOn access lives on the Renaissance platform for all users. (students,teachers and administrators)
Access Library and News
Home Page- Shows a brief snapshot of students how many books finished
Classroom - shows snapshot and enables four new tabs
myON News provides students with age appropriate news articles 52 weeks per year. Students learn about the world around them as they develop stronger digital and media literacy skills.
Library tab enables search by recommendation and various filters. Teachers may also a favorites list and explore standards aligned books.
You Try!
Login to myON and navigate the dashboard. Click on the tabs and explore!
myON Basics
Access Library and News
Use Filters
Monitor Students
Assign to Students
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Library Filters
See books for levels and interests within settings (mostly for students)
Browse by category and interest
Create a list of books and bundles
Search by specific criteria
Find suggested text to use when teaching specific standards
News Filters
Search myOn News by edition date using arrows
Browse myON News articles by category
You Try!
Use book filters to search for books, browse and search by genre, title, author, level, grade, language and more. Check out the latest edition of myON News.
myON Basics
Access Library and News
Use Filters
Monitor Student Habits
Assign to Students
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Monitor Students
Student reading snapshots can be viewed by clicking on Classroom, and the Students. To see details such as minutes and books read, click on student name.
Classroom/Students Dashboard
Monitor Students
The reports page provides a description of each report. New reports easily be generated by clicking on the report, selecting date range, and clicking on “Run Report.”
You Try!
Explore the reports tab to see the different types of reports available. Try running a report.
myON Basics
Access Library and News
Use Filters
Monitor Student Habits
Assign to Students
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Easy Way to Assign Books to Students
Click on Classroom and then Projects
Select +Create New Project
Easy Way to Assign Books to Students
Title the project either class name, or group name.
Then click Save
Easy Way to Assign Books to Students
After a project is titled, books can be added to it. When searching books, hover over the book to enable this tab
After clicking info, this window will pop up. Click on the folders.
Projects will appear in the dropdown. Select project name and then save
Assign to Students
To assign to students click on Classroom, then projects
Select project then click Assign
Search class for students
Click the +to add students then click Apply
You Try!
Quickly create a project, add a book, and then add students.
myON Basics
Access Library and News
Use Filters
Monitor Student Habits
Assign to Students
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Learning Intention - Did we learn how to use myON to give students access to independent and assigned reading?
Success Criteria - Are we able to to access myON, filter books, monitor student reading habits and assign books/projects to students.
Let's Revisit Our Goals
What is the one thing you will walk away with today?
Resources
myON: Teacher Overview Video – Very basic level overview of the essentials for teachers.
myON: Student Overview Video – directed towards students logging into myON and a tour of their dashboard.
myON Smart Start – Implementation Guide and Best Practices for Staff.
Getting Started For Students and Families
Getting Started with myON Student videos in English
Getting Started with myON Student Videos in Spanish
Book Bundles and myList – Step by Step directions for creating book bundles in myList.
Please Contact US with Any Questions
Susan �Lopes
Educational Technology Specialist
661-631-3213
Kari �Florez
Educational Technology Specialist
tMonica �Daniel�Education Technology Specialist
Rayshell
Fambrough
Virtual Learning Coordinator