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Getting the Most out of NEO 2

1. A20 2KRNOW TOODA IA eee See ed Bae weed See NU qt A25 Accellest Common Software Tasks A27 Accellest Advanced Software Tasks A35 Renaissance Responder Scoring Software A40 Key AA cos vare ace EV RE WE MP IERS ERE SEXE ETE CE E Pd x ds A41 Rn QP C O TcT A42 Write Onl LESSONS ses oe oa AA IAA AA Ba ee Ge ee ee eee A43 UA oe oe MA ee ee ea ee ee ee Sr A44 AlphawWord PIUS A45 ENEA UW 3978 9 92 32 8 93 9 52 9 9 9 999 5 9 3 2 2 9 0375 98 8 8 9 VOR A45 AlphaWord Plus Common Keyboard Commands A45 Linked Files Keyboard Commands A46 AlphaWord PlusPasswords A47 AlphaWord Plus Accessibility Features A48 Accelerated Reader on NEO 2 Reproducible Form A50 Keyboarding Resources and Reproducible Forms A51 Keyboarding ActivitieS A51 Technique Checklist A53 Progress RePOrt A54 PINGS ZONO eeu 23 22 9659 4 28 2294 94 18 7 9 9 4 54 95 1495 45S a4 oes A55 Lessons in KeyWords A56 RETENO asee e r OER Ee OOOO SEH RE EXC EIE q
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3. 2 T D O EEA 9 gt 5 D jo O v wSI glas S Ug o D E O c Q o C ai IS eedem e e eme ee 2s m Exo MEOS MR REA Mese ceo Mw ISI Elementary Literacy Activities S S Class Clown Fudge a Mania YA YA Marvin Redpost YA YA Kidnapped at Birth S oS S NS The Boxcar Children YA v Middle School Literacy Activities Hatchet 4 S gt Number the Stars YA The Giver S S alaaa The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe High School Literacy Activities Animal Farm Flowers for Algernon Lord of the Flies S AA SN SESS ONS The Hobbit 56 Developing Writers with NEO 2 Say your fifth grade class just finished reading Hatchet the Newberry Honor winning book about a boy forced to survive in the wilderness after his plane crashes You can choose to do a literacy skills activity that focuses on believability Below is what that activity looks like when you access it through NEO Share Access this activity at Name lt gt Write On Lessons Middle School Classe gt Literacy Skills Activities gt Hatchet gt Believability Hatchet Date lt gt Realistic and Believable Situations When Brian realizes he is left alone to land the plane and survive in the wilderness he often tries to reca
4. A56 REE ean a ee a a ee ee ee A61 NdeKk Du A62 A1 Glossary Use this glossary as a guick reference for the various terms introduced throughout this guide 2Know Toolbar A software application that installs on your computer and allows for anonymous in class response helping increase opportunities for formative assessment and classroom engagement Users can respond to true or false numeric multiple choice short answer or pulse questions yes no Accelerated Math A software program that personalizes student math practice and helps teachers generate assignments monitor progress and motivate students to succeed If you have a subscription to Accelerated Math Renaissance Place your students can score Accelerated Math assignments on NEO 2 Accelerated Reader A software program that enables differentiated data driven reading practice It includes more than 140 000 quizzes that accurately assess students reading comprehension If you have a subscription to Accelerated Header Renaissance Place your students can take Accelerated Reader quizzes on NEO 2 Accelerated Reader applet An applet that allows you to complete English or opanish Reading Practice Quizzes Vocabulary Practice Quizzes and Other Heading Quizzes on NEO 2 If you would like to use this applet you must have a subscription to Accelerated Reader Renaissance Place install NEO Manager on your compu
5. 109 Unique Physical Needs 110 Unique Learning Needs 111 Purchased Resources to Support All Learners 112 Maintenance and Troubleshooting 114 Routine Maintenance 114 Serika i e E O a S e d 114 O O AI arene ee eaS 114 Cleaning 114 Keep Hardware and SoftwareuptoDate 115 The SmartOption Mobile Lab 115 pice tae caie CR 116 ADDGOIODU aere EEE A1 E occ N E euereRPEERIPCRPERARECESECHEPTEREURRAVASEEERRAEEPFRTQDSETS TES A2 Software Installation Instructions A7 NEO Manager and Renaissance Wireless Server Utility A7 ZAO W TOODA IIIA WA AA eau as aa aa aa A10 ACCCIIGS 24 4 Koka m Exp ERU UR RC SHO mbH OS Oe RR A A Oe Aw Rt dde id A11 NEO 2 for MY AOOBSSL ex aae en dS cee hee ERE EO a E es A12 Renaissance Responder Scoring Software A13 Common Software Tasks A14 Renaissance Wireless Server Utility A14 NEO Manager Common Software Tasks A15 NEO Manager Advanced Software Tasks A18 NEOShare
6. Access Standards Reports When your Accellest assignments are aligned you have access to additional reporting options including e Assignment Standards Report lisis all standards used in a particular assignment e Class Standards Report lists standards that have been aligned to Accellest items and notes classroom performance e Student Standards Report lists each student all standards that have been aligned to AccelTest items and student performance To view the Assignment Standards Report 1 Click the Assignments tab and select an aligned assignment 2 From the Reports menu select Assignment Standards 3 Select Preview or Print You can also print from the Preview window A35 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 To view the Class Standards Report 1 Click the Gradebook tab and select an assignment that has been aligned 2 From the Reports menu select Class Standards 3 Select Preview or Print You can also print from the Preview window To view the Student Standards Report 1 Click the Gradebook tab and select a student or set of students 2 From the Reports menu select Student Standards 3 Select Preview or Print You can also print from the Preview window Use AccelTest Libraries Accellest ships with a host of built in questions You access these questions via Accellest Libraries To use the Accellest Libraries 1 Launch Accellest and enter the password which is admin 2 From the Assignments tab click
7. Accuracy amp Lesson Goal Actual Speed Builders Date Last Lesson Passed WPM Error WPM Error Completed Submitted Pre 10 14 09 03 10 ASKL Yes 8 12 12 10 1 2 3 09 10 10 DJF Yes 10 12 6 1 2 3 09 17 10 TH Yes 12 12 20 19023 14 10 1 2 GO Yes Lesson Passed Met WPM Error criteria Grace did not pass the test for lesson GO but she has not completed any accuracy and speed builders for that lesson She may need to be reminded to complete at least one or two before taking a test 38 Keyboarding with NEO 2 Use this report Key Words Diagnostic Report to guickly identify Printed Tuesday October 12 2010 9 56 32 AM which students are School Cherry Hill Elementary School Reporting Period 09 01 having the most trouble Report Options Group By Class Class Keyboarding 4C Teacher Lane Evelyn Lessons Tested Last Lesson Completed Diagnostic Completed Passed Goal Actual Date Last Student Codes Total Taken PM Error WPM Error Submitted Alonzo Maria 4 15 27 14 10 26 8 10 01 2010 Babcock Owen 3 15 20 12 12 15 10 10 01 2010 Baker Grace GO 14 10 13 13 10 01 2010 Chin Melissa 4 4 100 GO 14 10 24 10 10 01 2010 Gomez Mario 4 4 100 GO 14 10 23 7 10 01 2010 Habib Sarah 4 15 27 4 5 80 El 16 10 15 9 10 01 2010 O Brien Katie 4 15 27 4 4 100 GO 14 10 26 7 10 01 2010 The goals are Rowland A 6 15 40 6 6 100 QU 10 01 2010 Radzinski
8. All of these things help your students develop a passion for learning They get valuable immediate feedback throughout the day They develop confidence as they become more proficient And the classroom becomes an interactive technology rich place 11 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 NEO 2 and Your First Grain of Rice The mathematical folk tale One Grain of Rice Demi 1997 shows how a young girl from a starving village in India uses her understanding of exponential growth to outwit the ruling raja As a reward for a small favor the young girl asked the raja for only one grain of rice and for her rice to be doubled every day for 30 days For the first few days when she received one grain then two then four the reward seemed pitiful and the raja all too happy to comply As the 30 days continued the few grains of rice became cups of rice then bowls until by the 30th day the raja s warehouses were emptied as that first grain of rice grew into more than one billion grains of rice If you are new to the NEO 2 your challenge is to find your first grain of rice Will it be keyboarding or writing Will it be classroom response or Accelerated Reader quizzing Once you gain confidence with your first NEO 2 integration you can build upon that success Before long you ll be experiencing the exponential growth of your NEO 2 implementation Guiding Principles The NEO 2 was designed with a few key principles in mind As you thin
9. CLOSE STOP RESET 19 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 She picks up a dry erase marker and walks through the calculations involved in solving the problem on the board She uses the think aloud method explaining her reasoning aloud as she completes each step First she divides the 90 brownies into groups of 4 oince 90 divided by 4 is 22 5 the class can make 22 packages of brownies Because there is a remainder she knows there will still be some brownies left over but not enough to make another package Therefore the number of ribbons needed is 22 or answer choice C Using the 2Know Toolbar this way allows Mrs Rosario to gauge how many of her students No Document Camera are following along as she goes through each No Problem problem Since this is near the beginning of You can use an interactive whiteboard or document camera to project problems like Mrs Rosario does However the division word problems unit she s not too concerned that some of her students got the problem wrong or didn t answer She plans to the strategy in this scenario is do several more problems of this type using just as effective with students the toolbar in a similar way If several students reading the problem from their continue to struggle she knows she ll need to textbook find out who they are and do some additional instruction with them How It Works Working with the 2Know Toolbar is easy Once you have installed the software o
10. Getting the Most out of NEO 2 One leader of each group collects the words and beams them to other groups Finally student groups send their word banks to Mrs Parker s computer through NEO Share She sends this file to a spreadsheet application to sort the words alphabetically She projects the list for reference and makes it available to students via NEO Share Before beginning to write their first drafts students take some time to reflect on the movie they have chosen to review They make pre writing notes first brainstorming and then organizing their ideas Then during the drafting stage students open up a new file on NEO 2 and write their first drafts incorporating words from the word bank as appropriate During the editing and revising stage students work with partners or in small groups They beam their first drafts to peers for help with the review and revision process Peer editors review the beamed file to make sure it includes a good summary of the movie and vivid word choice They also recommend words that could be replaced using the thesaurus The peer editors also work through a rubric Mrs Parker sends as a linked file checking off whether the review has a good introduction a thorough summary and engaging word choice After students have exchanged feedback each one revises his work Finally the students reach the publishing stage Mrs Parker collects all of the reviews by having her students send them to
11. The information in this chapter is just a starting place Some third party technology partners require a subscription or additional set up tasks Please check http www renlearn com neo NEO2 partners aspx for the most up to date information including links to each of the partners own websites where you can learn more about the individual programs Wireless File Transfer Partners With wireless file transfer partners students send and receive documents wirelessly to and from the third party program The main key commands they ll use to do this are cmd O to download and open a file and cmd send to send a file The NEO 2 sends documents wirelessly through the Renaissance Receiver connected to your computer Partners of this type include Google Docs and MY Access by Vantage Learning NEO 2 and Google Docs Google Docs is a document spreadsheet and presentation program It allows online word processing online document storage easy creation and distribution of writing assignments online collaboration and publishing to a website or blog Students can 104 Third Party Software and Technology Partners send documents back and forth wirelessly between NEO 2 and the Google Docs website They can also save their NEO 2 work and continue working on it from a different NEO 2 or any other web enabled computer This encourages collaboration and increases writing practice while avoiding computer lab bottlenecks As the teacher you can use Goog
12. Write On lessons A collection of writing lessons literacy skills activities and vocabulary strategies for use in elementary middle and high school The lessons are built into the NEO Share software and are sent to students through NEO Share There are a total of 387 complete writing lessons which include individual writing tasks and prompts editing and revising activities and models of good writing A6 Software Installation Instructions Install NEO Manager first Then install all other software If you need assistance with any software downloads or installs contact Renaissance Learning at 800 388 4204 NEO Manager and Renaissance Wireless Server Utility L5 NEO Manager is required to update NEO 2s when new features are available and configure NEO 2s to address specific learning needs The Renaissance Wireless Server Utility which installs at the same time is required to establish wireless connectivity You download and install NEO Manager from the Renaissance Learning website or using the CD that shipped with your NEO 2 Downloading from Renaissance Learning is preferred because it guarantees that you install the latest version Option 1 2 1 Download from Renaissance Learning Recommended Go to http www renlearn com and click the link to the Download Center Click the link to NEO Product Downloads and select NEO Manager for Mac or PC If you choose to Open the software will open online and install
13. LI Locate resources included with your interactive whiteboard if applicable LI Access online content U Build favorite folders in NEO Share 3 Design your unit s structure LI Decide on the order in which to present information and do activities LI Design the flow of the lessons 4 Gauge prior knowledge LI Use the 2Know Toolbar to gauge students prior knowledge LI Use data to move forward with the unit or take time to build schema 5 Build cross curricular interactions LI Browse Write On to find appropriate resources for your integrated unit of study Remember to use the Find feature in the Write On teacher supplements to support your search for resources U Build in multiple ways to write across the curriculum Browse the Teach with It Now TWIN ideas at the Renaissance Training Center Q Explore TWIN Discussion Web Strategy TWIN Guided Reading Procedure and others for writing across the curriculum ideas LJ Use AR BookFinder to build a classroom library for your unit 6 Engage learners LI Use the 2Know Toolbar during instruction to engage all learners and gauge developing understandings LJ Use NEO Share during instruction to collect students ideas and writing 7 Monitor individual progress LI Use AccelTest to monitor students progress throughout the unit Q Use AccelTest teacher paced sessions for review LI Use Accellest assignments aligned to state standards to measure progress 89 Get
14. Andy 4 15 27 4 4 100 GO 14 10 20 9 10 01 2010 automatically set Stevens Simon A B 1 15 7 1 2 50 lt DJF 10 12 15 164 10 01 2010 in KeyWords but Thompson Erin 4115 27 4 4 100 GO 14110 20 6 10 01 2010 teachers have the Wolfe Sophie 4 15 27 4 4 100 GO 14 10 us 10 01 2010 Average 4 15 25 4 4 92 14 10 20 9 option to adjust the goals Diagnostic Code Summary Number of of Diagnostic Students Students Code Description 1 8 A Less than 60 of lessons passed 1 8 B Completed lesson errors exceeded goal by more than 30 0 0 C Current WPM is 30 lower than goal Values which Class Summary produce a Goal Number of Lessons to Pass 8 diagnostic code are Students a m highlighted with the Students At Above Goal 0 trouble value lt Trouble value Calculated using only the scores of those students who have completed the last lesson Does not include Pre Test or Post Test scores By looking at these reports you can monitor the pace at which the students are working monitor their accuracy rates and see if they are skipping accuracy and speed builders and going straight to tests In addition if you are participating in a district initiative that requires pretest and posttest data you can monitor the effectiveness of KeyWords by students or by class average 39 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Assess Keyboarding Skills In addition to the reports discussed above here are some suggested activities to add informal assess
15. Educational Leadership 633 18 24 Mazur E 1997 Peer instruction A users manual Upper Saddle River NJ Prentice Hall Russell M 1991 Testing on computers A follow up study comparing performance on computer and on paper Education Policy Analysis Archives 7 20 Willingham D T 2009 Why don t students like school San Francisco CA Jossey Bass A61 Index 2Know Toolbar 15 19 73 80 104 A2 A5 AlphaHub 115 A2 A4 A5 AlphaWord Plus 15 20 43 45 A3 A4 A6 A25 A26 and learning centers 101 102 and NEO Share 50 64 and supporting all learners 111 and the Responder applet 20 101 102 A5 in classroom scenarios 75 76 84 90 installation A10 pulse feature 76 teacher responder 80 A26 accessibility features 109 111 A48 A49 and Co Writer 107 108 and KeyWords reports 37 and NEO Share 63 A20 and one to one implementations 23 and shared implementations 27 keyboard commands A45 A46 password protection A15 A47 resources for Spanish speakers 112 A16 ancient Rome 50 51 60 64 86 89 AR BookFinder 89 92 assessment 11 14 15 updates 115 Accelerated Math 10 15 91 95 96 103 115 A2 A5 Accelerated Math Enterprise 96 and learning centers 101 102 and Renaissance Responder scoring software 19 20 95 101 A5 A13 A40 and the Responder applet 20 95 101 A5 A40 as an assessment tool 90 how to score an assignment A40 Accelerate
16. If your students struggle with a concept you have all the information you need to know Adjust your instruction and the students interaction right away Ed Microsoft Excel Book1 The 2Know Toolbar floats on top of any 1 amp 9 File Edit View Insert Format Tools Chart Window Help Adobe PDF A B application This means that you can project 0 01 a spreadsheet application float the toolbar on top of it and ask questions about the data on the spreadsheet using the toolbar You can float the toolbar on top of any application on your computer including no Ea application by simply floating it on top of your desktop 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 You create all content for the 2Know Toolbar This includes 2Know Toolbar floating on e Verbal questions you ask an Excel spreadsheet e Images you show e Multimedia presentations you display e Websites you visit e Videos you show You are in charge of the toolbar This means you can use it without restraint There is no need to pause instruction while you launch additional software and navigate to find a question or resource Gather Information Strategically The 2Know Toolbar makes it easy for you to increase interactivity throughout your instruction yet it s important to be strategic about how you gather information This means asking the right questions at the right time so you are tapping into what students know and what they need to know all while
17. Once students have mastered all of the KeyWords lessons they can go back through and review any lesson in any order Monitor Progress As your students work their way through the 15 lessons they can track their own progress using the Progress Report found in the appendix of this guide also located in the built in KeyWords resources on your computer In addition we recommend that you routinely check KeyWords reports to find out if your students are getting adequate practice with accuracy and speed builders and gaining in accuracy and speed Progress monitoring allows you to note potential challenges early and intervene appropriately so that all of your students can master keyboarding One thing to look for when monitoring student progress is whether the student is spending too much time on accuracy and speed builders There are six accuracy and speed builders in each lesson Best practices recommend that each student complete just one or two of the six before moving on to the test If you see that a student is doing too many accuracy and speed builders before testing make sure he knows how to leave the accuracy and speed builders to take a test Students need to press the esc key in order to get into a test On the other hand one or two accuracy and speed builders may not be enough for all of your students on all of the lessons Based on performance some students may need to return to the lesson and continue with the remaining accuracy and s
18. and entering their answers into the NEO 2 Data is sent to Renaissance Place in real time as students work otudents input their answers either by pressing arrow keys or typing the correct answer based on teacher preference By default students press the arrow keys to move the cursor to the correct answer and then press the enter key You may change the question type from multiple choice to free response at your Renaissance Place site MathFacts in a Flash Offline MathFacts in a Flash Offline on NEO 2 is like having access to electronic math flash cards It provides anytime anywhere practice and testing so that students develop computational fluency and automaticity This means they can work at home on the bus in the library anywhere their NEO 2 can go Students have access to all MathFacts in a Flash levels The offline version is not intended as a replacement for MathFacts in a Flash Henaissance Place instead think of it as a supplement to the Renaissance Place version Having multiple ways to practice math facts helps students work toward automaticity Struggling students especially can benefit from the opportunity to do a trial run with a test on a given level before testing for mastery in Renaissance Place You do not have to be a Renaissance Place customer to use the offline applet Students can use MathFacts in a Flash Offline even if their school or district does not subscribe to Henaissance Place However keep in mind that w
19. summative assessment is about measuring results enabling you to provide students with a rank grade or other score Summative assessment is important in its own way helping ensure that your students are meeting state standards requirements and giving students valuable information about where they need to improve You can use NEO 2 to gather and electronically score both formative and summative assessments Two key software programs called the 2Know Toolbar and AccelTest enable you to use the NEO 2 for assessment and classroom engagement This chapter explains how to incorporate these resources effectively into your teaching We also look at how you can use NEO Share which was introduced in Chapter 4 for formative assessment 73 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 and classroom engagement When you are comfortable with all of these programs you can combine them together within the same lesson to make the most out of these teaching tools To get started you ll need the following hardware resources your computer NEO 2s the Henaissance Receiver and USB cable and any other technology you d like to incorporate such as a projector interactive whiteboard or document camera You ll be able to use the software programs with verbal questions textbook material online resources PowerPoint presentations and written assignments Ask the questions Questions can be projected printed displayed on PowerPoint slides a
20. under a key and cause it to come loose If NEO 2 needs to ride along in a backpack consider some sort of protective sleeve Here are some ideas Look for a backpack with an internal pocket large enough for NEO 2 Grab a NEO 2 and go backpack shopping Renaissance Learning sells a NEO backpack with an internal pocket Renaissance Learning also sells a streamlined Neoprene sleeve perfect to protect NEO 2 in backpacks on buses and in lockers NEO 2 fits in a two gallon plastic zipper food storage bag Those are easy to find and inexpensive to replace NEO 2 also fits in a large padded mailing envelope Again easy to find and inexpensive to replace Any kind of cloth tote bag would protect the screen and keys One private school made cloth NEO 2 totes as a fund raiser Above all students should practice reasonable care with the keyboard and screen just as they would with any computer technology Manage Student Writing and Keyboarding oince each NEO 2 is used only by one student managing work in the word processing and keyboarding programs is fairly straightforward When students write with AlohaWord Plus the word processing program their work is 23 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 automatically saved However we recommend teaching students to routinely save and close important files This is a good habit to have when they move to conventional computers later in life oimilarly students who use the s
21. wait several days before they could go to the computer lab to take a quiz or they had to take turns at the two computers in the classroom To teach keyboarding an essential skill that serves as a gateway not only to effective writing but also to being successful in our technology driven world Mrs Brown used a software program with her students in the computer lab Yet the students didn t get daily practice and she had no idea whether they were progressing because she never got any feedback or data from this program Mrs Brown is a good teacher and a dedicated one She put a lot of time and thought into creating engaging well organized lessons and using research based instructional strategies Yet her classroom was neither as interactive nor as seamlessly integrated with technology as she envisioned She didn t have immediate formative assessment tools to help guide her instruction She didn t have access to affordable technology that would enable all of her students to communicate with her and collaborate with each other throughout the day Then one year Mrs Brown started using NEO 2s Now her classroom is a completely different place The NEO 2s are an essential part of her teaching every day They have changed the way she teaches and the way her students learn Here s what her class looks like now At the beginning of the day Mrs Brown s students power up their NEO 2s for 10 minutes of keyboarding drills Mrs Brown prints out
22. 12 errors A56 Lesson 6 El Keys introduced EI Words learned eat seal flea eagle tea eel feel feed geese goose loose lose the these did lid solid tie lake fake gate skate jade like kite ashes flashes glide slide silk jog sigh high tight light flight seaside steak fish elfish shoes headlight Patterns ee ea es se ed ake ade id le ish ike ite ide ilk igh ight oe Passing criteria 16 WPM 10 errors Lesson 7 PR Keys introduced PR Words learned hop stop shop flop slop ear hear dear fear pear eager read deer free tree see red fled tire fire tried tar jar hard are large ark park dark lark spark star ill shrill starfish earth thrill dope rope hope girl radishes soap horse reddish apples roses spider pillar fairies parrot strolled prettiest sorriest alligator refrigerator A57 Lesson 7 PR Continued A58 Patterns op ear er es re ee ar ard ark ope iest or oll ir thr shr str Passing criteria 16 WPM 10 errors Lesson 8 QU Keys introduced QU Words learned rug hug jug our hour four pour flour out shout loud house soup gush hush just flush trust judge fudge pure suds three quit quiet quake quilt quote quail quarter quart equip quip squirt spirit dollar said heartful stutter sputter Patterns ug ou out ouse ush ust udge qu Passing criteria 16 WPM 8 errors Lesson 9 WY Keys introduced WY Words learned day try way away play playful stay joyful why whole where flow flowers pillow
23. 55 89 A22 vocabulary strategies 58 61 70 71 89 writing lessons 54 55 65 68 writing across the curriculum 13 15 89 About Renaissance Learning Renaissance Learning Inc is a leading provider of technology based school improvement and student assessment programs for K12 schools Renaissance Learning s tools provide daily formative assessment and periodic progress monitoring technology to enhance core curriculum support differentiated instruction and personalize practice in reading writing and math Renaissance Learning products help educators make the practice component of their existing curriculum more effective by providing tools to personalize practice and easily manage the daily activities for students of all levels As a result teachers using Renaissance Learning products accelerate learning get more satisfaction from teaching and help students achieve higher test scores on state and national tests RENAISS LEARNING 800 338 4204 www renlearn com 24 95
24. Accellest A27 A28 KeyWords 21 32 34 37 38 A3 A16 A17 live chat 114 MathFacts in a Flash 20 91 97 101 103 A4 A5 Renaissance Receiver 17 18 A5 and Accelerated Reader 92 A2 and Accellest 74 A30 A32 A3 A38 and Google Docs 44 105 and MathFacts in a Flash 99 A4 and MY Access 44 and naming your network A14 and NEO Share 47 A4 and printing KeyWords reports 37 and Renaissance Place 91 103 and Renaissance Responder scoring software A40 and Study Island 106 and software installation A7 and the 2Know Toolbar 74 76 78 A25 A26 and the Renaissance Wireless Server Utility Ab A14 and third party technology partners 104 AG and Write On lessons A22 avoiding interference 18 117 troubleshooting 116 117 Henaissance Responder scoring software 19 20 95 101 103 A5 A13 A40 Henaissance Training Center 21 22 25 72 91 A5 and AlphaWord Plus keyboard commands A45 and Co Writer 108 and linked files 63 and MathFacts in a Flash 100 and NEO Manager A16 and Study Island 106 and TWIN ideas 51 64 69 89 Renaissance Wireless Server Utility 19 91 103 116 A2 A4 A5 A7 A8 A14 Hesponder applet 20 A5 and Accelerated Math 20 95 101 103 A5 A40 and AccelTest 20 101 102 A5 A30 A32 A37 A38 and learning centers 101 102 and the 2Know Toolbar 20 76 101 102 Ad A25 A26 and third party technology partners 20 104 106 108 revising 10 42 45 46 63 65 71 72 A6 A47 sc
25. Center online and search by product or refer to the teacher s guide for that specific product Getting Results with Accelerated Header Getting Results with Accelerated Math or Getting Results with MathFacts in a Flash Throughout this chapter we provide brief product overviews of each of the programs for your reference Set up for Renaissance Place Connectivity NEO 2 communicates with Renaissance Place through the Renaissance Receiver which is connected to your computer Before you begin you need to configure the Henaissance Wireless Server Utility if you haven t already done so See the appendix for step by step instructions You also need to have Internet access on your computer so that data can be sent to Renaissance Place 91 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Accelerated Reader Accelerated Reader fosters reading growth by facilitating individualized practice Students select books appropriate to their interests and reading level After finishing a book they take an Accelerated Reader quiz NEO 2 makes it possible for students to take quizzes quickly thus ensuring quiz scores reflect comprehension rather than memory For more information about Accelerated Reader see the Product Overview on page 94 To take Accelerated Reader quizzes on the NEO 2 students use the Accelerated Reader applet log in with their Accelerated Reader user name and password search for a quiz by quiz number and take the quiz Just like
26. Chapters 4 and 5 build on one another since NEO 2 s writing software can be used in a very powerful way in conjunction with its classroom response software If you wish to integrate assessment writing and classroom engagement into your lessons please consider those two chapters together Throughout this guide you ll learn about many different components and software programs that can be used with NEO 2 The following visual provides an overview of the main functions of NEO 2 the names of the corresponding software programs used for each of these purposes and the advantages offered by its many components The Power and Potential of NEO 2 Writing Word processing AlphaWord Plus Wireless file transfer NEO Share File sharing Beaming Built in writing activities and lessons Write On Ability to attach rubrics supports and instructions Linked Files Assessment and Classroom Engagement e Anonymous classroom response system 2Know Toolbar e Real time scoring and data collection Accel Test Keyboarding e Language based keyboarding curriculum KeyWords Third Party Software e Wireless file transfer partners Google Docs MY Access e Responder partners Study Island Ignite Learning e Co Writer applet Reading and Math Programs and Content e Accelerated Reader e Accelerated Math e MathFacts in a Flash e Vocabulary strategies e Literacy skills activities Transforming Classrooms One to one computin
27. Click Next to review the information 4 Click Done to exit the wizard e Select Your Subject Preferences Optional Accellest has several built in subjects including English geography grammar history and math You can edit this list For example if you only teach one of those subjects you may wish to delete the others If you want to edit the AccelTest built in subjects follow the steps below If not move to the next heading Set up Your Classes and Students 1 From the Preferences menu select Subjects 2 Click Add Edit or Delete to customize subjects 3 Click OK when finished e Setup Your Classes and Students You must set up your classes add students and enroll them in your classes to use Accellest You have three options to complete this task Setup Your Classes Add Students and Enroll mport Your Students from a File Import Your Students from Renaissance Place Heview all options and select the one that works best for you Option 1 Set up Your Classes Add Students and Enroll With this option you enter all information yourself Add Your Class 1 Click the Classes tab 2 Click Add Class 3 Name your class and click OK Add Your Students 1 Click the Add Student button 2 Enter student information and click OK 3 Follow the prompts to add more students and click Done when finished Although the ID number is auto generated you may change it AccelTest recognizes only numeric ID numbers Enroll Yo
28. Implementations 20 Keyboarding with NEO 2 28 Introduce Keyboarding Informally 28 Incorporate Keyboarding Games 29 Start Formal Instruction with KeyWords 30 Buili inResources 31 Set Up Tasks 33 AUNA Kie AIKA KAINI AAA don 34 After Students Have Completed the Curriculum 35 Monitor PrTOGreSS 36 Assess Keyboarding Skills 40 Developing Writers with NEO2 42 suelbuiee o pP 43 Spell Check isse hs 45 liac rrrmm 45 C t CODY and FASES uu tre te EXE EE weed oOo dos RENE ENUR Dd qd A qs 45 Collaborating and Communicating NEO 2 Connectivity 45 WSS OCU IIIA AAA AAA 45 siccare 46 WESPCICUCONERREEILRSSSTSITIDOQTIOLOITDOTITLL OTT TTL SALUTE NAULI AUA 46 Instructional Content and NEO2 50 ee YoUr OWT COMOL RT 51 Pull from Other Resources 51 Create Favorite Folders 51 Built in Instructional Content Write On Lessons 53 B
29. It is also available on the 2Know CD that ships with NEO 2 SmartOption Mobile Labs and Classroom Bundles Downloading from Renaissance Learning is preferred because it guarantees that you install the latest version Option 1 Download from Renaissance Learning Recommended Go to http www renlearn com and click the link to the Download Center 2 Click the link to NEO Product Downloads 3 Select 2Know Toolbar 4 Choose your platform 5 Click 2Know Toolbar If you see Update go ahead and download The update is a full copy 6 Click Download Now 7 You have two options If you choose Run the software will open online and install automatically 8 If you chose Save recommended the 2Know Toolbar installer will download 9 For Windows computers Double click the installer icon and allow the installation wizard to run For Macintosh computers Double click 2Know Toolbar Installer app to install Option 2 2Know Toolbar CD 1 Insert the 2Know Toolbar CD 2 Select Setup 3 Allow the installation wizard to run A10 Software Installation Instructions AccelTest The AccelTest CD ships with your NEO 2 SmartOption Mobile Lab or Classroom Bundle You may install from the CD or download the software from Renaissance Learning recommended Note You will need your AccelTest serial number to download software This serial number is included with your Accellest documentation Also you can call Renai
30. New Assignment 3 Name the assignment 4 Select NEO 2 Only for the assignment type on the left and select NEO 2 Only for the type of scoring on the right Click OK When the Add Items wizard opens click the Library tab 7 Select your grade level and content area Click the sign to expand the items You can view questions in the window 8 Select questions and click Add 9 Hold the Ctrl key and click to select multiple items and click Add 10 Click Done and Save Oo Teacher Paced Assignment Show Questions Using a Projection Monitor To engage students in this type of teacher paced session first create your assignment 1 Launch Accellest and enter the password admin k New Assignment 2 From the Assig nments tab Fill in the details for your assignment click New Assignment SN as 3 Complete assignment details Select Projected Subject English an d NE O 2 Only as sh Own This oe will be Score your assignment with Score Key Responder 4 Enter number of questions ee NEO 2 Only for each question type NEO 2 Only Manual and point value for each Projected question faa 5 Enter question stem answer Cancel choice s and identify correct answer As you edit the question position your cursor where you want to place a graphic Click the Graphic button Navigate to the saved graphic on your computer and click Open The graphic will appear within the question stem If you chose to delete a graph
31. Power on NEO 2 Press the applets key Select Control Panel oelect Change Default AlphaWord Font Select appropriate font size You will see a 4 sign in front of the current font size 6 Press enter Turn Auto Repeat Off Use the Settings tab in NEO Manager or on the NEO 2 1 Press option cmd K 2 Press 1 to turn Auto Repeat off 3 Press esc to exit E EE m O A UON Turn Sticky Keys On Use the Settings tab in NEO Manager or on the NEO 2 1 Press option cmd K 2 Press 2 to turn Sticky Keys on 3 Press esc to exit Turn Slow Keys On Use the Settings tab in NEO Manager or on the NEO 2 Press the applets key Select Control Panel Select Change keyboard settings Select Change slow keys setting Set the delay time in seconds Press esc to exit SB a a A48 Change the Keyboard Layout Use the Settings tab in NEO Manager open the Control Panel on the NEO 2 or 1 Press option cmd L 2 Enter 1 2 3 or 4 to select a keyboard layout 3 Press esc to exit View the Current Keyboard Layout 1 Press the applets key 2 Select Control Panel 3 Select View keyboard layout Return to the QWERTY Keyboard Use the Settings tab in NEO Manager or on the NEO 2 Press the applets key oelect Control Panel oelect Change keyboard settings oelect Change keyboard layout Select the QWERTY layout Press esc pa or geom Ie Il A49 AlphaWord Plus Accelerated Reader on
32. Send Question 13 Instruct students to press enter on their NEO 2s enter their answers and press enter again 14 Repeat steps 11 13 to ask more questions 15 When you are finished with all of the questions click Done 16 If you opted to have the assignment graded all students grades are automatically entered into the AccelTest Gradebook sepe c D d ure S qe A38 Common Software Tasks Export an AccelTest Assignment Teachers may share Accellest assignments When you export your Accellest assignment everything exports including any state standards alignments images or equations To export an assignment 1 Click the Assignments tab 2 Click once to select an assignment 3 From the Assignments menu select Export 4 Select a location to export the assignment to and click OK Import an AccelTest Assignment 1 From the Assignments menu select Import 2 Navigate to the exported assignment and click OK 3 When the assignment opens review it make any changes and click Done 4 Click Save A39 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Renaissance Responder Scoring Software You will use the Renaissance Responder scoring software when students submit answers to Accelerated Math Assignments Download and Install the Renaissance Responder Scoring Software 1 Go to your Renaissance Place site but do not log in 2 Click Check Software Requirements 3 Select Renaissance Responder 4 Download and install Co
33. Share you can also use Write On lessons and sample linked files and build favorite folders to easily access your instructional resources To use NEO Share you must install it on your computer and connect a Renaissance Receiver to your computer A4 Glossary Renaissance Place A web based platform that provides access to a variety of subscription based Renaissance Learning software programs including Accelerated Reader Accelerated Math and MathFacts in a Flash If you have a subscription to one or more of these Renaissance Place programs your students can interact with them using NEO 2 In addition you can access reports and resources and activate schools for KeyWords Renaissance Receiver A piece of hardware that connects to a computer via a USB cable The Renaissance Receiver sends and receives information from the computer s Renaissance Wireless Server Utility to a NEO 2 using wireless radio frequency technology It does not require batteries and receives its power from the computer Renaissance Training Center An online library and resource center aimed at helping customers implement Renaissance Learning products with fidelity Located at http www renlearn com training this site includes links to user manuals training resources live and e learning professional development opportunities research quick start guides lesson plan ideas and much more Users can create a free account that enables them to access resources sav
34. Susan ham Ta dU d nes L un kue wy mgs TINE eg gs 4 md 3 ill Seg Man i IW f Yi f Careline v Sit comfortably f never ever cried ears flowed SE usd a V 2 Elbows resting at side e P3 Jill Hie Bever at fy x p Wa s of ed 3 Both feet on the floor Im ladies gee Hel m glug they Te friends ie i itg Cabled V 4 The keyboard may be lowered so that wrists are ti s urA BL team straight im a neutral position he Pron v YA Report v5 Fingers resting lightly on the keyboard 32 Keyboarding with NEO 2 Set Up Tasks Before starting formal instruction with KeyWords you ll need to complete a few tasks to set everything up for a successful keyboarding program 1 Learn the Master Password You will always be able to log into any student s KeyWords account with the master password which you can learn by calling Technical Support at 800 338 4204 You can use this to log a student in if he forgets his password You ll also need the master password to access the Teacher Options menu on an individual NEO 2 which allows you to configure several settings 2 Configure KeyWords You may wish to configure KeyWords to meet instructional goals and district requirements For example you can set the standard to require either one or two spaces following punctuation You also can change words per minute WPM and error rate ER goals If you do change
35. Then he gives his students the chance to work through the three exercises on their own and in small groups Once they send their sentences to him via NEO Share he projects a few of them to discuss with the whole class showing all of the different ways the same sentences could be combined The next day Mr Jones continues with more activities found in the middle school Write On writing lessons These lessons involve short reading passages that include a moral otudents engage with the material by talking about what they think the moral of the story is as well as getting further practice in editing and revising Here is an excerpt from the lesson he uses 65 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 You who have brothers and sisters know that people don t always want the same things Don t you feel sorry for the grownups in your life who try to please all of you This fable is about just such a family predicament The Father and His Two Daughters Access this activity at A man who had two daughters Write On Lessons Middle School gave one in marriage to a gardener Writing Lessons Writing Skills and the other to a potter After l Sentence Combining with a Moral y Please the weddings the daughters departed with their husbands to their new homes and the father was left alone The following spring the father went to visit the daughter who married the gardener How fares it with you daughter he asked
36. They check each other s spelling list for accuracy Add one point for each error The student with the lowest score wins Practice Speed Announce a speed day apart from KeyWords Use the NEO 2 built in typing timer The typing timer is separate from KeyWords It reports only keyboarding speed It does not report errors As a result do not use this as a complete progress measure however students can benefit from an occasional focus on speed To use the typing timer project a sentence for all students to type You can use any sentence or brief passage keep it very brief just make it the same for all Then instruct students to do the following Power on NEO 2 and open a clean file space Press cmd find to open the typing timer Start typing to start the timer Press caps lock to stop the timer You will see your WPM Press enter if you want to try again Press esc to exit and to view what was typed 40 Keyboarding with NEO 2 Technigue Checklist You may want to encourage good technigue with a checklist such as the one below This checklist is also included as a reproducible form in the appendix Attitude Technigue Never Sometimes Always Comments Sits straight in chair O O O Feet flat on the floor Arms relaxed elbows at sides Fingers slightly curved tips resting lightly on keys Wrists lifted off the keyboard Begins and ends all keystrokes at home row Presses each key
37. Training Center you ll find a host of lesson ideas and activities called Teach with It Now or TWIN Ideas Use Your Own Content NEO Share makes it easy to access your own content and share it with your students If you use a Windows computer simple text is the only type of content that can be shared and accessed with NEO 2s You ll need to save your files as a plain text or txt file Macintosh users can use doc rtf and pdf files as well Beyond that the sky is the limit To find material you d like to use open NEO Share and from Files for Pickup click the folder icon and browse for files on your computer As you ll learn in a moment you can also create favorite folders for easy access to your own content Pull from Other Resources In addition to files on your computer you can pull from other resources including online content to share with your students through NEO Share Say you are in the middle of a lesson on the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and students want to know more You can go to an educational website and find an article about the cap placed on the oil well or one about how manta rays will be affected by the oil Simply highlight the text of the article and drag it into the Pickup Zone window Your students will instantly be able to capture it on their NEO 2s Students will not be able to download images on their NEO 2s but you can project the images for the whole class to see This enables you to make full u
38. Using the pulse feature of the 2Know Toolbar she takes a class vote and then asks the students to debate the issue She lists the pro and con arguments on the whiteboard As a closing exercise Ms Ling asks each student to choose a position on the debate write a paragraph arguing his position and send it to her via NEO Share Scenario 2 Ancient Rome across the Curriculum Mr Romero has planned a sixth grade social studies unit on ancient Rome He designed the unit to make many connections across the curriculum He also used the favorites folder in NEO Share to collect the materials for easy access during class Warm Up Activity To introduce the topic and spark his students curiosity Mr Romero begins with the 2Know Toolbar and some simple questions projected on PowerPoint slides True False Romulus and Remus founded Rome Short Answer Romulus and Remus were sons of the Roman god 86 Assessment and Classroom Engagement Multiple Choice The ancient Roman Baths can be compared to today s A Shopping malls B Fitness clubs C Resorts D Water parks Multiple Choice Hhea Silvia was A The river that runs through Rome B Romulus and Remus mother C The courtyard outside the largest Roman bath D The lone senator who opposed the assassination of Julius Caesar Short Answer When a gladiator fell in the Coliseum the crowd would signal the emperor with either a thumbs up or thumbs down signal Th
39. Very well indeed she replied We have everything we want have only one wish And that is that we have a heavy shower to water all our growing plants Later the father visited the daughter who had married the potter And how is everything with you daughter There is not a thing we lack said she My only hope is that this fine weather and hot sun may continue so that all our tiles may be baked Alas said the father if you must have fine weather and your sister must have rain which am to pray for The End Talk about the fable with your writing partners How would you tell in your own words what the moral is Suppose you began it this way You can t always How would you finish it Let each writing partner try You can t always lt gt You can t always lt gt You can t always lt gt You can t always lt gt Name and save this file now Press ctrl S type a name for the file and press enter NEOZ file 2 file 3 file 4 file 5 file 6 fie 7 file 0 print m find poer home end applets send back space 66 Developing Writers with NEO 2 After students are done reading the passage discussing the moral and completing the activity with a writing partner they have the chance to apply what they ve learned about sentence combining Mr Jones has his students continue with the lesson below You ve been using the words who that and which i
40. a report each week that shows how her students are doing allowing her to keep tabs on their progress Plus the keyboarding curriculum that comes with the NEO 2S is language based so it helps her students learn vocabulary words while learning keyboarding Getting the Most out of NEO 2 During the reading period Mrs Brown uses NEO 2s to review vocabulary and to check comprehension She does this by using the NEO 2s as classroom responders with a software program designed to work with NEO 2 Her students respond to guestions anonymously and she instantly can see and project these responses When her students are ready to take Accelerated Reader quizzes they do so using the NEO 2 rather than waiting for their turn at the classroom computer or computer lab During math Mrs Brown has her students start with 10 minutes of math fact practice on the NEO 2 using MathFacts in a Flash In addition her students use their NEO 2s to score Accelerated Math assignments right from their desks The data she gets from these two programs helps her to identify which students are struggling and might need additional help Throughout the day Mrs Brown uses a NEO 2 software program called AccelTest as she teaches various content areas including social studies science and math She asks verbal questions her students enter their answers on the NEO 2 and Mrs Brown is able to immediately check to see if her students understand the material In addition
41. addressed by each of the vocabulary strategies for NEO 2 The column on the left gives the name of the activity and the check marks in the grid note what kind of an activity it is Additionally strategies that require extensive teacher interaction are noted 58 Developing Writers with NEO 2 Vocabulary Strategies at a Glance Teacher Interaction Reference Tools Develop Concepts Predict and Confirm Create Word Banks Use Reference Tools Elementary ABC Graffiti sS sE YA ES S Introduce new words and provide text preview Possible Sentences Synonym Cluster Facilitate Middle School Monitor independent work Dictionary Closed Word Sort Glossary Concept Circles v f Provide reference tools Dictionary Glossary Monitor to keep Dictionary chains on Glossary topic Sentence Chains High School Dictionary Glossary Thesaurus Encyclopedia Other research tools Provide Concept of Definition reference tools Dictionary Glossary Thesaurus Encyclopedia Other research tools Provide Four Part Definition reference tools Dictionary Glossary Vocabulary Thesaurus Self Selection du AT Encyclopedia Provide doe Other research tools o9 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 For instance if you select the ABC Graffiti activity you ll see it is built around a lesson on weather terminolog
42. bar graph to display results 3 View or print reports AccelTest reports offer detailed information about each assignment Here are just a few of the kinds of reports you can view and print e Assignment Analysis offers statistical data as well as item by item analysis e Assignment Results generates student by student reports with score and student answers his report can also show corrected answers with the student answers if you set the preference to do so e Student Record lists all assignments and grades for each student e Group Report lists all students and grades e Standards Report shows state standards mastery Score keys and AccelTest assignments must be aligned to state standards in order to view this data oee the appendix for step by step instructions to review data with AccelTest reports Integrating NEO Share for Assessment and Engagement In addition to the 2Know Toolbar and AccelTest you can also use NEO Share as a formative assessment tool to gather student responses during a lesson As you learned in Chapter 4 NEO Share is a software program that allows wireless file transfer of text from NEO 2s to your computer It can be used to make instruction interactive and keep students engaged as well For example after a lesson ask students to summarize what they learned that day or ask them to come up with one question they still have about the material Collect responses via NEO Share and choose a few of the
43. can be printed from the Accelerated Reader software in Renaissance Place located in the Resources section under Forms and Charts After students select their books they fill out their logs and start reading When they are finished reading they have the information they need to take the quiz Using NEO 2 with Renaissance Learning Reading and Math Programs Students can take three types of AR quizzes on NEO 2 Reading Practice Quizzes Vocabulary Practice Quizzes and Other Reading Quizzes Literacy Skills Quizzes are not available to take with the NEO 2 Accelerated Reader applet However a select set of literacy skills activities have been formatted to work with NEO 2s through Write On lessons See Chapter 4 for more information Quizzes can be taken on books read to read with or read independently by students Make sure students read and quiz in the same way For example if a book is read to students the quiz must be read to them as well In primary grade classrooms you may want to enlist parent volunteers or upper grade students to read books and quizzes to students Recorded Voice Quizzes which feature a recorded narrator who reads quiz questions and answer choices as they appear onscreen are available for certain quizzes on the computer but not with NEO 2s Instead have the volunteer or older student help emergent readers take AR quizzes on NEO 2 by reading the quiz questions and answer choices aloud and helping students ente
44. connected You navigate NEO Manager via its tabs and menus Configure NEO 2 Settings The NEO Manager Settings functionality is critical to your NEO 2 implementation Through this tab you can manage AlphaWord Plus files control access to SmartApplets and configure KeyWords Take some time to learn how to configure NEO 2s with NEO Manager It will pay off in big ways 1 Click the Settings tab 2 Select System settings to change the master password select the keyboard layout and configure accessibility features Call Technical Support at 800 338 4202 for the default master password or change it in these System settings 3 Settings related to transfer speed and printer selection can be ignored if you use wireless printing 4 Select AlphaWord Plus settings to enable password protection recommended in the shared implementation 5 Select KeyWords settings to select pretest and posttest levels customize WPM and error rate goals and require or disable sequential lessons You can also configure KeyWords to allow one space or two between sentences Take time to explore all your KeyWords settings 6 Select Control Panel settings to disable the Control Panel This prevents students who may learn the master password from changing the NEO 2 configuration You can always access the Control Panel with the master password See Step 2 above for how to find or change the master password 7 Continue with each SmartApplet until you have con
45. day This promotes ownership and responsibility and helps you manage your implementation You could number each NEO 2 so that a student knows she will always work with for instance NEO 2 13 Alternatively you could put a label on the back of each NEO 2 listing each student who will use that NEO 2 If you use the label consider numbering 1 through 8 Student 1 would complete all of his writing in file space 1 Student 2 would always use file space 2 etc In the sample label pictured here Rocky Amici would always use file space 1 for writing while Rachel Callahan s open files would always be available in file space 6 THIS NEO 2 TO BE USED BY 1 Rocky Amici 5 Kathleen Burdick 2 Rudy Ball 6 Rachel Callahan 3 Kristie Berwick 7 Michael Hamilton 4 Lauren Bryant 8 Roberto Jackson Decide How to Move NEO 2s If you purchase the SmartOption Mobile Lab moving NEO 2s from room to room is an easy matter Simply place them in the lab and roll the lab from one room to the next If you purchase classroom bundles without the mobile lab you need to develop a system to move the NEO 2s from room to room Some teachers use plastic boxes that resemble milk crates While this is inexpensive and somewhat efficient please consider wear and tear as NEO 2s are loaded into the crates The NEO 2s will need some sort of sleeve or way to protect the screen and keyboard as they are moved In the previous section on carrying NEO 2s from class to
46. find the teacher supplements for Mese e e chase nasa es the writing lessons click inside Lue 2 Voeabulany Swategies ter NEO 2 each grade level folder choose E the Writing Lessons folder enter SEEN an asterisk in File name click AWE Open and you ll find a PDF anvan IP supplement for the lessons at TEX xm that grade level f 53 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Writing Lessons The writing lessons span grades 3 through 12 and cover everything from writing topic sentences and summarizing to crafting persuasive essays and polishing prose Each lesson introduces concepts and provides explicit instruction in chunks As the lesson continues it includes models of good writing and a host of independent practice activities At the elementary level grades 3 through 5 you can choose from a set of lessons about seasons the process of writing and writing skills The middle school lessons grades 6 through 8 include poetry and building word power the process of writing and writing skills The high school lessons grades 9 through 12 focus on writing skills the process of writing and lifelong skills To use these lessons select them edit them if you desire and send them to students via NEO Share We ll take a look at a few of these lessons in the classroom scenarios a little later in this chapter Below are a few tips for getting the most out of the writing lessons in Write On Find what you want in the tea
47. folder icon in Files for Pickup and then select Manage Favorites 2 Check the box next to the folder or website Then click Remove A21 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Access Write On Lessons The Write On lessons include 36 literacy skills activities nine vocabulary strategies 387 writing lessons and teacher guides To access lessons 1 From the Files for Pickup area click the folder icon and select Write On Lessons 2 Select the grade span lesson type and lesson If you want to select more than one lesson hold the Ctrl key as you click each one Then click Open 3 To facilitate differentiation or hide files you are not ready for students to use yet click the wireless icon next to any file to make it unavailable for pickup 4 Click the wireless icon again to make the file available Access Write On Lesson Teacher Guides The Write On lessons come with teacher guides also referred to as supplements 1 From the Files for Pickup area click the folder icon and select Write On Lessons 2 To access teacher guides for literacy skills activities and vocabulary strategies enter an asterisk Jin File name and press enter Then double click a guide 3 If you want to see the teacher guides for writing lessons open a Writing Lessons folder then enter an asterisk in File name and press enter Edit Write On Lessons You can edit Write On lessons to suit your teaching purposes 1 If you want to edit an activity doub
48. folder on your computer s hard drive 4 The next time you need to use that same send list go to the File menu and select Open Send List Select your saved send list and you are back in business Send a User Dictionary When students press spell check on their NEO 2s one option for an unrecognized word is to add that word to the user dictionary on that particular NEO 2 This is especially helpful with unusually spelled names Once the name is added to the user dictionary NEO 2 will recognize it as a known word and if a student misspells it in the future the NEO 2 spell check will display the correct spelling When you create integrated units of study particularly in science and social studies there may be a host of words that the NEO 2 spell check will not recognize You can create a user dictionary on your computer and send it to your students NEO 2s 1 Create a list of the words you want added to the user dictionary Separate each word with a return like this Kiowa Tawakoni Tonkawa Coahuilteco Karankawa 2 Save the file as a txt file 3 Connect a single NEO 2 to your computer or connect all NEO 2s to the omartOption Mobile Lab and connect the lab to your computer 4 Launch NEO Manager 5 From the File menu select Send User Dictionary 6 Navigate to your word list and click Open Remember your list must be a txt file 7 Press the Send List tab 8 Press Send A18 Common Software Tasks Reset NEO 2s Reset
49. for school improvement opecifically they recommend extensive work developing content vocabulary and learning to write in content specific genres Formative Assessment Is the Key to Powerful Instruction When teachers use formative assessment to guide their teaching they strategically gather information and make small continual adjustments in their instruction This process allows them to gauge students understanding assess prior knowledge reinforce key concepts and respond to the learning needs of their students At the same time students remain more deeply engaged in the material when they are encouraged to interact in this way and they constantly get meaningful feedback to help them reach their learning goals Much of the research on formative assessment over the past two decades has stemmed from the influential article nside the Black Box by Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam 1998 This piece argues that traditional policies treated the classroom as a black box into 13 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 which inputs were fed and out of which outputs were measured Instead Black and Wiliam argue teachers should be interested in what is happening inside the box Formative assessment can help teachers uncover this previously hidden information and help raise standards of achievement Leahy Lyon Thompson and Wiliam 2005 lay out further guidelines of how teachers can continually adapt instruction to meet student needs using classr
50. has the students get into small groups and come up with a suggestion for what to name the chapter Then she projects the choices For instance after reading Chapter 10 in which the main character is so hungry that he eats some raw turtle eggs he finds on the beach students come up with the following suggestions A Yummy B Turtle Eggs C Want More D Finding Turtle Eggs E The Eggs Then students vote with their NEO 2s on what they think the best chapter name would be This activity keeps them engaged and reinforces the main themes of each chapter Customize Your Options There are several options to customize the toolbar according to your preferences For instance you can assign one NEO 2 to use as a teacher responder This allows you to navigate the toolbar NEO 2 as teacher responder even when you re away from your computer If you d like to walk around the room or stand at the front or back of the room while teaching using a NEO 2 as a teacher responder gives you the mobility you need To assign a teacher responder click Options on the toolbar You can also change the theme of the 2Know Toolbar which means you can make it smaller or larger choose graphite or silver for the background color and choose whether to include the short answer capability or not Silver background with Graphite background with short answer no short answer See the appendix for complete instructions for this and all other 2Know Toolbar
51. if desired The 15 KeyWords lessons are cumulative Each one includes a segment on learning new keys practice with accuracy and speed builders and an accuracy and speed test After students complete all KeyWords lessons collect posttest data if desired and direct students to continue practicing Monitor progress on students NEO 2s and with KeyWords reports Have students monitor their own progress to motivate practice and make success visible Assess keyboarding skills with several informal activities as well 41 Developing Writers with NEO 2 Think for a moment about what writing instruction is usually like without access to word processors Even if you are implementing research based instructional practices students are limited to writing on paper waiting their turn at the computer lab or bringing in a finished assignment printed from a home computer if they have access to one If you wish to workshop writing incorporate interactive exercises or facilitate peer collaboration in class these things must generally be done with paper and pencil or multiple photocopies The process can be slow cumbersome and limited in its effectiveness Now picture your class with NEO 2s Having one to one student access to these word processors can transform the way you teach writing Instead of being limited by lack of technology you can wirelessly send and receive assignments capture text and share it instantly
52. just in time model Students typically learn the words just in time for the vocabulary quiz and then promptly forget any of those words that are not used regularly In contrast effective vocabulary instruction includes opportunities for students to read write speak and listen to new words It involves multiple exposures over time Powerful vocabulary instruction also focuses on concept development since words are labels for concepts The nine vocabulary strategy activities for NEO 2 help students gain skills to learn and apply concepts as they learn new words Each grade span has three types of vocabulary strategy activities as shown in the chart below Elementary Middle School High School ABC Graffiti Closed Word Sort Concept of Definition Possible Sentences Concept Circles Four Part Definition Synonym Cluster Sentence Chains Vocabulary Self Selection The strategies with modification are effective at most grade levels We recommend exploring the strategies in all three grade spans and modifying as needed for your students Whether you are teaching geography history or science simply select three to five terms critical to understanding the content Then navigate to the Write On lessons and choose a grade span Finally select Vocabulary Strategies then decide on an appropriate strategy and edit as needed to meet your instructional goals The chart on the next page identifies the types of vocabulary skills
53. keeping them engaged Below are some guidelines to follow e Gauge Prior Knowledge with Range Finding Questions Brain based instruction stresses the power of prior Knowledge or schema What this means is that the brain seeks to connect new information with previously 77 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 gained understandings Learning in part is the interaction between short term memory which works with new information and long term memory which is your storehouse of previously gained understandings Willingham 2009 The best way to gauge prior knowledge is to use range finding questions Leahy et al 2005 A range finding question is designed to identify the span or range of knowledge among a group of students The 2Know Toolbar is ideal for range finding questions At the beginning of a unit you can use data from these questions to gauge students prior knowledge For example as you open a unit on the American Civil War connect the Henaissance Receiver and launch the 2Know Toolbar Choose numeric response and ask students In what year did the American Civil War begin When all students have responded click Graph If students responses are reasonable somewhere around 1861 begin the unit If students responses indicate some confusion such as 1776 or 1918 use some schema building activities such as designing a basic time line reading letters from soldiers or other activities Check for Understand
54. linked files built into NEO Share Additionally you can create your own linked files and send them to students NEO 2s with NEO Share e Keyboarding Resources On your computer you have access to a host of keyboarding resources that are installed when you install NEO Manager Find them on your Windows computer here Start All Programs NEO Manager KeyWords Master Transparencies On Macintosh computers open Applications AlohaSmart AlohaSmart Manager 2 KeyWords Extras and double click KeyWords SmartApplet Master These resources include visual posters showing finger zones posture and wrist placement as well as additional practice activities and more If you are a Renaissance Place customer you also have access to KeyWords reporting and resources through Renaissance Place Resources at the Renaissance Training Center Over the life of owning a car you need to take it in for regular oil changes car washes and other services You may consult your owner s manual talk to a mechanic or install new features as needed Similarly a host of resources are available to help you to maintain and fine tune your NEO 2 implementation on a regular basis Your one stop shop for these resources is the Renaissance Training Center Teacher Tip The Renaissance Training Center is an online When new software is updated resource center for all Renaissance Learning or features are added the products There you ll find links to all user guides Rena
55. moment For instance say that you are in the middle of a poetry lesson and you wish that you had an example of a haiku you could show your students You can go out to the Internet or into your files on your computer find a haiku and paste it into the Pickup Zone Immediately that text is available for your students to receive on their NEO 2s The Pickup Zone holds this text until you delete it by using the icon at the top right corner or by closing NEO Share Below the Pickup Zone in the lower left corner you ll find the Files for Pickup window This area holds files that you put there by browsing through your computer and selecting them En File Edit Help Pickup Zone Pickup Zone Pickups 0 3 __ holds text you highlight drag or copy Cat Haiku paste and makesit available for students to retrieve on NEO 2s until you click the delete icon Humans are so strange Mine lies still in bed then screams My claws aren t that sharp E FilesforPickup Gy F Files Received id 3 6 1 Trait txt g E ABC Graffiti txt e a Files for Pickup holds files you browse to find and keeps them there until you select them and click the delete icon Files Received holds the files students send until you click the save or delete icon You can manage which files in Files for Pickup students F FilesforPicup G 8 see on the NEO 2s Click the wireless icon next to an
56. out of NEO 2 Text2Speech An assistive technology solution that converts typed text into synthesized speech for special needs students and struggling writers The NEO Text2Speech device is a piece of hardware that works in conjunction with the Text to Speech feature in the AlphaWord Plus applet Co Writer applet spell check thesaurus and Write On lessons The device converts any text written on the NEO 2 into spoken words It comes with two AA batteries and a set of headphones Topic Dictionary A list of content specific words in Co Writer When you install Co Writer you automatically install the Main Dictionary You may install up to five additional Topic Dictionaries Installing a Topic Dictionary does not delete or alter the Main Dictionary You can download a host of Topic Dictionaries from Don Johnston s website www donjohnston com and load them on your NEO 2s Wireless File Transfer A feature of the AlphaWord Plus applet that allows NEO 2 users to exchange files among NEO 2 and one or all of the following applications NEO Share Google Docs or MY Access In order to use this feature you must have a Renaissance Receiver connected to a computer If you wish to use Wireless File Transfer with Google Docs or MY Access you must create an account at the Google Docs website or have a paid subscription to the MY Access software respectively and your computer must have Internet access You do not need Internet access to use NEO Share
57. pace of the assignment and are typically used for in class assignments Students log on as usual but cannot see or respond to a question until you take action The simplest way to use this type of session is to ask verbal questions All you do is ask questions you don t even need to have anything projected This is ideal for giving spelling tests reviewing vocabulary or asking questions that occur to you on the spot Since you are verbally asking the questions you control the pace You can also ask verbal questions in conjunction with printed assignments such as going over homework in class Another way to use teacher paced sessions is to ask questions on a PowerPoint slide and have students respond Again you control the pace since you control the pace of the PowerPoint presentation This option is available for Windows computers only Once you are comfortable with these kinds of teacher paced sessions you may wish to explore other options The first of these options is to create a projection assignment within AccelTest which includes tools for incorporating graphs equations and images into your assignments The second option is to ask questions from an existing assignment using a previously created Accellest No matter which type of teacher paced session you use keep in mind that each session can be graded or ungraded If you chose to score the assignments the software will score them automatically and the scores will appear in y
58. partners work with the NEO 2 through the Responder applet Our responder partners include Study Island Ignite Learning Edugames and many more Again you can find an up to date listing of all partners at http www renlearn com neo NEO 2 partners aspx Below we discuss Study Island and Ignite Learning NEO 2 and Study Island Study Island is a widely used educational service that provides web based tools for standards instruction practice and assessment Its online state standards based learning programs are available both in traditional assessment and interactive game format You can use NEO 2 with Study Island to gauge prior knowledge at the beginning of a lesson check for understanding during the lesson and assess progress at the end of a lesson Your school must have a subscription to Study Island to learn more about this program please visit http www studyisland com There are two ways to use Study Island Use teacher led sessions with NEO 2 to engage your students in small group or whole class sessions or use student paced sessions to allow each student to work at his or her own pace To use a teacher led session project Study Island from your computer and direct students to respond via NEO 2s using the Responder applet You need to have your Renaissance Receiver connected to your computer so students NEO 2s can communicate through it To use a student paced session print the assignment distribute it to students and all
59. power outlet Plugging into another power strip outside of the SmartOption Mobile lab is not recommended You can however drop a power supply from a printer or computer through the opening at the top of the SmartOption Mobile Lab and connect to the power strip built into the lab If the AlphaHub will not power on check the on off switch on the AlphaHub If the AlphaHub will still not power on check the on off switch on the built in power strip If both switches are powered on and the AlphaHub will still not power on follow these Steps 1 Remove the plate from the back of the SmartOption Mobile Lab 2 Check the power cord to the AlphaHub 115 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Troubleshooting NEO 2s are durable and seldom require troubleshooting On the rare occasion that a NEO 2 does not perform as expected the easiest troubleshooting procedure is to power off and power on again Additional troubleshooting ideas are described below e NEO 2is Frozen Rarely a NEO 2 will get stuck in a memory loop and appear to freeze To solve this power NEO 2 off and on again If NEO 2 still appears stuck power off and on again If after the third power off and on NEO 2 still does not respond connect it to your computer and launch NEO Manager Select the Get Print AlohaWord Files tab and see if there is a file full of spaces or meaningless characters If there is such a file delete it Then unplug the NEO 2 from NEO Manager and s
60. quiz assesses general comprehension of the book just read 3 Teachers get immediate feedback Accelerated Reader scores the quiz keeps track of the results and generates reports Teachers use this data to monitor each student s practice guide students to appropriate books and target instruction e Types of Quizzes Accelerated Reader includes the following types of quizzes Reading Practice Quizzes assess basic comprehension on books students select for reading practice These quizzes consist of five 10 or 20 multiple choice questions depending on the length and complexity of the book This is the most common type of AR quiz Vocabulary Practice Quizzes test student knowledge of key vocabulary words in books students choose for independent reading Other Reading Quizzes check comprehension of reading the teacher assigns in specific textbook series Literacy Skills Quizzes assess student proficiency with higher level reading skills All of the above quiz types can be done on a NEO 2 or computer except for Literacy Skills Quizzes which can only be done on a computer 94 Using NEO 2 with Renaissance Learning Reading and Math Programs Accelerated Math Accelerated Math distributes personalized practice assignments based on student performance scores student work automatically and provides results immediately For more information about Accelerated Math see the Product Overview on page 96 Before you begin make sur
61. range RS open a file school s wireless Internet connection You do not need to be connected to the Internet to use NEO Share You merely need to have a Renaissance Heceiver connected to your computer and have NEO Manager and NEO Share software installed However you can access content from the Internet if you choose to do so See the visual below for an illustration of how this classroom network functions Drag and drop a writing prompt from your computer or an article from the Internet into NEO Share for students to retrieve Retrieve files students have uploaded into NEO Share to be reviewed and graded otudents wirelessly download files that you have placed into NEO Share Then they work on the assignment individually or in groups When they are done they send files back to NEO Share for you to retrieve Access content from the Internet if you choose to do so Project this content using a projector or interactive whiteboard if you wish NEO Share 47 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 How NEO Share Works After you install the software on your computer and open NEO Share a window appears on your desktop This window is divided into three parts shown in the visual below The top part is called the Pickup Zone This is where you can highlight and drag or copy and paste any text for your students to access The Pickup Zone is perfect for use in the
62. send The active file and the linked file will beam together Edit the text in the active file Edit as you would in any word processing file Edit the text in the read only file Not possible otudents cannot make any changes to a read only file on the NEO 2 Teachers can edit linked files before they send them to students A46 AlphaWord Plus AlphaWord Plus Passwords As you read in Chapter 2 you may want students to password protect their AlphaWord Plus files particularly in a shared implementation If you enable password protection your students can set a password for each of the AlphaWord Plus files If you teach your students to save their files before adding the password they can use the same password such as their student ID number for each of their AlohaWord Plus files Enable Password Protection You enable password protection with a keyboard command on each NEO 2 or enable password protection on all NEO 2s with NEO Manager e Option 1 NEO Manager 1 Connect NEO 2s to the SmartOption Mobile Lab and connect the lab to your computer Launch NEO Manager Click Settings Check AlphaWord Plus Settings Check Passwords Enabled Click Yes Click the Send List tab 8 Click Send The default AlphaWord Plus file password is write e Option 2 Individual NEO 2 1 Press ctrl option cmd P 2 Enter the master password Call Technical Support at 800 338 4202 for the master password 3 P
63. tasks 80 Assessment and Classroom Engagement Using AccelTest for Formative and Summative Assessment Once you have learned how to use the 2Know Toolbar to assess and engage the class as a whole you may be wondering how you can gather information in such a way that allows you to track record and score individual student responses AccelTest does just that Accellest facilitates classroom response while giving you access to specific student data Since AccelTest collects and saves this data you can generate a host of reports to guide instruction and promote student achievement AccelTest also makes it possible for you to automate assessment scoring and export results to an electronic gradebook As a result you can use it for both formative and summative assessment How It Works You can use Accellest to create assign and score many different types of assignments Accellest also calculates overall student grades which are based on the dates you set for the school year and on the grading scale you have chosen Accellest is a stand alone application storing data on your computer s hard drive The software features two basic types of interactions teacher paced sessions and student paced sessions A session is the time that students using NEO 2 take to complete AccelTest assignments As the names suggest a teacher paced session is one in which the teacher controls when questions are asked and answered while a student paced sessi
64. teachers send students a written contract at the beginning of the school year to ensure that they take good care of their NEO 2s Use NEO Share to Differentiate When students access NEO Share they see every available assignment They must select which assignment to download from among those listed on their NEO 2 screens If you load multiple assignments and reading passages into the Files for Pickup area you can differentiate instruction based on level and interest As mentioned earlier you control what students see by clicking the wireless icon next to the files you wish to make available Using Multiple Ways of Connecting Once you ve gotten comfortable with USB send beaming and NEO Share you can use one at a time or combine them in flexible ways For instance Gina Fletcher a fifth grade teacher in Flower Mound Texas uses all three as part of a literature lesson After her class has read a particular chapter of a book she asks her students to come up with quality discussion questions Each student beams his questions to a partner and the partner writes answers After they ve had some time to work together she collects a few sample student responses via USB send removes the students names and workshops their work with the whole class demonstrating how to turn an incomplete answer into a thoughtful well fleshed out response Then she allows students more time to complete their work When they are finishe
65. the desired word is not listed continue to enter letters 4 person 5 now ALI As the student begins writing a sentence Co Writer suggests words that might come next When students enter a punctuation mark or press the enter key their writing is copied into an AlphaWord Plus file They will see an arrow in the lower right corner of the screen This means Co Writer is active To go back to the Co Writer screen press any key It was a dark and stormy night A strange noise yi 2 Frightened 5 Frights Aa 3 Fright Students work in AlphaWord Plus above and consult Co Writer below when needed The arrow at the bottom of the AlphaWord Plus screen indicates that Co Writer is active 107 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 If students want to write on their own they simply press the tab key The arrow at the bottom of the screen becomes an asterisk instead When they are ready for Co Writer assistance they press the tab key again It was a dark and stormy night strange noise The asterisk at the bottom of the screen indicates that Co Writer is not currently active There are a number of options that allow you to customize Co Writer for your students needs e You can change the number of guesses from six word choices to one two three four or five e f you use a word that Co Writer does not know such as a name Co Writer learns the word and adds it to a collected words dictionary You can tu
66. these steps E m d Oo Connect headphones or speakers to the Text2Speech device Turn the Text2Speech device on using the button on the side of the device Align the NEO 2 infrared lens with the Text2Speech device Press ctrl J to enable Text2Speech and customize for optinum use Then press esc Enter text Text2Speech will read your text Press ctrl A to highlight all text and press ctrl M to hear text read again If you notice your editing keys are not working they ve been disabled while your text is waiting to be read Press esc to enable or see Step 5 to hear text read A44 AlphaWord Plus Keyboard Commands NEO 2 uses standard computer keyboard commands to cut copy paste save and open files Other commands allow students to enter symbols and international characters The most commonly used keyboard commands are printed on the back of each NEO 2 Press ctrl H and select Features to view more commands through the help menu A comprehensive list of all commands is included in the NEO User Manual which is available as a free download at the Renaissance Training Center AlphaWord Plus Common Keyboard Commands How Do Keyboare Special Notes Command Move the gt Press any arrow key to move the cursor cursor Change font ctrl option Press an arrow key to move to the desired font size Then press enter size cmqd F Clear a file clear file Pressing clear file is
67. to score Accelerated Math assignments Another key difference is what the teacher does To score Accelerated Math assignments you must have the Renaissance Hesponder scoring software open and running on your computer In contrast you do not need to have any software running on your computer to use Accelerated Reader on REOL Or will you have a designated location such as a scoring center with several NEO 2s available Make sure to establish a clear classroom routine for scoring which may include having students check in with you before scoring to see that they ve shown their work and after scoring so you know how to help with the next step 95 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Accelerated Math Product Overview Accelerated Math How Accelerated Math Works Accelerated Math software personalizes student math practice and helps teachers generate assignments monitor progress and motivate students to succeed Teachers use progress monitoring information provided by Accelerated Math to do what they do best provide individualized differentiated instruction to each student Content Accelerated Math organizes its content into libraries of objectives and each objective describes a specific mathematical task Accelerated Math s Second Edition Libraries include Early Numeracy grades 1 through 8 Algebra 1 Geometry and Financial Literacy and incorporate identification of core objectives learning progressions and preregu
68. with visual challenges you can use simple keyboard commands or use the Control Panel applet to configure NEO 2 for optimum use e Change the AlphaWord Plus display font size For better readability some students need to use a larger font on the NEO 2 screen while others benefit from seeing more of their text at one time There are six different font size options ranging from two lines of text per screen to six lines of text per screen Changing the font size in AlohaWord Plus does not affect how big the text will be when it is sent to a printer or computer it uses the default font you ve chosen in your computer program e Adjust the screen contrast his setting allows you to darken or lighten the screen for better readability for students with visual challenges oee the appendix for step by step instructions 109 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Unigue Physical Needs Dysgraphia is a neurological disorder in which students struggle to write legibly with paper and pencil They may write inappropriately sized and spaced letters and have trouble incorporating punctuation and correct spelling into their work However when such students use the NEO 2 these problems often disappear They are able to select the letters they want on the keyboard and have them appear on the screen Keyboarding rather than writing by hand can free such students to focus on the content of their writing Dysgraphia is just one example of the unique physical ch
69. word processing functions Screen displays two to six lines of text send transfers files file 1 file 8 move among active text files N E O2 Mla file 3 lits file 5 file a fila 7 cmd commands the wireless functions delete erases N M lt i dolete esc goes back ctrl controls keyboard commands arrow keys move the cursor 43 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 To use the word processor on the NEO 2 simply power on open a clean file space and write If the NEO 2 is already on and working in another applet merely press the applets key and choose AlphaWord Plus Alternatively you can access the word processor by turning the NEO 2 off and back on again There are eight file spaces on each NEO 2 as shown by the keys at the top of the keyboard labeled file 1 through file 8 This means that students can have eight AlphaWord Plus files active at one time To move among active files students press the desired file space key While students write their work is automatically saved If they should power off NEO 2 their work will be available when they power NEO 2 on again However it s a good idea to get students into the habit of routinely saving and closing important files When students are finished with a file they have two choices e Clear the file space which erases all the text e Save the file with a file name Students can have up to 90 files saved on one NEO 2 If a student
70. written arguments via NEO Share to be projected on the whiteboard and read by the whole class After each group presents Ms Ling asks the class to vote via the 2Know Toolbar s pulse feature on how persuasive their argument was The voting is also projected on the whiteboard Wrap Up Activities Now that the class has learned about the Titanic disaster Ms Ling uses AccelTest to give a quiz to wrap up and review what they have learned She uses some of the same questions from the warm up activity and includes a few new ones about the alleged responsible parties involved Since AccelTest collects and scores data linked to each student Ms Ling can see how much each student learned by viewing how well each did on the end of lesson quiz Finally she links this historical disaster to a present day issue She found a news article explaining that a newly discovered bacteria is eating the wreck of the ship at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean At this rate if something is not done to preserve the wreck it will be completely gone in 20 years She sends the text of this article to her students through NEO Share After students read the article she explains that there is a debate about whether items from the wreck should be brought to the surface to be saved and restored Some argue that since the wreck is the site of a mass grave it should be left untouched while others argue for the importance of saving what can be salvaged before it s too late
71. yellow plow washed yaks owls hoot write laws you furry hurry story followed slowly Patterns ay OW wh ly ory urry aw wh WT Passing criteria 18 WPM 8 errors Lesson 10 Z Keys introduced Z Words learned zip zipper pizazz zeal zigzag sizzle puzzles Zeus gazes drizzle Zero lazy jazz zesty Patterns azz uz ze 12Z ZZ zi Passing criteria 16 WPM 8 errors Lesson 11 X Keys introduced X Words learned expert explode extra exit express relax reflex exhale apex explore prefix Wax tax OX fox duplex paradox exasperate Patterns ex OX ax re pre Passing criteria 18 WPM 8 errors Lesson 12 C Keys introduced C Words learned ace face race circus circles sticky quick pick chick peck chew juice cupcake cheetahs duck Chuck quack call COWS careless could carrot exactly clothes deck crawls cards choose chocolate Patterns ace circ eck ick uck uice ch CT Passing criteria 20 WPM 8 errors A59 Keys introduced Words learned Patterns Passing criteria Keys introduced Words learned Patterns Passing criteria MV love grove give very caramel scratch pilgrim might ove im 22 WPM NB big job wobbles beach balloons subway extinction ob ld in 22 WPM Keys introduced Passing criteria nt 14 WPM Keys introduced Passing criteria Lesson 16 Numbers Lesson 13 MV dove am arrive avoid muddy pimples shrimp church ive ime 8 errors Lesson 1
72. 1 high school and keyboarding 12 and TWIN ideas 64 70 and Write On lessons 53 56 58 59 70 A6 and writing 13 70 hinge point questions 78 Ignite Learning 15 104 106 108 115 A3 Ignite Torch 106 A3 integrated units of study 89 90 A18 examples of 85 89 interactive whiteboard and Ignite Learning 106 and integrated units of study 64 85 89 and learning centers 102 and NEO Share 47 50 A20 and writing instruction 42 for assessment and classroom engagement 74 76 with NEO 2 11 with other technologies 14 interactivity 15 19 61 77 111 A10 keyboard commands 14 43 45 109 110 A45 A48 KeyWords 15 28 30 41 A41 and learning centers 101 102 and NEO Manager A4 A15 A16 and resetting NEO 2s A19 applet 20 30 36 A3 Dashboard 37 distinguishing feature of 30 A3 guiding principles of 30 in one to one implementations 24 35 in shared implementations 27 35 lessons A56 A60 progress report 32 36 A54 Henaissance Place A3 A5 A16 A17 reports 19 37 39 A3 A16 resources 21 32 technique checklist 41 A53 learning centers 10 100 103 linked files 15 21 62 63 A4 A23 A24 A42 and unique learning needs 111 creating your own A23 keyboard commands A46 literacy skills activities 21 51 53 55 93 A6 A22 example 57 types of 56 master password 33 36 A15 A47 changing A15 mathematics Accellest subject preferences A27 activities and lessons 10 11 42 7
73. 4 Click the Server Settings tab 4 n the box labeled Network Name enter a name for your network Do this by changing the default network name from Renaissance Receiver to the network name you would like your students to see on their NEO 2s We recommend using your name i e Mrs Brown or room number 5 Click Update Network Settings 6 Click OK E Henaissance Place subscribers complete the following steps 1 Click Renaissance Place Settings 2 Enter your Renaissance Place server address Hint Launch your Internet browser and go to your Renaissance Place site Copy and paste the URL from your Internet browser 3 Click Verify to make sure the Renaissance Wireless Server Utility can find your Henaissance Place site 4 Once verified click OK 5 Close the Renaissance Wireless Server Utility A14 Common Software Tasks NEO Manager Common Software Tasks e NEO Manager is the backbone of your NEO 2 implementation your means to maintain NEO 2s support all learners and update new resources Launch NEO Manager Connect a single NEO 2 to your computer with the USB cable or connect a classroom set of NEO 2s to the hub in the SmartOption Mobile Lab and connect the lab to your computer with the USB cable from the top of the lab Once connected 1 Launch NEO Manager and allow a minute or two for NEO Manager to find all NEO 2s 2 Click the sign in the lower left corner of NEO Manager to see how many NEO 2s are
74. 4 NB bit cob singing brown blossom caution ub bb ion 8 errors Lesson 15 8 errors 1234567890 14 WPM 6 errors A60 glove my thrive swerve comics rimful limp av nibble hobby dancing building bouquet explosion br bbl sion move five alive wave slime whim mild ve rabbit blue bang brave barley motion bl by References Black P 8 Wiliam D 1998 Inside the black bor Raising standards through student assessment Phi Delta Kappan 80 139 148 Demi 1997 One grain of rice A mathematical folktale New York Scholastic Press Graham S 2008 The power of word processing for the student writer Wisconsin Rapids WI Renaissance Learning Graham S amp Perin D 2007 Writing next Effective strategies to improve writing of adolescents in middle and high schools A report to the Carnegie Corporation of New York Washington DC Alliance for Excellence in Education Hearn J C amp Lewis D R 1993 Keyboarding coursework and employment earnings and educational attainment Journal of Education for Business 68 3 147 151 Heller R amp Greenleaf C 2007 Literacy instruction in the content areas Getting to the core of middle and high school improvement Washington DC Alliance for Excellent Education Leahy S Lyon C Thompson M amp Wiliam D 2005 Classroom assessment Minute by minute day by day
75. 5 79 83 84 87 88 and Ignite Learning A3 and the Calculator applet A3 learning centers 101 102 MathFacts in a Flash 10 15 91 98 103 A4 and learning centers 101 102 as an assessment tool 90 Offline 20 91 97 100 103 115 A4 Henaissance Place 20 97 99 103 A4 A5 middle school and Ignite Learning 106 classroom scenario 65 66 Write On lessons 53 59 61 MY Access 15 104 105 108 115 A3 A4 A5 A6 and managing one to one or shared implementations 44 installing the plug in 20 A12 naming your network 19 A8 A14 NEO Manager 19 115 116 A2 A4 A9 A14 A19 A41 and AlphaWord Plus passwords A47 and configuring KeyWords settings 33 A15 and KeyWords reports 37 A16 and KeyWords resources 21 32 and NEO Share 47 and Spanish spell check 112 A16 and Spanish thesaurus 112 A16 and synchronizing KeyWords data A3 A16 A17 and updates 115 A19 configuring accessibility features 110 A48 A49 installation A7 A8 A64 send list A15 A16 A18 user dictionary A18 NEO Share 10 15 19 A4 and AlphaWord Plus A3 A6 and developing writers 45 72 and differentiated instruction 50 55 111 and interactive whiteboards 47 64 85 86 and Internet content 47 50 52 64 71 2 85 86 104 and learning centers 101 and linked files 21 24 41 50 62 63 70 111 A4 A23 A24 A42 and the Renaissance Wireless Server Utility A5 and Write On lessons 21 50 51 53 62 65 68 70 71
76. 89 A4 A6 A20 A22 A43 building integrated lessons 64 85 90 classroom scenarios 65 72 85 89 collapsing into a pill 49 compared to USB send and beaming 47 favorite folders 49 50 52 85 86 89 A4 A21 for classroom management 50 for formative assessment 64 73 84 how the classroom network functions 47 installation A9 minimizing 49 saving and collecting files 44 software tasks A20 A24 updates to 115 one to one implementation 22 25 27 35 44 A16 online content 47 50 52 64 71 72 85 86 104 ownership and responsibility contract 24 25 password protection 22 for AlohaWord Plus 27 44 A15 A47 peer instruction 78 PIN A14 A26 posttest KeyWords 31 33 35 39 41 A15 PowerPoint with AccelTest 74 83 90 A31 A33 with NEO Share 50 A21 with the 2Know Toolbar 74 86 predictions 70 79 88 90 pretest KeyWords 31 33 35 39 41 A15 prior knowledge 10 13 77 78 89 90 106 process writing 13 71 72 progress monitoring 15 64 and Accelerated Math 96 A2 and Accellest 89 and keyboarding 28 31 36 41 and MathFacts in a Flash 98 and MY Access 105 and Study Island 106 projection monitor A31 A33 A36 A37 pulse 76 86 88 A2 A25 radio frequency connectivity 17 18 47 117 A5 A14 range finding questions 77 78 Henaissance Place 91 A5 A14 Accelerated Math 19 20 91 95 103 A2 A5 A13 A40 Accelerated Reader 20 91 92 103 112 A2 Ad and
77. C song one phrase at a time while students practice typing the letters with the correct hand They will discover that the letters A B C D E F and G only use the left hand while the letters H I J K L M N O and P only use the right hand The remaining letters use left and right hands e Left Hand Challenge After students have had some practice with the alphabet allow them to practice entering words with only one hand There are 3 000 English words that can be entered using only the keys on the left side of the keyboard In the Left Hand Challenge game students see how many left hand words they can enter in two minutes With older students make it more interesting by adding a system of points for longer words In kindergarten and first grade give students one point for every word At the end of the activity each student can wirelessly print his list of words and take it home to read to his parents e Right Hand Challenge If students are successful with the Left Hand Challenge introduce the Right Hand Challenge next However this may be a tougher task While 3 000 English words can be created using the left side of the keyboard only 300 words can be created using the right side Wonder why You may think it s because of the vowels on the left side of the keyboard but it s the consonants that make the difference The left side of the keyboard has the most commonly used consonants e Left Right Pattern Challenges Once student
78. EO 2 individually or on all NEO 2s at one time through the NEO 2 mobile lab See the NEO Manager software tasks in the appendix for detailed instructions Alternatively to configure KeyWords settings on a single NEO 2 you can use the Teacher Options menu in the KeyWords applet To do so select the KeyWords applet on the NEO 2 choose Teacher Options enter the master password and select the settings you d like to configure 3 Enroll Students You need to enroll each of your students in KeyWords through NEO Manager As part of this process you ll create or import a user name and password for each student Why a student password Up to eight students may enroll for 33 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 KeyWords on a single NEO 2 The password protects students KeyWords data You can access student user names and passwords through the Student Information Report in NEO Manager or if you are a Renaissance Place customer in Renaissance Place 4 Give the Pretest If Desired If you choose to use the pretest and posttest you must have students take the pretest before any KeyWords instruction has begun In fact if a student has done any work in KeyWords prior to taking the pretest the results of that pretest will not be valid On the other hand informal instruction and keyboarding games do not impact pretest validity See above for help in deciding which level to set for the pretest Getting Started The first step to beginning KeyWo
79. Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 RENAISSANCE LEARNING Accelerating learning for all 2Know Accelerated Math Accelerated Math Enterprise the Accelerated products design Accelerated Header AccelScan AccelTest AlohaHub AlphaSmart AlphaSmart Manager AlphaWord AR AR BookFinder Beamer Getting Results with MathFacts in a Flash KeyWords MathFacts in a Flash NEO 2 NEO 2 for MY Access NEO Manager NEO Share NEO Text2Speech Renaissance Home Connect Renaissance Learning Renaissance Learning logo Renaissance Place Renaissance Place Real Time Renaissance Receiver Renaissance Responder Renaissance Training Center SmartApplet SmartOption and Write On are trademarks of Renaissance Learning Inc and its subsidiaries registered common law or pending registration in the United States and other countries ISBN 978 1 59455 441 4 2011 by Renaissance Learning Inc All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America This publication is protected by U S and international copyright laws It is unlawful to duplicate or reproduce any copyrighted material without authorization from the copyright holder If this publication contains pages marked Reproducible Form only these pages may be photocopied and used by teachers within their own schools They are not to be reproduced for private consulting or commercial use For more information contact Henaissance Learning Inc 2911 P
80. N Idea the Anticipation Guide Strategy is aimed at middle and high school students It teaches pre reading strategies that can help prime students for a reading passage Before reading a passage arguing that smokers must quit completely rather than cutting down students read and respond to several statements about smoking all of which sound plausible yet half of which are incorrect Then when they read the passage they check to see which of their original answers were correct Other TWIN Ideas deal with using six trait writing exploring the five major regions of Africa finding the area of triangles and developing comprehension strategies Many teachers download a TWIN Idea and tweak it to meet their instructional goals We recommend you do the same 64 Developing Writers with NEO 2 Classroom Scenarios Now that you have learned about the tools at your disposal lets explore some scenarios that make use of them All of the strategies in the following scenarios are aligned with instructional practices recommended by research Graham and Perin 2007 However these scenarios are merely suggestions of how you might utilize these tools in your own classroom Scenario 1 Developing Writing Skills Mr Jones is working with his middle school students on developing writing skills One such skill involves learning to combine short simple sentences into longer more complex sentences His students have been working through a series of sent
81. NEO 2 Taking AR quizzes on NEO 2 is as easy as 1 2 3 1 Press the applets key 2 Choose Accelerated Reader 3 Head the question enter your answer If you see a scroll bar use the up and down arrow keys Question Answer choices to see more words ruck Everlasting Michael RII FAT Why did Winnie want to JA Her mother never gave her any run away attention B She was frustrated with her obnosious sisters ioro IeXEXOXD N E O2 spoli find Gear home end epplets w on ott hie 1 file 2 file 3 file 4 file 5 file 6 hio 7 hie n print check tile applets space doloto option cma Reproducible Forms 2011 Renaissance Learning Inc A50 Keyboarding Resources and Reproducible Forms Keyboarding Activities The following activities provide for fun engaging keyboarding practice Photocopy them to use as guidelines at keyboarding centers Adapt them if necessary depending on the age and grade level of your students Left Hand Right Hand Left Hand Pattern Challenge Enter as many real words as you can using the Left Hand Right Hand Left Hand pattern Here are a couple to get you started Fog Rid Enter these two words Add more words Print your list Reproducible Forms 2011 Renaissance Learning Inc Left Hand Right Hand Left Hand Left Hand Pattern Challenge Enter as many real words as you can using the Left Hand Right Hand Left Hand Left Hand pattern Here a
82. NEO 2 Or click Search to enter any keyword or phrase Decide How to Manage Your NEO 2 Classroom Once you have familiarized yourself with the components of NEO 2 and the resources available to you it s time to decide how to manage your NEO 2 classroom This process involves thoughtful decisions about who will use NEO 2s and when Specifically you ll need to choose between two implementation models to use at your school a one to one implementation or a shared implementation In the one to one implementation each student in your class grade or school is assigned to one NEO 2 In this model you ll need to label NEO 2s assign them to students and make sure students understand proper care of NEO 2s In addition you ll make decisions about how students will manage NEO 2 each day In the shared implementation multiple teachers we recommend no more than two share one set of NEO 2s In this model you ll need to carefully consider how NEO 2s will be used and how they will be moved throughout the day In addition think about how students writing will be managed In both implementation models the key task is to develop a system that helps you take maximum advantage of the NEO 2 One to One Implementations In the NEO 2 one to one implementation each student in your class has her own NEO 2 There are several advantages to this implementation Saving files for example is quite easy because only one student s files are on the NEO 2 The
83. NEO 2 Only as the assignment option and select NEO 2 Only as the scoring option Click OK e Add Items and Point Values 1 Select item types such as True False Multiple Choice etc 2 Enter the number of each item type 3 Enter a Points Per Item value for each item type 4 Click Add e Enter Questions and Answers 1 Enter the question 2 Enter the correct answer 3 Click OK 4 When finished click Done and Save your assignment e Helpful Hints for Multiple Choice Items Customize the number of answer choices To save time always enter the correct answer in Choice A and then shuffle choices by choosing All in the Shuffle drop down list in the upper right corner When AccelTest sends the assignment to the NEO 2s it will automatically shuffle the answer choices e Helpful Hints for Short Answer Items Ask very specific questions students answers must exactly match your answer List all acceptable forms of the answer and separate each one with a return Choose whether or not to make answers Case Sensitive e Helpful Hints to Reorder Items Click Add Item to add a new item Double click an item or click an item and then click Edit Item to make changes Press ctrl and or select Move Up from the Assignments menu to move an item up Press ctrl and or select Move Down from the Assignments menu to move an item down Click Preview to see how each item looks on NEO 2 Use arrows to scroll throug
84. O 2s Reset and Restore NEO 2s Because resetting NEO 2s erases all settings files and KeyWords data we recommend waiting until the end of one school year or beginning of the following school year to perform this procedure However if there s a new feature you d like to take advantage of right away you can perform a Reset and Restore Procedure To do so please call 800 338 4204 for assistance A19 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 NEO Share Use NEO Share to send text from any resource including online resources send Write On lessons and linked files retrieve students writing and interface with interactive whiteboards NEO Share Basics You work with three NEO Share zones or areas Pickup Zone Files for Pickup and Files Received NEO Share floats on your computer s desktop or on top of any open application Click and drag the NEO Share bar to move it Click the triangle at the bottom of the NEO Share window to collapse it into a pill to make it easier to move around your desktop Or click the minimize icon in the upper right corner to minimize NEO Share Pickup Zone Use the Pickup Zone to quickly access and send text to your students To use the Pickup Zone 1 Highlight and drag or copy and paste any text including text from online resources into the Pickup Zone 2 Text in the Pickup Zone stays until you click the delete icon or close NEO Share 3 The Pickup Zone displays a count of how many s
85. Press ctrl and to move down 4 Then click Save e Add Your Score Key to the AccelTest Gradebook When you are ready to assign the score key to your students you must add your score key to the AccelTest Gradebook to assign it to students 1 Click the Gradebook tab and click Add oelect Score Key and click Next oelect class from the drop down list Choose your score key and click Next Select your assignment and click Next Enter details for your assignment Which term Will this be given in class s this an exam or extra credit Will students see feedback on their NEO 2s Click Next Enter Start Due Dates and click Next 9 Assign to All students in the class or Select specific students and click Next 10 Review the Summary and click Done Ook C n2 Co A29 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Start Your Score Key Session 1 Connect the Renaissance Receiver to your computer and launch Accellest 2 From the Responder menu select Start a Student Paced Session 3 Instruct students to power on NEO 2 press applets select Responder join your network enter their AccelTest ID numbers and enter answers Create a New Assignment In AccelTest you can create assignments for many different instructional purposes such as quizzes tests study guides or text organizers To create a new assignment 1 Click the Assignments tab 2 Click New Assignment 3 Enter a title and select the subject 4 Select
86. Renaissance Wireless Server Utility to see if the server is running 3 If you have a green light but students still cannot join your network there could be memory issues at play NEO 2 has a great memory If a student has been in Mr Jones class and working wirelessly in Mr Jones network NEO 2 will continue to search for Mr Jones network even when the student moves to another classroom If this is the case power NEO 2 116 Maintenance and Troubleshooting off Then power it back on again This will force NEO 2 to search for a new network Additionally NEO 2 will find all networks within range generally 150 feet If a student selects the wrong network NEO 2 will send his data to the selected network If this is the case power NEO 2 off Then power it back on again Select the correct network and you re back in business 4 Finally check for interference NEO 2 uses Radio Frequency RF wireless communication and there are some interference issues common to all RF networks For example microwave towers cell phone towers near the classroom will cause some interference Simply move the Renaissance Heceiver away from the wall closest to the microwave tower Also the Henaissance Heceiver should be visible to the entire classroom and not behind any objects blocking it from view NEO 2 Files Will Not Print Wirelessly If NEO 2 files will not print wirelessly check all the pieces in the wireless printing chain Is the Renaiss
87. WPM and ER goals they will remain static and will apply to every KeyWords lesson On the other hand built in goals are dynamic and become more rigorous as students work through the lessons When deciding whether to set custom WPM and ER goals keep the following in mind custom goals may be appropriate if you have a struggling student for whom the built in goals would be too challenging or a very advanced student for whom the built in goals would not be challenging enough For the general population we recommend leaving the built in goals You can also select KeyWords pretest and posttest levels which can be set at the beginning intermediate or advanced typist level If you don t specify a level the program will use intermediate as the default Levels vary by time and length of the test so they should be determined based on the grade levels of your students Beginning typist level is recommended for grades 1 and 2 the test takes about one minute to complete Intermediate typist level is recommended for grades 3 and 4 it takes about two minutes to complete Advanced typist level is recommended for grades 5 and 6 it takes about four or five minutes to complete Finally you can determine whether students should be required to complete the KeyWords lessons in the order they are presented on the NEO 2 Since KeyWords lessons are cumulative this sequential setting is recommended Using NEO Manager you may configure KeyWords settings on each N
88. a quiz on a computer a quiz on the NEO 2 includes questions and four answer choices that show up on the NEO 2 screen NEO 2 allows students to scroll down to view all the answer choices To answer the questions students select A B C or D Upon completing the quiz a TOPS Report is sent wirelessly to the printer via the Renaissance Heceiver providing immediate feedback on how the student did Students can take quizzes on both computers and their NEO 2s because results are combined into one database For a reproducible poster with simple instructions on how to quiz with NEO 2 see the appendix While students are quizzing your computer must access the Internet however you do not need to launch any software or connect to your Henaissance Place website You may continue to work on other applications on your computer while students take Accelerated Reader quizzes on NEO 2 92 Finding Quizzes by Number We recommend that when taking an AR quiz on the NEO 2 students search by quiz number to guarantee that they take the quiz designed for each book This number should be easy to find because books must be labeled with difficulty point value and quiz number If for some reason the quiz number is not on the label you and your students can use AR BookFinder at http www arbookfind com to search for that information Students should also keep track of their daily reading progress with a Student Reading Log These logs
89. all at once If you would like to just send the first activity in the series to your students edit the lesson by deleting the activities you are not ready to do yet You can also modify the content of any of the lessons For instance the vocabulary strategies can be used with a wide variety of content words Simply edit the original lesson to include content words you wish to use For instructions on how to edit Write On lessons see the appendix Built in Instructional Content Linked Files When students are completing an assignment it is often helpful for them to have step by step instructions a scoring rubric project guidelines or relevant reading passages right at their fingertips With linked files through NEO 2 you can attach a read only file to the active file in which your students will work With a simple key command students can switch back and forth between their work and the read only file for reference There are 22 sample linked files built into NEO Share To access the sample linked files click the folder icon in the Files for Pickup window of NEO Share and select Sample Linked Files Files for Pickup Write On Lessons n E Sample Linked Files Browse Manage Favorites Below is an example of one linked file about how to write a haiku Since it includes all of the rules students must follow it serves as a good reference while completing the assignment N lt form gt as Access this a
90. allenges facing students Other students might have unsteady hands or difficulty in key targeting Or perhaps you are working with very young users who need additional assistance physically using the keyboard In these instances you may wish to apply certain NEO 2 accessibility features These features include auto repeat sticky keys slow keys and multiple keyboard layouts Each accessibility feature is described below e Auto Repeat If a student presses and holds the S key while Auto Repeat is on the S repeats continuously until the student moves her hand With Auto Repeat off when a student presses and holds the S key she will only see a single S appear on the screen This accessibility feature applies to all keys including the backspace and delete keys You can disable the Auto Repeat feature to support students with reflex control challenges e Sticky Keys Typically a student will press and hold a shift key while pressing a letter key to enter a capital letter This can be challenging for students with unique physical needs With Sticky Keys on students press keyboard commands consecutively rather than simultaneously In other words a student presses the shift key releases and then presses the J key to enter a capital J e Slow Keys This setting is recommended only for those students with severe motor control issues The Slow Keys setting allows the user to set a delay time between keystrokes For example if Slow Keys is on and t
91. ame NEO 2 all year have the convenience of access to KeyWords the keyboarding program anytime anywhere Simply create a single student account on the NEO 2 and work through the lessons in order e Ask Students to Accept Ownership and Responsibility When a student is offered the privilege of his own NEO 2 to use every day he should accept ownership and responsibility for that NEO 2 Some teachers have used the following contract with their students You may want to consider a similar NEO 2 contract for your students NEO 2 Contract for enter your name Date _ understand that may use this NEO 2 to help me learn and do my best work promise to take care of this NEO 2 its screen and its keyboard promise that will 1 Use a gentle touch when keyboarding 2 Never use a sharp object like a pen or a paper clip on the NEO 2 screen 3 Be careful when carry my NEO 2 4 Be careful so that don t drop toss or throw my NEO 2 5 If destroy damage or lose my NEO 2 will be responsible to replace it Student Signature Parent Signature If you want to send this contract as a linked file so that students actually check off each item on the list use the following format and send via NEO Share Note that in the example below the form tags form and form are what set off the read only file Form tags are invisible on NEO 2 so students do not see them otudents can place checks inside the check boxes in this
92. amiliarizing yourself with the hardware software built in instructional content and resources you ll use with NEO 2 Then decide how you ll manage NEO 2 in your classroom and prepare a system for student use Finally make sure the software is installed and configured for your needs Throughout this chapter we introduce many terms associated with the NEO 2 that may be new to you We give brief definitions when a new term is introduced but at any point while reading this guide you can refer to the glossary located in the appendix for quick reference as well Familiarize Yourself with NEO 2 Components Driving an unfamiliar car takes a little getting used to Before heading out onto the highway you need to locate the turn signals figure out how to turn on the wipers adjust the mirrors and make sure you ve filled up with gas Once you learn to use the NEO 2 you ll find that it will become second nature just as easy as driving your own car But at the beginning take some time to get your bearings getting to know the physical pieces of hardware the software you ll install on your computer the programs available on the NEO 2s the instructional content that comes with NEO 2 and the resources to assist you with your teaching Hardware Think of the hardware as the body of your car The main two pieces of hardware in your NEO 2 implementation are the classroom set of NEO 2s which your students will use and the Renaissance Receiver w
93. ance Receiver connected Did the student join the correct network Did you select a default printer on the computer where the Renaissance Heceiver is connected Is the printer powered on Is the printer communicating with your computer Chances are you will find the culprit somewhere in this chain Electrostatic Discharge If you power on a NEO 2 and the screen displays a checkerboard design static electricity has built up inside your NEO 2 As frightening as that sounds the recovery procedure is very simple Set the NEO 2 aside In 24 hours or less the static electricity will discharge and NEO 2 is ready to go Sometimes the checkerboard effect goes away in a matter of a few minutes but it can take up to 24 hours for the effect to go away 117 Appendix Ele i PMID UW DUARA Le OW Ow eee LAKI DUNI RA WALA A2 Software Installation Instructions AT NEO Manager and Renaissance Wireless Server Utility AT NEO UA eae L REPE WA AA MEI EE RE EE TES eee PI FP A9 eng TOODA AWA hee bed Eee ek 3 S RUP QUEUE REUS A10 PCC Weel womouoeebene honnkens ALIA CREE CERE CREER dE a4 A11 NEO 2forMYAccess A12 Renaissance Responder Scoring Software A13 Common Software TasKS A14 Renaissance Wireless Server Utility A14 NEO Manager Common Software Tasks
94. and distribute built in rubrics and writing activities with ease All of your students will be able to compose electronic text in class every day They can electronically edit and revise their work fix their spelling strengthen word choice and correct their punctuation They can also send text back and forth to each other work collaboratively and submit assignments wirelessly to you You can capture what your students have written immediately after they ve written it and add your own comments before sending the work back to your students You can even critique or workshop your students writing in individual small group or whole class settings without much logistical preparation of materials If you use other multimedia technologies in your class such as an interactive whiteboard or online materials you can use the NEO 2 as a way to connect your students to the content in these resources Students can access the text files you choose when you choose to make them available Because you retain control of what they access and when NEO 2s can help focus your students 42 The Many Uses of NEO 2 for Writing The uses of NEO 2 for writing are as varied as the students who use them In the primary grades students can practice the alphabet and simple word families while in the upper grades they can compose and revise essays and incorporate more complex vocabulary In English language arts students can compose poetry pros
95. ard image with the correct key blinking Accuracy and Speed Builders Each KeyWords unit includes six accuracy and speed builder passages Students work until they master both the accuracy measured by their error rate or ER and speed measured by their words per minute or WPM goals Then they are ready to test Keep in mind that students may not need to work through all six accuracy and speed builders before moving on to an accuracy and speed test While students are building accuracy and speed KeyWords does not allow mistakes otudents cannot move forward until they press the correct key The lessons are purposefully structured this way because it helps reinforce correct practice Students won t get into the habit of making mistakes and correcting them with the back space key Instead the program ensures that they will get better at hitting the correct key stroke As a result they develop better more accurate keyboarding habits Accuracy and Speed Test Managing One to One and Shared Implementations If you have a one to one NEO 2 implementation students use the same NEO 2 all year Therefore they have the convenience of access to KeyWords anytime anywhere oimply create a single student account on the NEO 2 and work through the lessons in order If you have a shared NEO 2 implementation eight different students can share the same NEO 2 for keyboarding This is because each student sets up a KeyWords accoun
96. ary sight words and simple sentence structure while learning to keyboard Data from KeyWords can be synchronized into Renaissance Place through the NEO Manager software KeyWords Renaissance Place A program on the Renaissance Place platform for running reports of KeyWords data The data first gets synchronized with NEO Manager software into KeyWords Renaissance Place from the NEO 2s A3 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Linked File A read only file that is attached or linked to an AlphaWord Plus file Teachers use linked files to attach writing rubrics step by step guides and additional reading information to any assignment There are 22 sample linked files built into NEO Share however teachers may also create their own linked files to send through NEO Share MathFacts in a Flash A software program that provides students at all levels with personalized practice of addition subtraction multiplication and division facts as well as other math skills including finding squares and converting between fractions decimals and percentages Timed tests measure students practice and mastery with feedback provided both onscreen and via a variety of detailed reports If you have a subscription to MathFacts in a Flash Renaissance Place your students can use the MathFacts in a Flash RP applet on NEO 2 MathFacts in a Flash RP applet An applet that allows you to practice and test for mastery in MathFacts in a Flash on NEO 2 To use thi
97. ate corrections The KeyWordas error checking method emphasizes the importance of words and phrases opeed skills and accuracy are best developed independently KeyWords provides separate lessons for these skills You can set proficiency goals and view reports as learners test themselves e Speed increases with practice entering words and phrases instead of random letters By practicing with words and phrases new keyboarders learn common letter patterns that are the building blocks for simple and complex words This promotes the ability to quickly recognize and enter letter combinations that occur frequently Keyboarding with NEO 2 The KeyWords curriculum is built around one teacher led lesson and 15 student paced units Each of the 15 student paced units follows the same format students first learn new keys then develop accuracy and speed through several practice exercises and finally test for accuracy and speed If you are interested in seeing the exact keys introduced in each lesson the words and word patterns learned and the passing criteria for testing see the appendix oince keyboarding builds muscle memory students need to work 10 to 15 minutes every day until they complete the KeyWords curriculum We estimate that this will take about 12 to 16 weeks Once they ve worked through all the lessons students should continue to practice 10 to 15 minutes two to three times per week KeyWords is designed to be indep
98. automatically If you chose Save recommended a zipped file will download with the NEO Manager installers Double click to unzip the zipped file and gain access to the installers For Windows computers Double click Setup to install For Macintosh computers Double click NEO Manager Installer app to install When installation is complete connect a single NEO 2 to your computer and allow the hardware wizard to run If using the SmartOption Mobile Lab connect the lab to your computer and allow the hardware wizard to run Connect the Renaissance Receiver and allow the hardware wizard to run Restart your computer 2 NEO Manager CD Insert CD and select NEO Manager Setup Allow the installation wizard to run When installation is complete connect a single NEO 2 to your computer and allow the hardware wizard to run If using the SmartOption Mobile Lab connect the lab to your computer and allow the hardware wizard to run Connect the Renaissance Receiver and allow the hardware wizard to run Restart your computer A7 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 NOTE Configure Your Wireless Network The Renaissance Wireless Server Utility installs at the same time as you install NEO Manager Once it is installed you will need to configure the network giving it a unique name so your students connect to your specific network For instructions on how to do so see the Common Software Tasks Renaissance Wireless Server Utility section lat
99. bove as well as guidelines for getting started user manuals and white papers detailing the research behind effective keyboarding instruction At any time during KeyWords lessons project the posture wrist placement and finger zone pictures to remind students to follow these guidelines In addition project the finger placement posters when students are learning specific keys Finally the sustained practice pages are perfect for students who have completed the KeyWords curriculum or simply need further practice Below are some sample pages from these resources ASKL SUSTAINED PRACTICE 282 Wonns Kccord your start time on the Progres Keport Tepe quickly amd accur mic all all all ask ask ask all ask all ask ask ask a ad 4a agk ask all ask all all ask al L as as ds GO a FINGER PLACEMENT FOR GO Kevs SUSTAINED Pp c ee ask all a l Prac VICE 267 W Ops Karani your aar line en the Fror R i irt ass 35 look look Type Qu amp sckIs amy Ban rpur OK look look a lad tex 7 a lass A lass tonk odd j k ee leak look look UK DT fusos E k lenk inni lass aj look ood 0R Book book ghai iud has old h ME Ook look that legg haz thai old hank adl ally all all abs al abe d abes 2 La s gt Sie 5 A am Bir iw train w 3 s Very bog as Tus 1 x ki Diang ine Tims toy hird ane h s Twa 2 SI They Liai pee Wars Jim s Said
100. ce Writing Next a meta analysis of more than 20 years of research highlights specific teaching techniques that work in the classroom Graham and Perin 2007 Not surprisingly using a word processor is listed as one of the 11 elements of effective writing instruction The others include teaching writing strategies explicitly teaching summarization and sentence combining skills incorporating collaborative writing using writing as a tool for content learning and using the process writing approach While they do not constitute a full writing curriculum these elements can be combined in the classroom in flexible ways What they have in common is that they involve purposeful systematic ways of helping students develop writing skills and learn information in a variety of different disciplines Writing across the curriculum which emphasizes the practice of helping students develop critical literacies specific to diverse content areas is equally vital While writing for content learning can help students learn and retain information writing across the curriculum helps students learn to master the modes of writing specific to different disciplines such as lab reports in science or procedural explanations in math leading to greater success in those subjects In fact in Literacy Instruction in the Content Areas Getting to the Core of Middle and High School Improvement Heller and Greenleaf 2007 present writing across the curriculum as a cornerstone
101. celerated Math assignments Download this software from your Renaissance Place site Go to your Renaissance Place site Do not log in From the Welcome page click Check Software Requirements ocroll down and select Renaissance Responder for your platform You have two options If you choose Run the software will open online and install automatically If you chose Save recommended the Renaissance Responder installer will download For Windows computers Double click the installer icon and allow the installation wizard to run For Macintosh computers Double click the Renaissance Responder Installer app to install A13 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Common Software Tasks Renaissance Wireless Server Utility The Renaissance Wireless Server Utility runs in the background and provides the gateway for radio freguency wireless communication You do not need to install it separately because it installs automatically when you install NEO Manager However you do need to configure the Renaissance Wireless Server Utility on your computer This allows you to name your network so that your students know which network to connect to with their NEO 2s Configure the Renaissance Wireless Server Utility 1 Launch the Renaissance Wireless Server Utility Windows users Go to your Start menu and look in All Programs Macintosh users Go to your Applications Folder on your computer s hard drive 2 Enter the Administrator PIN which is 123
102. cher supplement The Write On teacher supplements open with Adobe Reader Use the Adobe Header Find function to locate Write On writing lessons that focus on specific skills For example say you need a lesson on simile Open the Write On middle school teacher supplement In the Find area enter simile and press enter Write On Middle School Supplement pdf Adobe Acrobat Pro TITLE Simile The simile form is explained and students read ex A puddle is like a little lake They are given a series of lines with missing com For example they complete these similes jTheskyis lt gt as lt gt The tree is as AS Know how to find lessons you search for in the teacher supplement When you find a lesson in the teacher supplement you d like to use look at the bottom of the page to see where the lesson can be found in NEO ohare The screen shot below is what you ll see on the bottom of the page in the teacher supplement when you search for a lesson on simile The notation tells you to look in Chants to Limericks xu YO TOCUS ON parucumu we follows lamoashappy as a house with new blue paint am as sad as a house with a broken floor Objective To construct poems using similes having the student author as subject 54 Developing Writers with NEO 2 Use handouts from teacher supplements Many of the writing lessons include additional handouts These handouts are available in the Write On
103. class in a one to one implementation several ideas were listed Purchase the NEO Neoprene case Use atwo gallon plastic food storage zipper bag Use a large padded mailing envelope 26 NEO 2 Basics In the shared implementation you can also consider the following solutions Use any kind of slotted storage cart that keeps the NEO 2s from too much rough and tumble as you move to class to class Divide the NEO 2s in the lab so that a set number is in each classroom permanently Manage Student Writing and Keyboarding Work oince students will be sharing NEO 2s they may want to password protect their files in AlohaWord Plus the word processing program There are also a few other options for saving student work See Chapter 4 for more detail In the keyboarding program students set up a KeyWords account on NEO 2 Each NEO 2 allows for eight KeyWords accounts so eight different students can share the same NEO 2 Since KeyWords data is stored locally on the NEO 2 it s important that the same student use the same NEO 2 each day Ask Students to Accept Ownership and Responsibility The rigors of ownership and responsibility are as much at play in the shared implementation as they are in the one to one implementation Even if a student only uses NEO 2 three hours per week for those three hours he owns the NEO 2 and is responsible for everything that happens to it Please refer to the ownership and responsibility discussion p
104. command A45 opanish to English 112 A16 third party technology 11 14 15 20 104 108 109 113 A3 A4 A5 Titanic 60 64 creating favorite folders 51 52 sample lesson 85 86 topic dictionary A6 TOPS Report 92 95 98 TWIN lessons 51 64 69 70 89 USB cable and NEO Manager A15 A17 A19 and the Renaissance Receiver 17 74 116 A5 A25 A26 and USB send 45 47 85 USB send 45 47 50 72 85 user dictionary A18 verbal questions with AccelTest 10 74 81 83 90 A31 A32 with the 2Know Toolbar 74 77 A25 A66 video and Ignite Learning 106 A3 and the 2Know Toolbar 77 79 vocabulary strategies 15 21 51 53 58 62 A6 A22 accessing teacher guides for A22 editing A22 in a sample lesson 70 in integrated units of study 89 wireless file transfer 15 A6 and third party technology partners 104 105 A6 wireless printing 15 18 19 56 101 102 117 A15 word count 163 word prediction 20 104 107 108 113 A3 word processing 13 15 20 37 43 46 72 A46 and Co Writer 107 108 and Google Docs 104 105 A3 and MY Access 105 and Spanish thesaurus 112 managing student writing 23 27 Write On lessons 15 21 A6 A43 accessing through NEO Share 49 50 51 53 A4 A9 A20 A22 and integrated units of study 64 89 and Text2Speech A6 as instructional content 72 editing 62 63 A22 in classroom scenarios 65 67 70 71 89 literacy skills activities 55 57 93 teacher supplements 54
105. ctivity at HAIKU Dm Sample Linked Files gt Haiku Written about nature Three lines Five syllables in line one Seven syllables in line two Five syllables in line three Cadence and tone sound musical form 62 Developing Writers with NEO 2 The form tags lt form gt and lt form gt at the beginning and end ofthe file are used to delineate where the read only file begins and ends They appear in your version Of the linked file but not in the student s version To use this linked file students access it from the Files for Pickup zone in NEO Share after you have placed it there To do so they open an empty AlphaWord Plus file press cmd O join your network choose NEO Share and then access the file It will open as a blank active file in which students can write Then as they draft edit and revise in the active file they can press ctrl L at any time to access the linked file for support The linked file is read only yet students can check or uncheck the checkboxes with the space bar and move among them with the tab key When students are ready to return to their writing they press ctrl L again In other words ctrl L lets students toggle between their work and the linked file for reference You may wish to add a prompt to a sample linked file with simple instructions to your students such as Your haiku rubric is attached Press ctrl L to access That way when students downl
106. ctual Goal Actual Passed Lesson WPM WPM Errors Errors O 14 26 10 8 Yes 12 15 12 10 Yes 14 13 10 13 No GO 14 24 10 10 Yes GO 14 23 10 7 Yes El 16 15 10 9 No GO 14 26 10 7 Yes QU Fi TTA mm cm E GO 14 20 10 9 Yes DJF 0 15 12 16 No GO 20 10 6 Yes Lessons listed in the order they were completed ii Alonzo Maria s KeyWords Report EE E 2E m Utm Save Pm Ge Pre 11 ASKL 13 Babcock Owen s KeyWords Report Lesson Goal Actual Goal Actual Passed Accuracy amp Speed WPM WPM 1234 123456 Keyboarding with NEO 2 What should the teacher check ls this student stuck at accuracy and speed builders One way to check Is to select Accuracy and speed builders to see how many the student has completed Another way is to use KeyWords reports Generate KeyWords Reports Both teachers and students can generate KeyWords Dashboard KeyWords reports Students generate Renaissance Place customers KeyWords reports on their NEO 2s by can also check the KeyWords using the KeyWords applet while teachers Dashboard to see a quick snapshot of student participation lessons passed and practices completed generate KeyWords reports with NEO Manager Once the reports are generated teachers have the option to view reports in a simple text file through NEO Manager or log onto Renaissance Place for detailed reports and keyboarding certificates Please see the NEO Manager Common Software Tasks section in the appendix for instructions o
107. d assignments from your computer work on them and then send them back to you all from their desks It also enables you as the teacher to send writing assignments to your students differentiate assignments and share information from a variety of resources including text that you find online oince NEO Share is located on your computer you can pull from any files you can access on your computer Internet resources documents on your desktop even files located on shared drives In NEO Share you can oollect these files and create favorites for easy access or browse for files while in the middle of a lesson In addition as you ll learn later in this chapter NEO Share comes with built in lessons and rubrics for you to use if you wish 46 Developing Writers with NEO 2 NEO Share How It What It Wireless Keypoarc works through a Connects Connects Commands process called One NEO 2 pele NGANGARI USB Send USB cable to one No n a wireless file transfer computer Communicating through the UR ctrl send to Renaissance requires One NEO 2 send a file Beaming to one Yes Heceiver NEO Share clean NEO 2 WAYA MTUMWA YA allows text to be Add a file shared wirelessly through a classroom Sedi Students press network an intranet frequency no Many pibe to if ill Not line of sight NEO 2s to neu es It you WII INOLE NEO Share Yes and ihatthisi iral required but one dOa AL UNS ENUE y must be in computer dou E separate from your
108. d students submit their work to her via NEO Share for her to review She inserts feedback before returning the work to the students To differentiate based on level simply edit each version of the assignment or reading passage to meet your students needs To differentiate assignments and reading passages based on interest identify key resources that match students interest For example when studying ancient Rome some students may be interested in day to day life in Rome while others want to learn more about the games and still others wish to learn about political comparisons between ancient Rome and modern governments Place several resources in the Files for Pickup area and instruct students to download the resources that reflect their interest Instructional Content and NEO 2 When it comes to the types of instructional content you can use with NEO 2 there are various options You can use content you ve created or compiled You can pull from other resources such as online content You can access content that is built in to NEO 50 Developing Writers with NEO 2 Share such as Write On lessons which are a collection of writing lessons literacy skills activities and vocabulary strategies Or you can access sample linked files scoring rubrics checklists and step by step guidelines that are read only files linked to active files in which students write which are also built in to NEO Share Finally at our online Renaissance
109. d Reader 9 10 12 14 15 91 94 103 115 A2 A5 and learning centers 101 102 and literacy skills activities 55 and the Renaissance Wireless Server Utility 19 applet 20 92 93 95 A2 as an assessment tool 90 reproducible form A50 and Accelerated Math 90 and Accelerated Reader 90 and Ignite Learning 106 and MathFacts in a Flash 90 and MY Access 105 A4 and Study Island 106 A5 and third party technology partners 104 formative 9 13 14 16 19 73 84 90 111 A2 A25 keyboarding 40 41 state exams 11 82 A29 summative 19 73 81 84 90 111 with AccelTest 19 50 64 73 74 81 84 90 111 with NEO Share 73 84 with the 2Know Toolbar 19 50 64 73 80 90 111 A2 A25 types of quizzes 94 112 auto repeat 110 113 A48 AccelTest 10 15 19 50 64 73 74 77 81 84 90 A2 A5 A27 A39 beaming 10 15 17 20 aligning with state standards 81 84 89 A35 and differentiated instruction 81 111 and the Responder applet 20 101 A5 in integrated units of study 85 86 89 in learning centers 101 102 installation A11 libraries 81 89 reports 74 81 82 84 A33 A36 serial number A11 set up tasks 82 updates 115 A62 and AlphaWord Plus password protection A47 and keyboarding 40 and learning centers 101 102 and literacy skills activities 56 and Write On lessons 61 and writing instruction 45 47 50 72 Beamer applet 20 A3 in a sample
110. dent Record Report each student is Printed Monday October 11 2010 9 59 06 AM progressing with School Cherry Hill Elementary School Reporting Period 09 01 z the lessons Alonzo Maria ID MALONZ Class Keyboarding 4C Owen has Grade 4 Teacher Lane Evelyn Accuracy amp completed six Lesson Goal Actual Speed Builders Date Last accuracy and speed Lesson Passed WPM Error WPM Error Completed Submitted ji Pre 11 13 09 03 10 builders but not taken ASKL Yes 8 12 13 10 1 2 3 4 09 10 10 the test for lesson GO DJF Yes 10 12 16 10 1 2 3 09 17 10 Yes 12112 20 9 1 2 09 24 10 He Hs need to be Yes 14 10 26 8 1 2 10 01 10 reminded to take the test Class Keyboarding 4C Teacher Lane Evelyn Accuracy amp Lesson Goal Actual Speed Builders Date Last Lesson Passed PM Error WPM Error Completed Submitted Pre 8 15 09 03 10 ASKL Yes 8 12 1 2 3 09 10 10 DJF Yes 10 12 1 2 3 09 17 10 TH Yes 12 12 1 2 3 4 09 24 10 GO 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 01 10 Baker Grace ID GBAKER Class Keyboarding 4C Grade 4 Teacher Lane Evelyn Accuracy amp Lesson Goal Actual Speed Builders Date Last Lesson Passed WPM Error WPM Error Completed Submitted Pre 5114 09 03 10 ASKL Yes 8 12 8 12 1 2 3 09 10 10 DJF Yes 10 12 11 11 1 2 3 09 17 10 TH Yes 12 12 13 11 1 2 09 24 10 GO No 14 10 13 13 10 01 10 Chin Melissa ID MCHIN yboarding 4C Grade 4 Teacher Lane Evelyn
111. dents to work the problem and choose the correct answer She has already given some instruction about how to approach problems like this but she wants to see what they ve learned so far Pulling up the 2Know Toolbar on her computer screen she clicks on the multiple choice option labeled ABC Then she instructs her students to enter their responses on the NEO 2 When she can see that most of her students have responded she clicks Graph She can see that most of her students 22 of them to be exact have chosen C which is the correct response She switches the projector from document camera view to computer screen projection so her students can see the graph To identify which answer is correct she selects C on the graph causing the bar for answer C to turn green MULTIPLE CHOICE Now Mrs Rosario has valuable information She can see that about two thirds of her students got the answer right which means that about one third of her students still may be confused Based on how they answered she knows a little bit about the kinds of misconceptions they might or might not have If all the wrong answers were clustered together with choice A meaning the students multiplied the two numbers in the problem rather than using division she would know that she needed to review how to determine which operation to use In this case since only one student chose answer A this helps her to know how to model the solving of this problem
112. der applet These do not use the Responder applet e 2Know Toolbar Accelerated Reader MathFacts in a Flash Wireless printing NEO Share KeyWords e Accellest e Renaissance Responder scoring software used to score Accelerated Math The visual on the next page illustrates one possible scenario 101 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Writing or vocabulary partner activity involving beaming Wireless Printing Teacher doing corrective small group instruction with 2Know m Toolbar or AccelTest or E students working in Accelerated Math il a Interactive Whiteboard Teachers Desk Accelerated Reader Center mS Comfortable chairs provide place for reading quizzing stations include dividers for privacy This illustration shows some of the activities that might be underway at the same time 102 Using NEO 2 with Renaissance Learning Reading and Math Programs Summary USING NEO 2 WITH RENAISSANCE LEARNING READING AND MATH PROGRAMS If you are a Renaissance Place customer your students can use NEO 2to take Accelerated Reader guizzes Score Accelerated Math assignments and practice and test for mastery in MathFacts in a Flash Regardless of whether you are a Renaissance Place customer your students can use the MathFacts in a Flash offline applet on NEO 2 for an
113. ds data with Renaissance Place 1 Open NEO Manager 2 Click the KeyWords tab 3 Click Synch with RP to send KeyWords data to Renaissance Place 4 Enter your Renaissance Place URL user name and password A17 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 NEO Manager Advanced Software Tasks Teachers also use NEO Manager to keep their NEO 2 implementation running smoothly and to update NEO 2s with new software and features Save a Send List Imagine this scenario It is the week before school starts You connect all your students NEO 2s to the SmartOption Mobile Lab connect the lab to your computer and launch NEO Manager You click the Settings tab and configure each SmartApplet to work exactly as you want it to work It took you some time but it was worth it to get the NEO 2s ready for school You send the settings to the NEO 2s and they are ready to go on the first day of school In less than three weeks you get a new student with a new NEO 2 You sigh because you have to recreate that send list with all your settings and send it again It will take you approximately 30 minutes that you don t have Now imagine the scenario if you were able to save your beginning of the year send list It Is ready anytime you need to use it Imagine no more because you can save your NEO Manager send lists Here s how 1 Create your send list 2 From the NEO Manager File menu select Save Send List 3 NEO Manager will automatically save it in the NEO Manager
114. e Calculator An applet that allows you to do mathematical calculations on your NEO 2 Control Panel An applet that allows you to change settings for the NEO 2 and for some applets Co Writer applet A word prediction program based on English grammar and syntax that supports developing authors reluctant writers and students with unique language learning needs Co Writer also works with the text to speech feature on NEO 2 Created by Don Johnston Software Inc Co Writer is a paid applet and is not available for free download Google Docs A third party software partner program that allows online word processing online document storage easy creation and distribution of writing assignments online collaboration and easy publishing to a website or blog otudents can send documents back and forth wirelessly between NEO 2 and the Google Docs website using wireless file transfer Ignite Learning A third party software partner program that features multimedia activities including music video animation and interactive pieces covering math science and social studies NEO 2 works as a responder with Ignite Torch a plug and play device that provides access to Ignite Learning s content KeyWords applet An applet that allows you to learn and practice keyboarding through its full keyboarding curriculum The distinguishing feature of KeyWords is that it is language based This means that students develop language skills such as vocabul
115. e emperor would consider the crowd s choice and then decide Which signal spared the gladiator s life Enter either up or down Mr Romero projects the graph for each question letting students see how others answered But he doesn t reveal the correct answers just yet Now the students are primed for a reading passage which Mr Romero sends via NEO Share The passage is from an educational website and it includes answers to the above questions It explains the story of how Rome was founded describes how the baths were a social and commercial gathering place and explains the thumbs down gesture was a signal to lay down the weapon and let the gladiator live After his students read the passage Mr Romero leads a discussion of these points asking students to find the correct answers within the reading passage Cross Curricular Activities The topic of ancient Rome can be approached through the lens of English language arts science mathematics and many other disciplines Here are a few of the activities Mr Romero includes English Language Arts Mr Romero uses NEO Share to send the following idioms to his students Rome wasn t built in a day When in Rome do as the Romans do All roads lead to Rome Fiddle while Rome burns 87 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Working in groups students research the origin of each idiom and explain what each one means Then Mr Romero challenges the groups to see w
116. e favorites and receive information on new features and updates Renaissance Wireless Server Utility A software application that installs on your computer when you install any of the following NEO Manager 2Know Toolbar NEO Share AccelTest Renaissance Responder scoring software for Accelerated Math or NEO 2 for MY Access The Wireless Server must be started and running on a computer that has a Renaissance Receiver connected in order to use the wireless radio frequency technology of the NEO 2 Responder applet An applet that allows you to use NEO 2 as a responder It can be used to complete AccelTest assignments or score Accelerated Math Henaissance Place assignments Students can also use it to respond to the 2Know Toolbar and to several third party software programs SmartApplet A software application designed specifically for installation and use on NEO 2s Also referred to as an applet SmartOption Mobile Lab A cart which provides an all in one solution for transforming a classroom into a fully functional computer lab Each mobile lab includes the NEO Manager software and the AlphaHub which give you the ability to conveniently configure and manage 30 NEO 2s Study Island A third party software partner program that provides web based tools for standards instruction practice and assessment If you have a subscription to Study Island students can use NEO 2 as a responder to interact with the content A5 Getting the Most
117. e personal narratives and responses to literature In science and math they can use NEO 2 for lab reports math think alouds and note taking Adapt what you read in this chapter to suit your particular instructional needs Developing Writers with NEO 2 energies on creating quality written content before sending their text to a computer to incorporate graphics audio or other effects A vast array of Internet and multimedia tools are still at your fingertips yet you choose how to integrate them In this chapter we explain how to use the NEO 2 as a word processor how its features and software allow you and your students to interact and how to use NEO 2 with instructional content you ve already created or compiled We also introduce you to several types of built in instructional content that comes with the NEO 2 Then we look at a few classroom scenarios to help you envision how you might utilize these tools in your own classes As you begin to think about your own implementation keep in mind that NEO 2 is designed for writing across all grade levels and content areas The ideas in this chapter are merely intended as a starting place NEO 2 was born to write Through its built in word processor AlphaWord Plus students can easily enter text and save it to a file They can also run spell check use the thesaurus and cut copy and paste text for easy revisions The visual below identifies some of the keys you ll use for the most common
118. e KeyWords program includes a host of resources including posture and wrist placement pictures finger zone pictures additional practice activities and more You can use these resources to support and deepen your keyboarding instruction There Py are several ways for you to access the Lus x KeyWords resources If you purchased A AEA a Cd a classroom set of NEO 2s you received two keyboarding posters One poster shows finger zones while the other shows proper posture FINGER ZONES Additional resources including posture Left Hand Right Hand and wrist placement pictures finger 31 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 zone pictures a KeyWords progress report log and additional practice activities are installed on your computer when you install NEO Manager All of these resources are located in a PDF file called KeyWords SmartApplet Master Transparencies and Handouts To access from a Windows computer go to Start All Programs open the NEO Manager folder and choose the file called KeyWords Master Transparencies On Macintosh computers open Applications AlohaSmart AlohaSmart Manager 2 KeyWords Extras and double click KeyWords SmartApplet Master The progress report log and finger zones page are also reproduced in the appendix of this guide Alternatively if you are a Renaissance Place customer you can access resources through your Renaissance Place site These resources include many of the same pieces mentioned a
119. e beaming function allows students to wirelessly send text from one NEO 2 to another using infrared technology In addition to those listed above you may also wish to purchase Co Writer as a separate applet from Don Johnston Inc a third party technology partner Co Writer is the word prediction software for NEO 2 that supports developing authors reluctant writers and students with unique language learning needs 20 NEO 2 Basics Built in Instructional Content There is a wealth of built in instructional content that comes with NEO 2 including writing lessons keyboarding activities and other activities ready for you to access and use at any time Below is a list of this content what it is for and where you can find it e Write On Lessons Write On is a collection of writing lessons literacy skills activities and vocabulary strategies for use in grades 3 through 12 To integrate them into your classroom you can access edit and send Write On lessons using NEO Share Each set of lessons comes with an accompanying teacher guide also accessible through NEO Share e Sample Linked Files Often when assigning a task to students it helps to include a written document giving project guidelines instructions or rubrics to follow With linked files you can make documents like these accessible to your students as read only documents that are attached or hyperlinked to the active files in which they are working There are 22 sample
120. e potter Combined sentence 67 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Sentences from the story The second daughter wanted hot weather who She wanted dry weather She wanted the sun to bake her tiles because She was the opposite of her sister Her sister wanted wet weather who Combined sentence Maybe you noticed something Who can replace words like these the man the daughter the husband she Add another to this list lt gt Which and that can replace words like these the garden the weather the tiles the stories Add another to this list lt gt Now you might be able to finish these rules Who replaces lt gt words Which and that replace lt gt words If you decided that who is always used to stand for people words then you were right le gave one in edidi N E O2 file fie 7 file o print spell find clear let nd check file erase p back space 68 Developing Writers with NEO 2 Mr Jones works through a different activity each day over the span of several weeks to reinforce these skills and provide ongoing practice Another essential writing skill is summarization which has been proven to improve writing performance for all students even those who struggle with writing To develop his students summarization skills Mr Jones decides to use NEO Share to do a six word memoir activity which he found in the TWIN Ideas at the Renaissance Training Center
121. e you ve installed the Renaissance Responder scoring software from your Renaissance Place site See the appendix for step by step instructions To use NEO 2s with Accelerated Math select objectives and print assignments as usual Open the Renaissance Responder scoring software on your computer Distribute assignments and allow time for students to complete their work Students work through problems on paper and then use NEO 2 to score their assignments NEO 2 is used as an input device with Accelerated Math When students are ready to score their work they select the Responder applet connect to your network enter the form number from the assignment input their answers and submit them The TOPS Report and next assignment if there is one print automatically to your default printer if these options are enabled Be sure to consider classroom management procedures when using NEO 2s with Accelerated Math Will one NEO 2 sit on each student s desk Accelerated Math Works Differently If you use the NEO 2s for both Accelerated Math and Accelerated Reader you may notice that scoring Accelerated Math assignments works a little differently than taking Accelerated Reader quizzes When your students use NEO 2s for Accelerated Header they choose an applet dedicated to Accelerated Reader However when using NEO 2s for Accelerated Math there is no applet dedicated to Accelerated Math Instead students use the Responder applet
122. each Street Wisconsin Rapids WI 54494 800 338 4204 12 12 www renlearn com Contents IntrodUCHON AKAA aa 7 NEO 2 in the Classroom 9 Changing Classroom VEIT San ac aom ac aot ciere rdc apte B epe e poker dar eren dos a 11 NEO 2 and Your First GrainofRice 12 Guiding Principles 12 Keyboarding Is Essential 12 Effective Writing Instruction Is Purposeful 13 Formative Assessment Is the Key to Powerful Instruction 13 Classroom Technologies Should Work Well Together 14 Ideal Classroom Tools Support All Learners 14 Howto Uce This GUS a 6 94 6 25 25 91 94 2 42 4 25 16 20 08 7494 2646 IIIA 14 NEO 2 Basics IIIA 17 Familiarize Yourself with NEO 2Components 17 HAONA c FPCC eg SIL ie aaa AA Aa cere ewe eer Phe een ered eee ee eR Eee eee TES 18 SmartApplets 20 Built in Instructional Content 21 Resources at the Renaissance Training Center 21 Decide How to Manage Your NEO 2 Classroom 22 One to One Implementations 22 Shared
123. eaning of facts before attempting to memorize them For example students should understand that 3 x 4 means three groups of four or 4 4 4 before committing its product of 12 to memory 2 Students take a baseline test Students complete a 40 item timed test on the NEO 2 Henaissance Responder or computer for each new math level Immediate onscreen feedback provides time and accuracy data and shows any missed facts If students answer all 40 items correctly within the time limit they automatically move on to the next level This allows every student to work at an individualized level and pace 3 Students practice Students can practice before taking a baseline test if they practice outside of the software via MathFacts in a Flash Offline on NEO 2 or Renaissance Hesponders Renaissance Home Connect or MathFacts in a Flash worksheets and flash cards They must use the software at least once at school before they can practice in Henaissance Home Connect The practice sessions include a minimum of 20 items and provide immediate corrective feedback to students If practicing in the software students also receive a printed TOPS Report that lists fraction and percent correct along with the specific items missed 4 Students take timed tests to demonstrate mastery Once students have successfully practiced a level they take a timed test on a NEO 2 Renaissance Responder or school computer to demonstrate mastery To master a level
124. eatures to help meet these learning challenges e Linked Files Linked files allow you to include written guidelines or rubrics with your assignments Students access linked files as read only documents that are attached or hyperlinked to the active AlohaWord Plus files in which they write They can switch back and forth between their own work and the linked file for guidance or additional support You can use linked files with all students but students with unique learning needs may especially benefit from having access to step by step instructions and helpful hints as they work There are 22 sample linked files built into NEO Share or you can create your own To learn more about linked files see Chapter 4 e NEO Share NEO Share is a software program that facilitates wireless transfer of writing assignments between you and your students When using NEO Share you can send different versions of assignments and resources to different students depending on their needs and interests This enables you to differentiate instruction and assist students with unique learning challenges See Chapter 4 for details e 2Know Toolbar The 2Know Toolbar is a classroom response program that facilitates formative assessment and instructional interactivity You can use it to ask questions and instantly graph students responses as you teach Since it collects and displays responses anonymously the toolbar provides an avenue of engagement for students who h
125. ee if it powers up successfully If none of these steps works connect the NEO 2 to your computer launch NEO Manager and reset your NEO 2 Instructions are in the appendix e A NEO 2 Key Cap Fell Off The NEO 2 keyboard is durable however a student may dislodge a key cap Search the Renaissance Learning Knowledge Base for Article 7087203 to download a detailed step by step guide to replace the key cap Also keep a sharp eye on that student It takes quite a bit of force to loosen a NEO 2 key cap e NEO 2 Can t Find the Teacher s Network When students report that NEO 2 cannot find your network go to Square one e ls the Renaissance Receiver connected to your computer e s your computer powered on e sthe light on the Renaissance Receiver green If the answer to either of the first two questions is No then the troubleshooting procedure is simple If the answer to the third question is No then you need to apply more advanced troubleshooting To troubleshoot when the light on the Renaissance Receiver is not green try these steps 1 First try another USB cable USB cables are remarkably durable but some can get damaged This happens so rarely that teachers forget to consider this possibility If a new cable gives you a green light you are back in business 2 If switching the cable doesn t do the trick then switch to another USB port on your computer Wait a minute to see if the light turns green If not launch the
126. en application such as a spreadsheet application or interactive whiteboard text box 4 Check the file and click the save icon to save students writing to your computer or to a network drive 5 Check the file and click the delete icon to delete students files A20 Common Software Tasks Add and Manage Favorites With NEO Share you can build in your favorite assignments and thematic units for greater accessibility It all starts with a folder Follow these steps 1 Create a folder for your assignments or thematic unit You can save this folder anywhere on your computer or on your network 2 You can put any type of file into your thematic unit folder URLs pdf files doc files txt files images and PowerPoint presentations You will be able to access and open any file in your thematic unit folder through NEO Share s Manage Favorites window 3 For the files that you would like to be able to place in the Files for Pickup window you will need to save them in this folder as a Plain Text or txt file for Windows users If you are prompted to Allow Character Substitution click Yes to allow it If you don t allow character substitution NEO Share doesn t know how to read quotation marks and replaces them with question marks Therefore don t neglect this important step If you use a Macintosh computer you can use doc files 4 From Files for Pickup click the folder icon and select Manage Favorites 5 When the Manage Favorite
127. ence combining activities for several weeks He decides to use one of the Write On lessons as a culminating activity giving his students a chance to use what they know about combining sentences to edit or revise He starts by instructing his students to download the lesson excerpt below he has placed in NEO Share When we first write down our thoughts we often use short Access this activity at choppy sentences and there may eaa Write On Lessons gt Middle School gt not be enough thought in one Writing Lessons Writing Skills gt sentence to make it interesting Sentence Writing Level Il gt Combin We can sometimes go back and combine sentences For example Short Sentences The cow ambled slowly She was headed for the barn It was milking time Combined The cow ambled slowly toward the barn at milking time Combine the short choppy sentences below into one more interesting sentence Here are some words that might help you combine sentences and but while where when because for which after although as since who that if 1 The sun is scorching Sweat is pouring off my brow 2 You can have the rest of the peanut butter lm not hungry 3 Our first president was George Washington He turned down the offer to become our first king Kings are found in aristocracies He believed in democracy Mr Jones introduces what they will be doing by going over the introduction and first example with the students
128. endent at the third grade and beyond This means that once you have completed the teacher led lesson and established routines students work through the curriculum on their own Some teachers choose to start each day with 10 minutes of keyboarding Each morning students power on their NEO 2 and get started right away on KeyWords Other teachers build in some keyboarding practice throughout the day For instance if the whole class is working on an assignment or in class activity some students inevitably finish before the others As each student finishes her work she gets started on keyboarding Its amazing how the classroom quiets down as all students eventually end up at their desks concentrating on their own keyboarding lessons If your district requires you to collect pre and post data for your KeyWords implementation you can have your students take a pretest prior to any KeyWords instruction and a posttest after completion of all KeyWords lessons This allows you to track and measure the effectiveness of KeyWords in your class school or district If you choose not to use the pretest and posttest you can still track and monitor your students progress throughout the KeyWords curriculum using reports and other options that are discussed later in this chapter The pretest and posttest do not monitor progress along the way but instead measure growth that results from a student completing the entire KeyWords curriculum Built in Resources Th
129. er in this appendix A8 Software Installation Instructions NEO Share mS Use NEO Share to send text from any resource including online resources send Write On lessons and writing rubrics retrieve students writing and interface with interactive white boards NEO Share software is available as a free download from Renaissance Learning and on the NEO Manager CD Downloading from Renaissance Learning is preferred because it guarantees that you install the latest version of NEO Share Option 1 Download from Renaissance Learning Recommended 1 Go to http www renlearn com and click the link to the Download Center 2 Click the link to NEO Product Downloads and select NEO Share for Mac or PC If you choose to Open the software will open online and install automatically If you chose Save recommended a zipped file will download with the NEO Share installer Double click to unzip the zipped file and gain access to the installers For Windows computers Double click Setup to install For Macintosh computers Double click NEO Share Installer app to install DUE e g Option 2 NEO Manager CD 1 Insert the NEO Manager CD 2 Select Setup 3 Allow the installation wizard to run A9 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 2Know Toolbar The 2Know Toolbar works with NEO 2 wirelessly to provide instructional interactivity 2Know Toolbar software is available as a free download from Renaissance Learning
130. ere students read books and take Accelerated Reader quizzes At a math center students could work through and score Accelerated Math assignments At yet another center students could practice math facts with MathFacts in a Flash Offline and even test for mastery with MathFacts in a Flash Renaissance Place You may wish to include additional centers that focus on writing small group instruction keyboarding or other activities The NEO 2 is ideal for such centers and can be used with the various other programs described in this guide There are a few logistical details to keep in mind as you plan how these learning centers will work It is only possible to use one of the following three software programs at a time 2Know Toolbar AccelTest and Renaissance Responder scoring software used to score Accelerated Math assignments If you have one of these three programs running students will use the Hesponder applet to interact with the program That means that you cannot have other students using the Responder applet to interact with either of the other two programs at the same time However you can have students taking Accelerated Reader quizzes printing wirelessly beaming keyboarding using NEO Share or working on MathFacts in a Flash Offline or Renaissance Place at the same time The following table details what you can do in your classroom at the same time Choose one of the following And any or all of the following These use the Respon
131. erfectly well intentioned teachers only see the tip of the iceberg in terms of what their students are thinking Yet there s a massive amount of ice still below the surface It s often not until students turn in an assignment or take a quiz that teachers learn about misunderstandings or gaps in their students knowledge And it may be too late at that point to modify instruction to address those needs Now imagine that you could see the entire iceberg while you were teaching How would that change your classroom You could gather information strategically and adjust your teaching accordingly This process called formative assessment has the power to change your classroom into a more dynamic responsive interactive place Black and Wiliam 1998 Using NEO 2 you can see the entire iceberg you can engage all students every time you ask a question and you can easily collect assessment data as you teach This technology doesn t replace your expertise as a teacher It s still up to you to design quality questions and use them at opportune points in your teaching And you decide how to adapt instruction based on what you find out NEO 2 merely makes the process of gathering information more efficient and effective Even students who are shy or reluctant to show their confusion in front of other students can safely participate and stay engaged While formative assessment explores students understanding while it s still developing
132. erfully effective NEO 2 implementation Routine Maintenance With some common sense routine maintenance procedures in place your NEO 2 implementation Live Chat can be worry free If you are a Renaissance Place customer you can also use Batteries the live chat online dialog box NEO 2s run on three AA batteries Expected battery to interact with a technical life is approximately 700 hours or one school year support representative To Some schools have reported one and a half to two eaqui ena LIA ne w Chat Support link or icon in years of use To preserve battery life NEO 2 will the upper right corner of your shut off if left unused for four minutes It s a good Renaissance Place Home page idea to make a plan at the beginning of the year to change batteries when needed Storage On those rare occasions when the NEO 2s are not in use they should be stored in the mobile lab or in another suitable container Remember to store NEO 2s away from sharp objects that might scratch the screen Cleaning Wipe NEO 2s with a soft dry cloth to clean You may also use commercially available computer cleaning wipes to clean the NEO 2 surface 114 Maintenance and Troubleshooting Keep Hardware and Software up to Date Renaissance Learning routinely releases updates for NEO 2 and its accompanying software Check http www renlearn com neo downloads regularly for updates to NEO Manager NEO Share 2Know Toolbar and AccelTest sof
133. es vocabulary strategies and writing lessons In total there are e 36 literacy skills activities and a teacher s guide e Nine vocabulary strategies and a teacher s guide e 387 writing lessons and teacher guides for elementary school middle school and high school Write On Literacy Skills Vocabulary Writing Activities otrategies Lessons If you are new to NEO Share you may wish to get used to how it works by using your own content before delving into the Write On lessons Or pick and choose a few of the Write On lessons and gradually incorporate more of them as you become more familiar with everything they include This section includes an overview and a few tips to get you started To access Write On lessons click the folder icon in the Files for Pickup area of NEO Share and choose Write On Lessons You ll find three folders one for elementary one for middle school and one for high school Inside each of these folders are the three types of lessons literacy skills activities vocabulary strategies and writing lessons To access the teacher guides also referred to as teacher s supplements click the folder icon in the Files for Pickup area of NEO Share and choose Write On Lessons Enter an asterisk in File name as shown and click Open Guides 00 eee ma for literacy skills activities and perm PIT m TU p vocabulary strategies will appear dien as PDF files in the main folder To Eon sexies DU ee ee
134. ffers several ways to review student data You can use NEO Share with the 2Know Toolbar and AccelTest to create integrated units of study Several classroom scenarios illustrate how Other Renaissance Learning software programs offer further options for formative assessment 90 Using NEO 2 with Renaissance Learning Reading and Math Finge If you are a Renaissance Place customer your students can use NEO 2 to take Accelerated Header quizzes score Accelerated Math assignments or develop computational fluency with MathFacts in a Flash By providing an alternative means to submit E student data NEO 2 helps support Eh ys mm best practices and increases access to these programs In addition regardless of whether you are a Renaissance Place customer MathFacts in a Flash Offline on NEO 2 supplements and extends opportunities for students to practice math facts anywhere anytime In this chapter you ll learn about the steps you need to take to connect the NEO 2s to your Renaissance Place programs and how NEO 2 works with each of them Finally we conclude with some tips to keep in mind as you plan how to use these programs within your classroom Along with the advice given in this chapter best practices for Accelerated Reader Accelerated Math and MathFacts in a Flash remain the cornerstone of an effective implementation For more detailed information about these best practices visit the Renaissance Training
135. figured your NEO 2s for optimum use in your classroom 8 When all Settings are selected click Send List and click Send Do not interrupt this process Review the NEO Manager Send List A send list is a collection of SmartApplets and settings you send from your computer to your students NEO 2s You should review your send list before you press Send Once NEO Manager begins sending the send list to the NEO 2s you must not interrupt the process You can work on other applications while NEO Manager runs in the background Just remember never interrupt a send list To review your send list 1 Click the Send List tab A15 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 2 Review the information in the Send List Display area 3 If you want to send to all NEO 2s click Send 4 f you want to select specific NEO 2s Teacher Tip Never interrupt the process while NEO Manager is to receive the files and settings you are sending a send list to sending click Select Devices Select the connected NEO 2s Doing NEO 2s Click OK Click Send so may corrupt the operating system and require you to send the NEO 2 in for repair Access Help gt NEO Manager includes built in Help resources and a quick link to the Renaissance Training Center To access Help 1 From the Help menu select NEO Manager Help 2 Ifyou want to go to the Renaissance Training Center click the link at the top for online training and resources Configure AlphaWord Pl
136. g Supporting all learners Wireless printing and file transfer Increasing participation Interactivity Encouraging critical thinking Collaboration Immediate feedback Communication Monitoring progress Access to technology Writing across the curriculum Connecting other technologies Automating the grading of assignments 15 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Summary NEO 2 IN THE CLASSROOM NEO 2 changes classroom dynamics making instruction more interactive and giving students one to one access to technology It also has the power to connect many other classroom technologies and content otart small and build your NEO 2 implementation as you feel ready NEO 2 was designed with several guiding principles in mind keyboarding is essential effective writing instruction is purposeful formative assessment is the key to powerful instruction classroom technologies should work well together and ideal classroom tools support all learners There are many components and software programs associated with different functions of NEO 2 This guide introduces you to each one 16 NEO 2 Basics The purpose of NEO 2 is to create a passion for learning but NEO 2 alone cannot create that passion You as the teacher make it happen by thoughtfully considering how you ll integrate the technology into your classroom and by using your NEO 2 implementation to best support your instructional goals How do you begin The best way to start is by f
137. g of the debate and left it projected for the class to see At that point there were just a few students who sided with the British Then she asked those who had sided with the British to try to convince the other side to change their vote and vice versa Students could change their votes at any time and see the results on the toolbar graph The students got very involved in the discussion and at the end the vote was almost evenly split 76 Assessment and Classroom Engagement your students to be influenced by each other wait until everyone has responded before projecting the graph Use this process at all stages of the instructional cycle to pique interest activate prior knowledge and determine the next steps in your teaching All information collected by the toolbar by design is anonymous You will know what percentage of your students entered a particular answer but you will not know which student entered each answer Remember this is an instructional advantage with the toolbar The companion software AccelTest does record responses You will learn later in this chapter when it is appropriate to switch applications Since the toolbar does not store data it truly lives in the moment You ask a question view responses and then ask another question Once you view responses and move on to the next question all data from your previous question is gone Don t worry This is by design as well The toolbar informs instruction
138. ginal activity will not change and will remain available under its original name for further editing 5 hen check the original linked file in Files for Pickup and click the delete icon to remove it 6 This will remove the original from NEO Share but will not delete the original from your computer Click the folder icon to browse to your edited linked file Create Your Own Linked Files If you already have access to a writing rubric or have information you want to share with your students in a read only format you can create your own linked file You use either the Pickup Zone or Files for Pickup for your linked files Both are described below e Option 1 Use the Pickup Zone If you want to create and send a linked file quickly but do not want to save it for future use go to the Pickup Zone and follow these steps 1 Connect the Renaissance Receiver to your computer and launch NEO Share 2 Create your linked file in the Pickup Zone 3 You will use beginning and ending html form tags The form tags will not show on the students NEO 2s Enter form and then press enter to begin Enter lt form gt to end A23 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 f you want to include a prompt with your linked file enter the prompt before the beginning form tag f you want to send reading passages enter or copy paste the text between the two form tags Don t worry if your text is longer than the NEO Share Pickup Zone NEO Share w
139. h the questions A30 Common Software Tasks Add Your Assignment to the AccelTest Gradebook When you are ready to assign the assignment to your students you must add your assignment to the AccelTest Gradebook to assign it to students 1 Click the Gradebook tab and click Add 2 Select AccelTest and click Next 3 Choose your assignment and click Next 4 Enter details and click Next Which term Will this be given in class s this an exam or extra credit Will students see feedback on their NEO 2s 5 Enter Start Due Dates and click Next 6 Assign to All students in the class or Select specific students and click Next 7 Review the Summary and click Done e Start the Session 1 Connect the Renaissance Receiver to your computer and launch Accellest 2 From the Responder menu select Start a Student Paced Session 3 Instruct students to power on NEO 2 press applets select Responder join your network enter their Accellest ID numbers and enter answers Use a Teacher Paced Session AccelTest teacher paced sessions put you in control of the pace of the assignment otudents log on as usual but cannot see or respond to a question until you take action There are four types of teacher paced sessions e Ask verbal questions use for spelling tests vocabulary review and on the fly questions e Show PowerPoint slides use with PowerPoint presentations Windows only e Show questions using a projection monitor use with gra
140. he NEO 2 just as they can on a computer MathFacts in a Flash in Spanish If you are a Renaissance Place customer students can now use their NEO 2s to develop automaticity with math facts in Spanish using the MathFacts in a Flash RP applet Thesaurus Spanish to English n AlphaWord Plus the NEO 2 word processing program you can replace the default thesaurus with one that enables users to type Spanish words and find their English equivalents To install the Thesaurus Spanish to English use NEO Manager see the appendix for instructions Then when students are writing they press ctrl T to open the thesaurus type the Spanish word they want to look up and find a list of English equivalents This feature can be helpful for English language learners who occasionally need to look up the English equivalent of a Spanish word as they are writing SpellCheck Spanish If a student will use AlphaWord Plus to write in opanish you can change the spell check function to Spanish Once this setting is changed the spell check flags all English words as misspelled so we recommend activating this feature only if a student will be writing in Spanish To install the SpellCheck Spanish use NEO Manager see the appendix for instructions Purchased Resources to Support All Learners In addition to the built in features of NEO 2 there are also several purchasable solutions available to help you support students learning needs These include NEO Tex
141. he Titanic to Sink 85 Scenario 2 Ancient Rome across the Curriculum 86 Other Assessment TOOlS ETE 90 O Using NEO 2 with Renaissance Learning Reading and Math Programs 91 Set up for Renaissance Place Connectivity 91 Accelerated Reader 92 Accelerated Math 95 MathFacts in a Flash Renaissance Place and Offline 97 MathFacts in a Flash Renaissance Place RP 99 MathFacts i a Flash OUlDS s cnxecenckeaed ee chews beet hens T USEERR ke 99 Teacher TIPS 101 Q Third Party Software and Technology Partners 104 Wireless File Transfer Partners 104 NEO 2 and Google DOCS np tae a Ge Oe Ea Ea ee Oe ee 104 NECS and MY ACCESS scs oe oe 24 os 8S Bh BH REESE ES ek E a 254 105 Responder Parteis 4 oh one KomeheMG HR EKERS KOM CHORE OH HREKER OSE EES Os 106 NEO 2 and Study Island 106 NEO 2 and Ignite Learning IIIA 908 190 9 1 8 on rrt 106 CON VINE Applet v pude ECRERPSEQPETERESESESPGFSRPERCNRRESEPRSXERRSqQS X 107 Supporting All Learners 109 Unique Visual Needs
142. he delay time is set at 2 seconds NEO freezes for 2 seconds following each keystroke To enter the word the a student presses the T key and NEO immediately freezes After 2 seconds the T character appears on the screen and then the user can press the H key This feature can help students with unsteady hands or difficulty in key targeting e Multiple Keyboard Layouts NEO 2 s keyboard default layout is QWERTY For students who need an ergonomic keyboard the Dvorak simplified keyboard layout is an option In addition students with purposeful movement of only one hand can configure NEO with either a right or left hand only keyboard layout When you change the keyboard layout you should purchase a keyboard skin that correctly identifies new keyboard arrangement or place stickers on the keyboard To use these accessibility features you can configure each NEO 2 with keyboard commands through the Control Panel applet or with NEO Manager See the appendix for step by step instructions 110 Supporting All Learners Unigue Learning Needs Since NEO 2 provides one to one computing access it is an ideal tool for individualizing instruction and differentiating assignments to meet the needs of all students In addition certain students have unique learning needs they may be English language learners struggling writers or simply need more assistance Many of the programs that are covered in prior chapters of this guide have f
143. hema 77 78 89 science 10 11 13 42 70 79 83 87 88 and Ignite Learning 106 A3 and keyboarding 28 29 and user dictionaries A18 and Write On lessons 58 score key 81 82 84 A29 A30 A34 screen contrast 109 113 A48 sentence chains 46 58 59 61 sentence combining 13 65 68 shared implementation 22 25 27 35 44 A15 A16 A47 short answer 76 80 82 86 87 115 A2 A25 A29 A30 A32 six word memoir 69 slow keys 110 113 A48 omartOption Mobile Lab 17 18 115 A2 Ab AT A10 A11 A15 A18 A19 A47 and shared implementations 25 26 social studies 10 11 28 76 83 86 and Ignite Learning 106 A3 and user dictionaries A18 opanish speaking students and Accelerated Reader 93 112 resources for 112 A16 spell check 40 43 45 72 A6 and user dictionaries A18 opanish 112 115 state standards 73 and AccelTest 19 81 84 89 A34 A39 and Study Island 106 sticky keys 110 113 A48 struggling writers 111 113 A6 student paced session in AccelTest 81 82 A29 A38 in Study Island 106 Student Reading Log 92 otudy Island 15 104 106 108 115 A5 summarization 13 54 69 71 72 84 85 teacher paced session 81 83 89 A31 A33 A36 A38 teacher responder 80 90 A26 teacher supplement 53 55 89 Text2Speech 109 112 113 A6 A44 textbooks 74 75 76 81 89 94 theme in literature 55 56 80 theme of toolbar 80 A25 thesaurus 43 45 59 72 and Text2Speech A6 keyboard
144. her via NEO Share She also asks for a few volunteers to have their reviews projected and read by the whole class Summary DEVELOPING WRITERS WITH NEO 2 e The NEO 2 can be used as a word processor It includes a spell check thesaurus and commands for cut copy and paste You can work with multiple open files or save files on each NEO 2 Use NEO 2 to collaborate and communicate through its three ways of connecting USB send beaming and NEO Share NEO Share allows you to send and retrieve writing assignments activities and reading passages wirelessly to and from your students You can use various types of instructional content with NEO 2 These include accessing your own content pulling from other resources creating favorite folders using built in Write On lessons and linked files and building integrated lessons into NEO Share Various lesson ideas can also be found at the Renaissance Training Center online Use the classroom scenarios in this chapter to spark your own ideas about how to use NEO 2 for writing instruction 72 Assessment and Classroom Engagement Imagine that you are in the middle of a lesson You pause and ask a question to see if students are following along What happens Do just three or four students raise their hands Is it the same three or four students every time These responses give you a little bit of information about what your class is thinking But is it enough In many classrooms p
145. hich will connect to your computer In addition some teachers also use a cart called the SmartOption Mobile Lab to store configure and manage a classroom set of NEO 2s e NEO2 The NEO 2 includes a full size keyboard runs on batteries and is durable yet lightweight It can print send and receive information wirelessly using radio frequency waves It can also send and receive files through an infrared beamer Plus it has ports for connecting to a computer or printer The screen displays between two and six lines of text depending on font size e Renaissance Receiver The Renaissance Receiver connects to your computer via a USB cable It does not require batteries and instead receives its power from the computer You ll need one Renaissance Receiver for every teacher The Renaissance Receiver 17 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 receives NEO 2 data wirelessly and sends it to the appropriate place on your computer This makes it possible to print wirelessly with NEO 2s and to use many of the software programs detailed in this guide In order to use the Renaissance Heceiver effectively make sure to avoid interference with its signal The Renaissance Receiver uses radio frequency RF connectivity and has a range of approximately 150 feet The signal will travel through classroom walls however like all RF devices the Renaissance Receiver signal is subject to interference from nearby cell phone towers and other physical ba
146. ho can use the idioms in an authentic situation For example when one student says wonder when we ll finish this project another answers Take your time and do your best Rome wasn t built in a day Next Mr Romero asks students to list other idioms and research their meanings Then they create a database of idioms citing which ones are historical such as the Roman idioms or which ones refer to natural events such as once in a blue moon Science In this lesson students research the formula used to make roads in ancient Home Then they compare that process with concrete production today making a note of any differences Using the 2Know Toolbar Mr Romero asks his students to make predictions before beginning the research He uses the pulse feature of the toolbar to ask the following questions 1 Do you think that the processes used today are identical to the processes used in ancient Rome 2 Do you think that most ingredients used today are the same as the ingredients used in ancient Rome Then he leads a short discussion about why his students answered the way they did and what kinds of similarities or differences they expect to see By the time they finish their research the students are surprised to discover there are few differences between the ancient process and that of today Mathematics Next students work on developing simple equations using only Roman numerals and beam them to other students to comp
147. iarizing yourself with the NEO 2 s word processing functions you ll be ready to facilitate interactive lessons and begin distributing and collecting assignments electronically To do these things there are three options performing a USB send beaming and using a software program called NEO Share USB Send If you would like a student to send text from his NEO 2 to your computer simply connect the NEO 2 to your computer using the USB cable Make sure you have your cursor blinking in the active open window where you d like to receive the text The NEO 2 will send text to any program on your computer that accepts text You might perform a USB send if you are projecting your computer screen for an in class activity and would like the whole class to see the writing of a particular student or group of students In addition if you are using a specific website that allows you to manipulate text such as one that creates word clouds based on word frequency or one that uses 45 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 avatars to verbally present passages of text USB send is a quick and easy way to transfer the writing from a NEO 2 to your computer USB send is also useful when you want students to send their work from the NEO 2 to a classroom or lab computer For example when assigning her students to do written reports one teacher has her students do all the drafting editing and revising on NEO 2 Then once the content and structure of the te
148. ic click the graphic and press the delete key on your computer 10 When you complete the assignment click Done and Save to save your assignment and add it to the assignments listed in the Assignment tab 2 De lw A36 Common Software Tasks To administer your assignment 1 Connect the Renaissance Receiver to your computer Launch AccelTest and enter the password admin From the Responder menu select Start Teacher Paced Session Select Show questions using a projection monitor and click Next Select your existing projected assignment Complete all assignment details Click Next Review the Summary Click Done When the session starts click Send Question Phyllis Wheatley 9 Instruct students to power T on NEO 2 press applets select Responder choose your network and enter their AccelTest ID numbers 10 Instruct students to press enter on their NEO 2s enter their answers and press enter again 11 When all students respond click Stop Accepting oS AN orca R Responses A Read her poem about Washington C Was a patriot and symbol for 12 Click Send Question to Washington Abalitionists 13 Instruct students to press B Was America s first published D All of the above African American author enter on their NEO 2s enter their answers and press enter again 14 Repeat steps 11 13 to ask more questions 15 When you are finished with all of the questions click Done 16 If you
149. il advanced Accellest tasks which include but are not limited to e Align AccelTest items to State Standards e Use Accellest Libraries e Export an Accellest Assignment e Import an Accellest Assignment Align AccelTest Items to State Standards or Common Core State Standards You can align each item as you create your assignment You can align items on existing assignments as long as you have not already administered the assignment to students You must download and install your state s standards before you can align items To do so 1 Launch Accellest and enter the password which is admin 2 From the Preferences menu select Libraries Standards 3 Click the Standards tab 4 Click Add 5 Select Install standards from Renaissance Learning web site 6 If you would like to install Common Core State Standards select NGA Center CCSSO 7 If you would not like to install Common Core State Standards select your state 8 Click Next 9 Select all of the standards or just the ones you want 10 Click Install Now that your standards are installed you can align items on your AccelTest assignments 1 As you create your items or as you open an existing assignment click the Align button 2 Click the Standards tab Click the 4 sign to open the standards Select your state subject area and grade level Select a standard Click Add Repeat steps 4 5 to add other standards to the same item Click OK ed UP ELS
150. iles for Pickup you can select text files you ve stored in that folder and they will appear in Files for Pickup for your students to download onto their NEO 2s You can also store image files and web links in your favorite folders and access them during instruction Rather than appearing in Files for Pickup the images and websites will simply open on your computer This is handy if you d like to project images or access websites during a lesson For instance in a lesson on the Titanic you can save an image of the sunken ship in your Titanic favorite folder to easily access and open through NEO Share Or you can open a website you have saved to refer to or project during instruction In addition to creating favorite folders you can also save your favorite websites as quick links in NEO Share Once you have done this when you click the folder icon in Files for Pickup your favorite websites will be listed under My Websites ooftware steps for how to create and manage favorite folders and save favorite websites are in the appendix You can also refer to the classroom scenarios in Chapter 5 to see examples of how teachers might use favorites in NEO Share 52 Developing Writers with NEO 2 Built in Instructional Content Write On Lessons In addition to content you create or compile NEO Share comes with a wealth of built in instructional content called Write On lessons Write On includes three types of lessons literacy skills activiti
151. ill display a scroll bar so you can navigate your text f you want to use checkboxes use the keys on your computer 4 Instruct your students to power on NEO 2 and open a clean file space 5 Ask them to press cmd O join your network and download the linked file e Option 2 Use Files for Pickup If you want to create linked files that you plan to use over and over you may want to build them into NEO Share It all starts with a folder Follow these steps ils Create a folder for your linked files You can save this folder anywhere on your computer or on your network Next create your linked file in a blank Word or text file on your computer You will use beginning and ending html form tags The form tags will not show on the students NEO 2s Enter form and then press enter to begin Enter lt form gt to end f you want to include a prompt with your linked file enter the prompt before the beginning form tag f you want to send reading passages enter or copy paste the text between the two form tags f you want to use checkboxes use the keys on your computer If you use a Windows computer you must save your linked file in your folder as a Plain Text or txt file If you are prompted to Allow Character oubstitution click Yes to allow it If you use a Macintosh computer you can use doc files From Files for Pickup click the folder icon and select Manage Favorites When the Manage Fa
152. ing needs for each student If that technology facilitates differentiation by making it easier to tailor assignments and instructional material its an even more valuable teaching tool How to Use This Guide As you ll learn throughout this guide NEO 2 aligns with all of these guiding principles In this first chapter we provide an overview In Chapter 2 we cover the NEO 2 basics the hardware software built in instructional content resources and how to manage NEO 2 in your classroom The chapters that follow are broken into discrete topics covering keyboarding writing assessment and classroom engagement integrating NEO 2 with Henaissance Learning reading and math software programs and using third party software and technology partners with NEO 2 The last two chapters discuss the features of NEO 2 that help to support all learners and maintenance tips to keep your NEO 2s in great working condition In the appendix you ll find a glossary software installation instructions common software tasks several reproducible forms and resources a list of keyboard commands references and an index If you purchased NEO 2s for a specific purpose such as writing or Accelerated Reader quizzing you may wish to jump ahead to those specific chapters or sections Then when you re ready to do more you can return to the other chapters and discover what 14 NEO 2 in the Classroom else NEO 2 has to offer One thing to keep in mind is that
153. ing with Hinge Point Questions Once your lesson is underway use hinge point questions at key points during the instruction to check for understanding Leahy et al 2005 If students understand the hinge swings the instructional door open to the next phase of teaching and learning If students do not understand specific concepts the hinge keeps the instructional door right where it is so you can intervene and engage in corrective instruction oay your class is well into the unit on the Civil War and has learned about some of the major factors leading up to the conflict At this point perhaps you want to check their understanding of the abolition movement or the economic and social differences between the North and the South before moving on to the issue of states versus federal rights To do so pause and ask a few multiple choice or true false questions before moving ahead The 2Know Toolbar gives you instant feedback about these hinge point questions Click Graph and you know whether your class is ready to move on If some students answer correctly but a good portion of the class still hasn t mastered the concept you may wish to include peer instruction or a convince your neighbors approach at these pivotal points Eric Mazur 1997 set forth a research based approach to asking questions to inform instruction and the use of peer instruction As you analyze the 2Know Toolbar graph consider these guidelines a If 80 percent or more
154. ion subtraction multiplication and division facts as well as other math skills including finding squares working with fractions and decimals and converting between fractions decimals and percentages Timed tests at appropriate skill levels accurately measure students practice and mastery with feedback provided both onscreen and via a variety of detailed reports Feedback motivates students and helps teachers inform instruction and monitor student progress throughout the year Students can work in the program either in English or Spanish MathFacts in a Flash supports sufficient and appropriate practice by doing the following Providing targeted personalized practice on math facts Giving immediate feedback Enabling customizable time goals for test sessions By providing the means for effective practice targeted timed and with immediate feedback MathFacts in a Flash can help students develop the automaticity with math facts that will form the foundation for success throughout their mathematics careers MathFacts in a Flash also provides the means to assess for this automaticity and track the results In general implementing MathFacts in a Flash involves a few basic steps 1 Teachers instruct f students attempt to memorize facts too early without adequate concept development they may become frustrated discouraged and disenchanted with the process To avoid this teachers guide concept development so students know the m
155. ions 15 When finished click Done and Save 16 If you opted for the session to be graded students grades are automatically entered into the AccelTest Gradebook e Show PowerPoint Slides This type of teacher paced session is only available on Windows computers As the name of the session suggests teachers ask questions about existing PowerPoint presentations To use this type of teacher paced session Connect the Renaissance Receiver to your computer Launch AccelTest and enter the password admin From the Responder menu select Start Teacher Paced Session oelect Show PowerPoint Slides and click Next Click Select and navigate to your PowerPoint presentation Click Next oelect Ask verbal questions so that you can ask questions during the PowerPoint presentation 8 Enter assignment details Click Next Review the Summary and click Done 9 When your PowerPoint presentation opens select a question type 10 Instruct students to power on NEO 2 press applets select Responder join your network enter their Accellest ID numbers press enter on their NEO 2s then enter their answers and press enter again 11 When all have answered click Stop Accepting Responses 12 Identify the correct answer 13 Click Set Answer 14 If you want to show a graph that displays percentages of correct answers click the graph icon Click Done to Roman baths were similar to our shopping NOOO fP cono close
156. is finished with an assignment and does not plan to keep it he can simply press the clear file key to erase all the text and clear the file space to make it available for another AlphaWord Plus file If the student needs to close a file but wants to come back to it at another time he should press ctrl S to save it and then press the clear file key to close it If a student has saved a file but then realizes he doesn t need to keep it he can delete the file by pressing ctrl D When saving a file students need to give it a file name We recommend that you establish a naming convention for your students so that they can easily find and retrieve their saved work and so that file names are consistent In addition the file saving routine is especially important in shared implementations in which you and another teacher might be sharing one set of NEO 2s In this case we recommend that you teach your students to save their work at the end of every day or class period In case students in the two classes have similar names or assignments make sure your students can distinguish which work is theirs 44 Managing One to One and Shared Implementations If you have a one to one NEO 2 implementation each NEO 2 is used only by one student Therefore there is little need to password protect AlphaWord Plus files Students press ctrl S to save all their files on their NEO 2s and press clear file to close a file When a student is ready to o
157. isite skills to help teachers plan and remediate instruction If you are an Accelerated Math Enterprise customer you also have access to libraries for Algebra 2 Pre Calculus Calculus Basic Math and Probability amp otatistics The libraries are based in part on National Mathematics Advisory Panel NMAP recommendations National Council of Teachers of Mathematics NCTM Curriculum Focal Points analysis of U S state and international standards experienced Accelerated Math teacher feedback student achievement data and consultation with recognized mathematicians e Assignment Types Accelerated Math has four assignment types Diagnostic tests include any objectives specified by the teacher Teachers can use diagnostic tests to place incoming students find critical skill gaps and allow students to master objectives directly when they demonstrate previous knowledge of them Practices include objectives assigned by the teacher objectives that are ready to work via the student not meeting success on another assignment type or objectives that are ready to be reviewed Practices are designed to give students an opportunity to practice or review math concepts that have been previously taught or mastered Regular tests include objectives that a student has practiced successfully and allow the student to demonstrate mastery of those objectives Exercises include any objectives specified by the teacher can have identical or individua
158. issance Training Center is the best place to look for the most up to date information We recommend becoming familiar sample lesson plans research and training resources for NEO 2 as well as information about NEO 2 professional development opportunities with this site at the beginning including remote and live training regional of your NEO 2 implementation symposiums and on demand sessions QuickStart You can also create favorites within your account for easy Guides which are concise regularly updated step reference by step sets of instructions for all NEO 2 features are also found here 21 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 We encourage you to create a Training Center account which gives you free access to all sans resources at the training STAR center 24 hours a day If Enterprise you choose to subscribe to email lists this account Take a Tour ensures that you have the sa ana esac i latest information from aa 3 E Henaissance Learning kaa Extraordinary Educators Did You Know Celebrate America s mosi me ete alate pii To create your account go Seine nme decent E mE mmm mia lem to http www renlearn com training and click Create Access the Renaissance Training Center at Your Free Account in the http www renlearn comrtraining upper right corner Once you are logged in click the Learn by Product drop down list and choose
159. istorically have been reluctant to participate To support all learners we recommend projecting the graph identifying the correct answer and asking students to reenter This seemingly simple learning interaction provides critical practice for students who struggle See Chapter 5 for more details e AccelTest Accellest is a software program used for formative and summative assessment and for the electronic scoring of student work This program is not anonymous but rather collects data linked to each specific student If you d like to differentiate instruction AccelTest makes it easy to distribute different versions of assignments to different students Simply add several versions of the same assignment into the AccelTest Gradebook and assign each version of the assignment to specific students Although all versions of the assignment will be available during the same session each student sees only the version assigned to him See Chapter 5 to learn more 111 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Resources for Spanish Speakers The overwhelming majority of English language learners in K 12 schools are native Spanish speakers NEO 2 includes several resources to help address the needs of this population Accelerated Reader Spanish Quizzes As mentioned in Chapter 6 opanish language Accelerated Reader quizzes are offered for many book titles in Spanish If you are a Renaissance Place customer your students can take these Spanish quizzes on t
160. ith MathFacts in a Flash Offline neither practice nor tests count toward mastery It s purely intended as a practice tool much like flash cards or worksheets 99 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 If it s important to you to track the practice that students do with MathFacts in a Flash Offline have students fill out a tracking sheet as they work One Getting Results with example called the MathFacts in a Flash All Level MathFacts in a Flash Mastery Tracker can be found as a reproducible form in the appendix of Getting Results with MathFacts in a Flash available as a free download at the Renaissance Training Center online There is also a way to send unmanaged practice data from the offline version to Renaissance Place See the NEO 2 Quick Guide available at the Renaissance Training Center for instructions Keep in mind though that this data represents limited information SO if you need to track a full and complete set of data we recommend using Math Facts in a Flash Renaissance Place instead RENAISS4 NCE LEARNING e How It Works Students do not log into MathFacts in a Flash Offline They just pick up a NEO 2 choose the MathFacts in a Flash offline applet and start practicing either working in a practice or a test at any of the levels Practices allow students to practice their facts and tests allow them to test their developing math fluency In MathFacts in a Flash Offline the only answer input format is p
161. k about where to begin learning about these principles can help you visualize how NEO 2 best fits in your classroom They are as follows Keyboarding Is Essential Its well established that keyboarding proficiency is linked to positive educational and economic outcomes Hearn and Lewis 1993 For example students who keyboard efficiently show greater gains in writing than their peers who write by hand Russell 1999 The impact is even stronger with students who struggle with writing Graham 2008 Graham and Perin 2007 Because keyboarding skills are essential for 21st century classrooms in recent years discussions have moved from Should we teach keyboarding to When should we teach keyboarding Previously reserved for high school business classes keyboarding instruction is now considered a routine part of the elementary curriculum While kindergarten through second grade students should be exposed to basic keyboarding skills such as using both the right and left hands on the keyboard the optimum time to begin formal keyboarding instruction is at the third grade Why so young The answer is found in the subtle distinction between typing and keyboarding Typing is transposing text from paper to machine be it a typewriter or a computer The text is prepared beforehand and remains static Keyboarding on the other hand is composing at the keyboard The text is developed as it is entered It remains dynamic and subject to reflec
162. l problems if printed for more than one student for the same objectives and are designed to provide more practice on specific objectives after corrective instruction Accelerated Math assignments are individually generated and printed for each student After students work assignments on paper they submit their responses using a NEO 2 or other scoring device such as a Renaissance Responder or AccelScan scanner The software automatically scores the assignment and provides immediate feedback via informative reports for teacher and student If scoring a practice assignment the software will automatically generate and print a next practice assignment for the student based on student performance and objectives available for practice e How Students Master Objectives otudents follow various pathways for mastering objectives while using Accelerated Math Upon completion of assignments students continue on a path based on whether they were successful or not with the objectives on the assignments If a student is repeatedly unsuccessful with an objective the teacher receives a notification to intervene both on reports printed from the program and in the software s Assignment Book Following teacher intervention the student makes another attempt to master or practice and then master the objective Once an objective is mastered it appears as a review objective on practice assignments after two weeks If the student is unsuccessful with an objective
163. le Docs to distribute writing assignments to students Here s how it works You log onto your Google Docs account and prepare writing prompts and other assignments for students to download Make sure you have your Renaissance Heceiver connected to your computer Then your students power on NEO 2 and open a clean file space They press cmd O to download a file join your network and select Google Docs They enter your Google Docs log in information When they are ready to upload writing they press cmd send Its up to each school or district to decide how to set up Google Docs accounts Some schools allow students to set up individual Google Docs accounts while others create one account per classroom or teacher Please note that NEO 2 works only with the word processing application at Google Docs NEO 2 does not interface with Google Docs spreadsheet and multimedia applications To learn more about Google Docs see https docs google com NEO 2 and MY Access MY Access is an online writing assessment program offered by Vantage Learning If your school has a license to use MY Access students can use NEO 2s to submit writing assignments wirelessly for immediate scoring and feedback For more information about MY Access visit the Vantage Learning website at www vantagelearning com Before using the program you ll need to download the NEO 2 for MY Access plug in available at http www renlearn com neo downloads Instructions are in the ap
164. le click the title from the Files for Pickup area 2 Edit the activity 3 When you close it you will be prompted to give your edited version a new name 4 he original activity will not change and will remain available under its original name for further editing 5 Click the folder icon click Write On Lessons and browse to your edited activity Click on the name of your edited activity to select it It will now appear in the Files for Pickup area 6 Check the original activity in the Files for Pickup area and click the delete icon to remove it 7 This will remove the original from NEO Share but will not delete the original from your computer You can go back and access the original content repeating the steps above to edit it again How Students Download Write On Lessons Students power on NEO 2 open a clean file space and press emd O to download a file They choose to join or stay connected to your network and select NEO Share If multiple files are available students must select one file to download Upload Students Write On Lesson Files When your students complete the work in their Write On lessons they can upload their files to your computer Connect the Renaissance Receiver to your computer Then instruct students to 1 Power on NEO 2 and open the file with their Write On lesson 2 Press the cmd send key and join your network 3 Select NEO Share enter a name for the file and press enter A22 Common Sof
165. lesson 88 linked files A46 biology 70 calculator 20 A3 classroom response 11 12 15 19 50 81 90 111 Common Core State Standards 19 81 A35 computer accessibility features 109 110 113 A15 A48 Control Panel applet 20 109 110 A3 A15 A48 A49 corrective instruction 78 96 Co Writer 15 20 104 107 108 109 112 113 A3 A6 cross curricular activities 29 87 89 curriculum 11 13 15 82 86 89 96 104 115 KeyWords 9 15 28 29 31 32 34 35 A3 differentiated instruction 14 109 113 and Accelerated Math 96 and Accellest 81 111 and NEO Share 46 50 111 and Write On lessons 55 A22 document camera 11 14 74 75 76 Download Center 18 20 A7 A9 A10 A11 A12 A19 Dvorak simplified keyboard 110 dysgraphia 110 editing and MY Access 105 and revising 19 45 46 65 72 A6 and Text2Speech A44 sample linked files 63 A23 Write On lessons 62 A6 A22 electronic gradebook 81 83 A2 electrostatic discharge 117 elementary school and keyboarding 12 and Write On lessons 53 56 58 60 A6 engagement classroom 10 13 15 19 64 73 80 84 85 90 111 A2 A25 English language arts 11 13 42 69 79 87 English language learners 109 111 113 Excel spreadsheet 77 favorite folders 46 49 52 72 85 86 89 A4 A20 A21 A24 finger zones 21 31 32 A55 font size 17 109 113 A45 A48 Google Docs 15 44 104 105 108 115 A3 A6 hand zones 28 4
166. lete This lesson reinforces place value by giving students a chance to work with Roman numerals which do not use place value IX x IX LXXXI 9x9 81 LXIII L XIII 63 50 13 esequi 100 25 4 88 Assessment and Classroom Engagement Vocabulary Using NEO Share Mr Homero searched for an appropriate vocabulary strategy from the Write On series He decides to adapt and use the ABC Graffiti strategy in which students keep an ongoing record of key terms and phrases related to ancient Rome e Wrap up Activity To monitor his students progress Mr Romero creates his own AccelTest assignment He includes questions about all of the various things they ve learned about ancient Home He also aligns Accellest items to his state s standards when possible How to Design Integrated Units of Study Use the checklist below as a framework for designing your own integrated units of study 1 Find your passion L Review your curriculum U Select a unit of study that fuels your passion to learn and has the potential to meet the instructional goals for the unit Your students will imitate your passion Curiosity is the first step to learning 2 Collect your resources L1 Begin with resources on hand LI Review vocabulary strategies in the Write On lessons to develop vocabulary concepts introduced in textbooks U Review Accellest libraries for built in content to support your integrated unit of study
167. like closing a window on your computer If you save space your file with a file name clear file closes your file If you do not save your file with a file name clear file clears or erases your file Save a file ctri S After you save a file with a file name press clear file to close your file Open a file ctril O Closed files are listed in alphabetical order Press the down arrow key to move to your file and then press enter Delete a file ctri D Use the arrow keys to move to the file and press enter Then press the Y key to permanently delete the file Highlight shift arrow Press and hold the shift key while you press an arrow key to highlight text key text Copy text ctri C Highlight text first and then copy Cut text ctri X Highlight text first and then cut Paste text ctri V Use the arrow keys to move to the desired location or press a file space key to move to a new file space and press ctrl V Count words ctrl W Displays word count paragraphs and page usage Use the ctrl T Move the cursor inside the word you want to look up and press ctrl T thesaurus Press enter and select a category to narrow the search Then press enter Use the arrow keys to select a synonym or press A to search for antonyms and press enter Press enter again to replace the word in your file Beam a file ctrl send The sender presses ctrl send while the receiver presses ctrl B Be sure ctri B to point the NEO 2s at each other while sendi
168. ll what a movie or television character or hero would do in his situation Generally though Brian finds that these images and thoughts aren t of much use to him Choose an action adventure movie or television show you have seen Compare the situations of the characters in the show with the situations that Brian faces Discuss how these differ Which is more realistic lt gt What could the moviemakers have done that would make the characters situations more realistic or believable lt gt If you haven t done so already name and save this file now Press Ctrl S type a name for the file and press Enter end of activity Copyright Renaissance Learning Inc po these differ Which is nore Mene ee file 2 file 3 5 file file 7 file o print el find xd end applets send back space 57 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 e Vocabulary Strategies Vocabulary instruction is at the heart of learning new content Think back to how you learned vocabulary in school Did it look something like this Carbon dioxide A colorless odorless gas formed during cell respiration Cell respiration A series of metabolic processes that take place within a cell in which energy is harvested from organic substance glucose and stored as energy carriers Glucose Organic substance used in cell respiration Traditional forms of vocabulary instruction focus on learning lists of related words and their definitions in the
169. lse ABC multiple choice 123 numeric response numbers only no letters or math symbols Short Answer if available in the theme short answer response will accept text math symbols and numbers Pulse yes green no red use with polling data students can enter Y for yes N for no T for true or F for false 3 Click the corresponding question type on the toolbar Stop will appear in place of the question type 4 Allow time for students to respond Watch the toolbar to see the percentage of students who have responded 5 Students can change and resubmit answers until you click Stop You do not have to click Stop to show the Graph see below Work with the Data 1 Once students answer click Graph to view student results If you wish to stop accepting answers click Stop However you do not have to click Stop before opening the Graph Discuss results To reinforce the correct answer click the radio button next to the answer The bar next to that answer will turn green 2 Click Reset to clear the answers and ask another question of the same type 3 Click Close to return to the toolbar A25 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Assign a NEO 2 to be a Teacher Responder You can assign a single NEO 2 to act as a teacher responder The teacher responder allows you to move around the classroom while you operate the 2Know Toolbar with one NEO 2 rather than with your computer Connect the Renaissance Receiver to your compute
170. m to spark discussion Or have students work in small groups and send one response per group 84 Assessment and Classroom Engagement Once you become comfortable using the 2Know Toolbar AccelTest and NEO Share you can design lessons that integrate all three of these software programs Below are two examples of lessons that do just that Scenario 1 What Caused the Titanic to Sink Ms Ling has prepared a lesson on the Titanic disaster using the NEO 2 with her interactive whiteboard and various Internet resources She has also created a favorite folder in NEO Share with all of her materials for easy access e Warm Up Activity To introduce the subject Ms Ling powers on her interactive whiteboard and accesses a quiz available online from the interactive whiteboard vendor The quiz is a slide presentation with images of the Titanic along with multiple choice questions asking about when the disaster occurred where the ship was built how many people were on board and how many lifeboats were on board Ms Ling uses the 2Know Toolbar to gauge how much her students know about this maritime disaster Students enter responses via their NEO 2s and immediately see the graph with results After collecting student responses wirelessly Ms Ling is now ready to give some background about the topic confident that she is tailoring the lesson to how familiar her students already are with the material e Main Activity Next Ms Ling i
171. m to use as guidelines at keyboarding centers or adapt them if necessary depending on the age and grade level of your students Start Formal Instruction with KeyWords At the third grade most students are ready for formal keyboarding instruction As we mentioned at the beginning of the chapter KeyWords is the built in keyboarding instruction program for NEO 2 You can access this program by pressing the applets key on any NEO 2 and choosing the KeyWords applet Since KeyWords lessons are language based students will quickly be guided from home row letter introduction to real words and phrases This feature distinguishes KeyWords from many other keyboarding programs that are based on 1950s typing instruction KeyWords reinforces the development of a reading and writing vocabulary leading students to build language skills as they type The following screen shots show how lessons progress from words to phrases to sentences as students advance Example from a beginning lesson Shelia Smith pe Shelia Smith B 30 Guiding Principles The KeyWords design is based on research about how people learn to keyboard e Speed and keyboarding fluency increase more readily if simple words are used and repeated The KeyWords method follows this model of repetition presenting diverse vocabulary rhymes and humor to keep lessons interesting Students learn patterns of keystrokes more quickly when they aren t interrupted by immedi
172. mbs Uses right hand little finger for enter key Reproducible Forms 2011 Renaissance Learning Inc A53 Ou Buiujee souessieu y LOC swo a gionpodaH LL dL LLL LL LLL LLL LL LLL PSPPN A54 es muere aee nn jsn E D t 1 Pasi goin E Lesse IIE d sJoppng poods pue AoeJnooy sn osessed oonoed e od no awn yaba meyo sty mo 14 peoq o 0 urea nod se sso1504d MOA Jo youn doo SSE 9UIEN Juapnjs LHOdHd SSH DOtlq Finger Zones Left Hand Right Hand Reproducible Forms 2011 Renaissance Learning Inc A55 Lessons in KeyWords The following tables list the lessons provided in KeyWords Each table shows the keys introduced in the lesson the words and word patterns learned and the passing criteria for testing based on the default goals Lesson 1 Start Here Keys introduced none Words learned none Patterns none Passing criteria o WPM O errors Lesson 2 ASKL Keys introduced ASKL Words learned all as ask lass alas Patterns sl alk as ask ll Passing criteria 8 WPM 12 errors Lesson 3 DJF Keys introduced DJF Words learned add dad fall sad lad salad flask jalls jad jasks Patterns fl ad s plural Passing criteria 10 WPM 12 errors Lesson 4 TH Keys introduced TH Words learned sat flat hat slat that has fast last ash flash slash dash hash sash talk stalk hall tall shall stall salt half Patterns th alt ast sh st at ash Passing criteria 12 WPM
173. ment to your keyboarding program You may wish to use these activities in the third and fourth grades after students have begun formal instruction with KeyWords Monitor Technique with Duck Duck Goose When you monitor technique watch for healthy posture correct finger position and frequent stretch breaks You can make written or verbal observations use a checklist or put students in charge with a new twist on the childrens game Duck Duck Goose 1 Tell students you will walk around the room as they keyboard and let them know what behaviors you hope to see 2 Tell students that when you find someone with excellent technique you will tap him or her on the shoulder 3 hat student will take over your role walking around the room looking for the elements of good technique Stress Precision with an Accuracy Challenge This challenge involves practicing spelling words while improving keyboarding Tell students to enter each word as slowly as needed to enter each one accurately Each student works with a partner At the same time the partners enter spelling words as accurately as they can on their NEO 2s Students press enter after each word so that they create a list of words Students are not allowed to use the back space spell check or clear file keys during this part of the challenge When both students have entered all spelling words each one beams his list to the other See Chapter 4 for a more complete description of beaming
174. might be a fundamental misunderstanding of the concepts involved This helps guide your instruction right in the middle of a lesson Engage Students with Other Resources and Technologies Because the toolbar floats you can run it on top of any application including websites and online videos When working with video pause to ask questions at key points Click Graph and discuss answers Clarify misconceptions and return to the video Check for Understanding at the End of the Day During the course of a lesson you often cover a lot of material yet there are a few main points it s essential that your students take away at the end When concluding a lesson use the toolbar as a quick check to make sure students have retained key facts or concepts For instance when working with vocabulary in a language arts class quiz students on the vocabulary words you know to be most difficult as a way to reinforce them In a history lesson ask students to recall important dates When used this way the toolbar is just one more tool to bring closure to a segment while helping focus students attention on the most important points you ve covered 79 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Fifth grade teacher Ms Fletcher uses the 2Know Toolbar to reinforce important concepts and main ideas in literature For instance her class is reading Hatchet which is divided into chapters that are numbered instead of named After reading each chapter she
175. n accessing KeyWords reports When students generate their own reports they have the option to wirelessly print a report send one to a computer or send to an AlphaWord Plus word processing file on their NEO 2 To wirelessly print a report you must have a Renaissance Receiver connected to your computer KeyWords reports outline progress through the lesson and compare the student s actual WPM and ER scores to her WPM and ER goals This information motivates students and encourages keyboarding efficiency Using NEO Manager teachers can generate individual small group and whole class KeyWords reports The information offers a blueprint for each student s keyboarding success Below are two examples r 16 20 26 Errors Errors Builders Done The KeyWords Group Progress Heport allows you to see the whole class at a glance while the Detailed Student Report gives more detail Save Print about each individual student 37 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 If you are a Renaissance Place customer you may wish to generate more detailed KeyWords reports and certificates using Renaissance Place Use the Student Record Report to see how each student is progressing with the lessons Use the Diagnostic Report to quickly identify which students are having the most trouble and view an overall summary of each student s work This report allows the teacher to see how KeyWords Stu
176. n excerpt from that lesson Person 1 completes the sentence Access this activity at below and beams it to person 2 Write On Lessons gt Person 2 writes another sentence that Middle School begins with the end of the Vocabulary Strategies sentence that 1 wrote and beams serere Chane both sentences to 3 Here is an example with the sentence chains strategy that begins with the word nutrition Nutrition makes me think of eating Eating makes me think of digestion Digestion makes me think of getting benefit from food Getting benefit from food makes me think of lutrition makes me think of eating Fating makes me think of digestion Digestion makes me think of getting benefit from food N E O2 clear fite 2 file 4 file 5 file 6 tle 7 file o print d find tile home end applets sond back space As you can see this activity can be done with a partner or in small groups The exercise is based upon the idea that students learn new words best when they read them write them speak them and listen to them When students work together and use beaming to facilitate interactivity they get the chance to do all four 61 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 e Editing Write On Lessons You can edit any of the Write On lessons to suit your teaching purposes For instance many of the writing lessons include a series of activities that build on one another and therefore are too long to be done
177. n to use spell check Teach them to look at the suggestions below the misspelled word first If they don t find the intended word there encourage them to look at the word in context This can often help students correct their own mistakes and typos If they are still not sure how to spell the word encourage them to get help from a peer or dictionary After consulting a reliable source they can use the edit feature to edit the misspelled word themselves Thesaurus The NEO 2 s word processor also includes a thesaurus The thesaurus can be a useful tool when you want students to vary their word choice or use more complex vocabulary The thesaurus can also help students if they are struggling to grasp the meaning of a word in a passage of text they ve downloaded from you Often seeing a synonym of an unfamiliar word helps students better understand the meaning To run the thesaurus students press ctrl T Cut Copy and Paste AlphaWord Plus allows for editing and revising with cut copy and paste commands You use the same keyboard commands you use with any word processor to cut or copy text and paste it in a new location Hold the shift key and press an arrow key to highlight the text then press ctrl X to cut or ctrl C to copy Once you ve moved the cursor to the new location press ctrl V to paste For a more complete list of AlphaWord Plus keyboard commands see the appendix Collaborating and Communicating NEO 2 Connectivity After famil
178. n your computer simply open the 2Know Toolbar and it appears on your desktop Make sure your Renaissance Receiver is connected and then have your students choose the Responder applet on their NEO 2s and join your network Now you are ready to begin When you decide to ask a question choose one of the question format options by clicking T F for true false ABC for multiple choice 123 for numeric response Short Answer for short answer or Pulse for a quick yes no poll Then ask a question and wait for students to enter responses Click Graph to see a graph of student responses You can either view the data yourself or project it for the whole class to see If you don t want Take the Pulse of the Class The pulse option on the 2Know Toolbar is designed for quick classroom polls Students can either press Y for yes or N for no and their responses show up as either green or red This allows you to quickly see how everyone feels about a given topic Gina Fletcher a fifth grade teacher in Flower Mound Texas uses the pulse feature during classroom debates For instance during a social studies lesson on the Revolutionary War the class was discussing the events leading up to the colonists decision to go to war One student wondered aloud who was right during this conflict the colonists or the British In response to this question Ms Fletcher decided on the spot to have a debate She used the toolbar to take a pulse vote at the beginnin
179. n your speech since you were little But did you know how useful they are when you write sentences You can combine two related sentences using who that or which For example Fables are stories Fables teach a lesson Might become Fables are stories that teach a lesson Here s another example Aesop was a slave in ancient Greece Aesop told stories The stories taught a lesson That might become Aesop who was a slave in ancient Greece told stories that taught a lesson Or Aesop who told stories that taught a lesson was a slave in ancient Greece If you wanted to stress telling the stories you might want to use the first combination If you wanted to stress his being a slave you might choose the second Do you see why Talk it over with your writing partners Then the lesson relates what students have learned about sentence combining to the original fable about the father and his two daughters Students first look at sentences from the story then practice combining them and finally make deductions about which words they can use to replace certain types of information Now try using who that and or which to combine sentences from the story Look for the hints in brackets Sentences from the story A man had two daughters who He gave one in marriage to a gardener and He gave the other in marriage to a potter Combined sentence Sentences from the story He visited one daughter She had married th
180. nfigure the Renaissance Responder Scoring Software 1 Connect the Renaissance Receiver to your computer 2 Launch Renaissance Responder scoring software 3 When prompted enter your Renaissance Place URL user name and password Score Accelerated Math Assignments with NEO 2 1 Continue to follow all Accelerated Math best practices Connect the Renaissance Receiver to your computer Launch Renaissance Responder scoring software Log in with your Renaissance Place user name and password Instruct each student to power on his or her NEO 2 press applets and select Responder 6 Instruct each student to join your network enter the Form Number from his Accelerated Math assignment and enter answers ol x ES I A40 Common Software Tasks KeyWords To configure KeyWords options and access KeyWords reports see the NEO Manager Common Software Tasks section earlier in this appendix A41 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Linked Files To access edit and work with sample linked files and to create your own linked files see the Common Software Tasks NEO Share section earlier in this appendix A42 Common Software Tasks Write On Lessons To access edit and work with Write On lessons see the Common Software Tasks NEO ohare section earlier in this appendix A43 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Text2Speech Text2Speech by Renaissance Learning allows NEO 2 users to hear their writing read To use follow
181. ng or receiving a file Work with cmd send lo send the current file to NEO Share press cmd send To download and NEO Share cmd O open a file from NEO Share press cmd O Find a file ctri F See all your saved files and the first lines of text Access help ctrl H oee all keyboard commands and learn more about features navigating and other topics A45 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Linked Files Keyboard Commands If you wantto dothis Do this Remember Access the linked file Press ctrl L Go back to your writing Press ctrl L Enter a check mark Press the space bar Pressing K also works but we recommend teaching students to use the space bar so they understand that the rest of their keyboard is not enabled with read only files Erase a check mark Press the space bar Go to the next check box Go back to the previous check box Press the tab key Press shift tab The linked file loops This means that when you get to the last check box and press the tab key it will take you back to the first check box Move around in the text in the read only file Press an arrow key Reset or erase all the check marks in the check boxes Press clear file Delete the linked file Press ctrl D The only way to delete a linked file is to delete both pieces the active file and the read only file Beam the linked file Press ctrl B to receive Press ctrl send to
182. nstruction with KeyWords the built in language based keyboarding instruction program for NEO 2 Then we explain how you can help your students work through the 15 cumulative units in the KeyWords curriculum Finally we discuss ways to monitor your students progress as they progress toward keyboarding fluency Keyboarding Informally Formal keyboarding instruction is best begun at third grade However you can engage students in keyboarding strategies starting in kindergarten first or second grade For instance you may decide to start by introducing keyboarding informally so students can become exposed to the proper posture hand positioning and mechanics of keyboarding Here are some ways to do so e Introduce hand zones showing that a standard keyboard has a left hand side and a right hand side e ieastring around the keyboard to show the left and right sides of the keyboard e Introduce the space bar showing that its always pressed with the thumb e Have students practice entering their names using the correct hands As they gain confidence ask them to enter their names using the correct fingers 28 Keyboarding with NEO 2 Incorporate Keyboarding Games Another way to engage primary students in keyboarding is through keyboarding games which motivate students and encourage practice Below are some ideas that can be used from kindergarten through fourth grade e The Alphabet Song Lead the class in singing the AB
183. ntroduces an activity in which students work in groups to either defend or prosecute a different person or group of people for the disaster For instance one group of students is assigned the shipbuilders another the ship s architect another the ship s captain and another the captain of the neighboring ship that failed to come to the 7itanic s rescue Each group downloads onto their NEO 2s a different passage explaining what researchers know about the alleged culpability of each person or group of people Ms Ling found these passages at an educational website focusing on historical topics and loaded each passage into her favorites folder in NEO Share otudents work in their groups to discuss whether they will defend or prosecute the assigned parties Then they work together to draft a summary of their arguments on their NEO 2s One student in each group volunteers to be the recorder so there is only one final copy of their argument When the groups are ready to present their arguments Ms Ling allows the students to create an online avatar to deliver their message if they wish For this she uses a USB cable to send the text from one student s NEO 2 directly to her computer where she has accessed a multimedia website that allows users 85 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 to create avatars to verbally present written messages If groups choose not to create an avatar they can deliver their arguments verbally themselves or send their
184. nts enter their responses to the questions and quizzes via the NEO 2 using the Hesponder applet 106 Third Party Software and Technology Partners Co Writer Applet Co Writer is a powerful word prediction software program that helps students with special needs write complete grammatically correct sentences The software does this by analyzing sentences words and patterns to offer students contextually relevant word choices that are correct in both English grammar and syntax Because it provides fast access to words and phrases it helps boost writing confidence and frees students to focus on the content of their writing To learn more about Co Writer including research and case studies showing when to use it with students see http www donjohnston com Unlike the other third party technology partners discussed in this chapter Co Writer has its own applet which is available for separate purchase If you decide to purchase Co Writer when purchasing a new NEO 2 the applet comes pre installed on the NEO 2 If you already own a NEO 2 and decide that you d like to use Co Writer with it you can purchase a CD from Don Johnston Inc to install the program To purchase this CD and for installation instructions visit www donjohnston com otudents use Co Writer with AlphaWord Plus the NEO 2 word processor As they type they see word prediction screens offering a list of suggested words They can choose from one of the options given or if
185. nts may face range from motor control issues to visual challenges that require larger text onscreen In addition you may teach students with unique learning needs including English language learners who could benefit from a bilingual lookup feature You may teach very young learners who are still learning proper keyboarding techniques and have difficulty targeting the right keys Or you may simply wish to differentiate instruction based on whether a student is struggling with a particular topic or skill The NEO 2 has many computer accessibility features and software options to assist with all of these situations Additionally as mentioned in the last chapter NEO 2 works with industry leading word prediction software Co Writer by Don Johnston Inc This third party technology partner program helps all students construct complete grammatically correct sentences so they can focus instead on the content of what they are writing Another option you might find helpful is NEO Text2Speech a simple to use add on device which allows students to listen to text at any speed Visual Needs In this chapter you ll learn ways to use NEO 2 to support learners with unique visual physical or learning needs Both Co Writer and Text2Speech can be purchased separately while all Physical other features described in this Needs chapter are included with NEO 2 and its accompanying software Learning Needs Unique Visual Needs To assist students
186. oad the linked file they will see the prompt instead of a blank screen To add a prompt you ll edit the linked file adding your prompt before the form tag This is what students will see when they download a linked file with a prompt you have added If you don t add a prompt they ll see a blank screen This is what students will see after they press ctrl L Note that the form tags do not show up on the NEO 2 home You can also make any edits to the read only portion of any sample linked file The procedure for editing sample linked files is the same as for editing Write On files Instructions for how to edit sample linked files are in the appendix In addition to the sample linked files built into NEO Share you may also create your own linked files and send them to students through NEO Share While most linked files include checkboxes you may choose to omit the checkboxes if you create your own linked files For details about how to create your own linked files see the appendix or the QuickStart Guide for Linked Files found at the Renaissance Training Center online Also see the appendix for a list of all key commands used with linked files 63 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Building Integrated Lessons into NEO Share In Chapter 5 you ll learn about two software programs called the 2Know Toolbar and AccelTest that help increase student engagement gather formative feedback and monitor s
187. of the students answer correctly identify the correct response b If 50 percent to 80 percent of the students answer correctly allow time for peer instruction Then ask again c If fewer than 50 percent answer correctly begin corrective instruction d Io check the effectiveness of your corrective instruction ask additional questions 78 Assessment and Classroom Engagement Have Students Make Predictions Asking your students to make predictions about what will happen next is an effective instructional strategy for ensuring that they stay actively engaged in the material Use NEO 2 and the 2Know Toolbar to gather your students predictions across all content areas For example e n science have students predict the outcome as you conduct experiments e n English language arts pause during read alouds to predict ahead e n math ask students to estimate or ball park the answer After they make a prediction students have a stake in finding out how the science experiment book chapter or math problem will turn out They are more likely to want to stay tuned to see if their predictions pan out and therefore are more engaged In addition the process of collecting students predictions can also help you gauge how well they grasp the material up to that point If you are going over a math word problem and half the class wrongly predicts that the answer will be in the hundreds rather than the thousands you know that there
188. on involves students entering answers at their own pace Both teacher and student paced sessions offer a variety of ways to monitor student success You can create score keys to use with existing assignments for instance quizzes from textbooks or those you have already created or compiled You can design and create custom assignments to assess students knowledge base You can also use Accellest during instruction to track students responses to verbal questions Later in this chapter we ll discuss these options in more detail and look at some examples Once you are comfortable with these uses of the software and are ready to do more you can explore more advanced features For example you can use the built in content available in the AccelTest libraries See the appendix for more information AccelTest also makes it easy for you to differentiate instruction When you add Accellest assignments to the electronic gradebook you can add multiple versions of the same assignment and assign each one to specific students Although all versions of the assignment will be available during the same session each student sees only the version assigned to him or her Another feature of AccelTest is that it allows you to import state standards including Common Core State Standards and align AccelTest items to those standards Using AccelTest with state standards alignment means that you have an effective solution to track student progress toward standa
189. oncept principle or procedure On the other hand if only two students get a question wrong 83 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 she can plan to work with them separately After going through all of the homework she collects their papers to check that they have shown their work Used in this way AccelTest helps guide her instruction and allows her to review right away before going on to a new lesson Another way Miss Freedman uses Accellest is to administer the multiple choice math test at the end of each chapter She creates a score key within AccelTest and the students score this test on their NEO 2s She makes sure though that they do all of their work on paper and finish all the questions before they power up their NEO 2s for scoring because she doesn t want them to guess Then after the test is done she asks them to make corrections for the questions they got wrong She staples their work with a letter to the parents once these corrections have been made Review Student Data You ll want to review student data as part of formative and summative assessment Accellest offers three ways to review student data 1 View data in the Gradebook AccelTest posts students grades in the Gradebook Here you can see individual scores as well as the mean or median score for all students You can toggle between mean and median by clicking on the word Mean at the bottom of the Gradebook 2 View data graphically AccelTest uses a simple
190. online He starts the lesson by introducing the concept of the six word memoir Some claim that Ernest Hemingway created the six word memoir when challenged by his writing colleagues to tell a story in less than 10 words Hemingway legend has it bested them by four words The result For sale baby shoes Never worn Like the example above a powerful six word memoir should address key ideas and raise questions For example e Who is selling the shoes e Why are they for sale e Why were they never worn After discussing these questions with his students Mr Jones shares a few other examples of six word memoirs He leads a discussion with his students about how challenging it can be to distill a larger concept into such few words Then he asks his students to download a passage about the history of the Statue of Liberty that he has loaded into NEO Share The passage which he found at an educational website explains that the Statue of Liberty was a gift from France on July 4 1884 as a monument to American freedom It also explains where the statue is located how it came to be there and describes its physical characteristics Once his students have read the passage on their NEO 2s Mr Jones instructs them to summarize the passage in just six words Then they send their work to NEO Share When all students have completed this task Mr Jones pulls up several students work on the projector and leads a whole class discussion on why
191. oom assessment minute by minute day by day Classroom Technologies Should Work Well Together Many teachers have already begun integrating some technology into their classrooms for instance by using interactive whiteboards and document cameras and drawing from numerous online resources to enhance their teaching Additionally a wide variety of software programs have been developed to support educational goals These technologies offer many advantages for today s classrooms Sometimes when schools purchase technological tools for the classroom they choose highly specialized tools that stand on their own Yet it s even better to seek out technological tools for the classroom that help to connect and leverage other technologies Such tools help focus instruction by streamlining use and enabling the teacher to fully utilize the technological resources at her disposal In other words core classroom tools should play well together and help facilitate the use of the other tools Ideal Classroom Tools Support All Learners Effective teachers are constantly adapting instruction to the needs of various learners remaining flexible and cognizant of each student s differences Correspondingly core tools in the classroom should be ones that every student can use They should be adaptable and provide seamless avenues for differentiated instruction Ideal classroom technology includes options and configurations to support all learners and address specific learn
192. opted to have the assignment graded all students grades are automatically entered into the AccelTest Gradebook A37 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Teacher Paced Assignment Ask Questions from an Existing Assignment oelect this teacher paced session type to review content and promote collaboration This type of session uses Accellest assignments you created previously Why would you want to use an AccelTest assignment which is typically administered as a student paced session as a teacher paced session Here are three reasons e Review the content in the AccelTest assignment and allow for discussion on each item e Review test taking strategies e Work in collaborative groups To use a teacher paced session with an existing assignment 1 Connect the Renaissance Receiver to your computer Launch Accellest and enter the password admin From the Responder menu select Start Teacher Paced Session select Ask questions from an existing assignment and click Next select your existing assignment Click Next Complete all assignment details Click Next Review the Summary and click Done When the session starts click Send Question Instruct students to power on NEO 2 press applets select Responder choose your network and enter their AccelTest ID numbers 10 Instruct students to press enter on their NEO 2s enter their answers and press enter again 11 When all students respond click Stop Accepting Responses 12 Click
193. our electronic gradebook after the session is complete During the session you can see which students have responded to each question and how many have answered the questions correctly This allows you the flexibility to use AccelTest for formative or summative assessment purposes See the appendix for step by step instructions to create an Accellest teacher paced session A Classroom Example Donna Freedman a fifth grade teacher in California uses AccelTest about three times a week to ask verbal questions in a wide range of subjects including vocabulary social studies science and math The students enter their answers on the NEO 2 and she can check to see if they understand the material One way she uses verbal questions is to check math homework Students come to class with their homework completed on paper with their work shown Miss Freedman goes through each question one by one asking the questions verbally and directing students to enter their homework answer with their NEO 2s Then she projects or displays the correct answer If students see that they got the question wrong on their homework they correct it showing their rework As Miss Freedman goes through the homework she can see on the Accellest session graph on her computer which students are getting each question right or wrong If she sees a lot of red Xs indicating that a lot of students got the problem wrong she knows that she needs to review or reteach that particular c
194. ow time for them to submit answers For step by step instructions on teacher led and student paced sessions see the QuickStart Guide for Study Island available for download at the Renaissance Training Center Most responder partners require some setup so that the partner s software has a way to recognize each NEO 2 With Study Island you use a Detect Pad ID tool Check with your software partner to learn how to set up for use with NEO 2 NEO 2 and Ignite Learning NEO 2 works with Ignite Torch a plug and play device that provides access to Ignite Learning s interactive digital content for middle school students These materials include more than 3 000 multimedia activities including music video animation and interactive pieces covering math science and social studies More than 18 000 formative assessment items are built into the content and the materials are designed to current state local subject and grade level priorities For more information see www ignitelearning com or http ignitetorch com The NEO 2 has been fully integrated into the Ignite Learning software To use plug the Torch a piece of hardware supplied by Ignite Learning into your computer s USB drive open the software and then instruct your students to join your session Students power on their NEO 2s choose the Responder applet join your session and get started You show the multimedia presentation via a projector or interactive whiteboard and stude
195. peed builders before taking a test As always your knowledge and expertise are valuable in helping guide your students through the lessons in the most effective way possible In addition to KeyWords reports which are described in detail in following section you can gauge student progress easily by browsing the KeyWords applet on each student s NEO 2 Here s how e Monitor Workflow on Students NEO 2s Remember you can log onto any student s KeyWords account on the NEO 2 with the master password Once you are logged in you will be able to view which lesson the student is working on and how much progress she has made so far A few symbols help you see this information at a glance The asterisk indicates that the student has completed all the activities in a given area The plus sign means she s moved on to this area but hasn t completed it By going into a specific lesson you can check to see how many accuracy and speed builders a student has completed by looking at how many have an asterisk next to them This lets you keep track of what students are doing and monitor their progress What can the teacher learn here This student is working on the GO GO lesson He has Learn new keys completed at least one but not all accuracy and speed builders but has not yet taken an accuracy and speed test Accuracy and speed builders Accuracy and Speed Test 36 October 12 2010 Student Name Latest Goal A
196. pen an AlphaWord Plus file she presses ctrl O to see an alphabetical list of all files If you have a shared NEO 2 implementation your students will be sharing NEO 2s In this case they may want to password protect their files See the appendix for instructions Additionally students could print then delete their files at the end of each class session Or you may want to collect files via NEO Share and save them on the computer s hard drive or a school network In both one to one and shared implementations there are also a few other options Students with Google Docs accounts can press cmd send if within range of the Renaissance Receiver to store files at their Google Docs account Press cmd O to download the file And students with MY Access accounts can press cmd send if within range of the Renaissance Heceiver to submit their writing to MY Access Press cmd O to download the file Developing Writers with NEO 2 Spell Check AlphaWord Plus includes a full featured spell check To run spell check students press the spell check key located in the top row of the keyboard The spell check offers suggestions for how to spell the selected word Students can then choose one of the suggested words ignore the misspelled word edit the misspelled word see the word in context or add the word to the dictionary Depending on the age and experience of your students you may need to give them guidance about how and whe
197. pendix Once installed the plug in runs in your computer s background There s no need to launch any software when students download prompts and submit their writing To use the program continue to log onto your MY Access account to assign prompts monitor progress and access reports Students use NEO 2 to download prompts write edit and submit assignments Just like with Google Docs they power on the NEO 2 open a file space press cmd O and join your network Then they select MY Access and enter the user name and password If more than one prompt is assigned students press the down arrow key to highlight a prompt and press enter The prompt is downloaded as a linked file so students press ctrl L to read the prompt and ctrl L again to return to the active word processing file and begin writing See Chapter 4 for more information about using linked files When ready to submit their writing students press cmd send MY Access reviews the writing and returns feedback The feedback is designed to give students a quick look at their strengths and areas for growth This feedback is displayed until a student presses enter Typically students review their feedback and press enter to delete it Remember this same feedback with additional editing tools is available to students when they log on to their MY Access accounts in the campus computer lab 105 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Responder Partners As mentioned above responder
198. phs and images e Ask questions from an existing assignment use with previously created Accellests Step by step instructions for the first two types of teacher paced sessions are outlined below Instructions for the last two types can be found in the Accellest Advanced software Tasks section e Ask Verbal Questions To start a teacher paced session in which you will ask verbal questions 1 Connect the Renaissance Receiver to your computer Launch AccelTest and enter the password admin From the Responder menu select Start Teacher Paced Session select Ask Verbal Questions and click Next Click Ask Verbal Questions again and click Next Decide whether this assignment will be scored and select Yes or No For Responder Type check NEO 2 Only Enter all details for your assignment including adding a name for your assignment and determining a point value for each item Click Next and Done ON DE ds oN A31 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 9 Click a guestion type such as Multiple Choice True False Yes No Numeric or Short Answer 10 Instruct students to power Questions on NEO 2 press applets E 1 Short Answer select Responder join your fizz Chloroplasts network enter their AccelTest Hc d E Chlorphyl ID numbers press enter then Photosynthesis enter their answers and press enter again 11 Click Stop Accepting Responses 12 Select the correct answer 13 Click Set Answer 14 Repeat for additional quest
199. r name and password oelect your campus and click Next oelect your class and click Next Review the summary and click Next Click Done when students have been imported A28 Common Software Tasks Create a Score Key for Existing Assignments An AccelTest score key is one of the student paced interactions You create an AccellTest score key to use with existing content such as end of chapter quizzes state assessment practice questions or spelling tests Students read questions from the existing content and answer them at their own pace using their NEO 2s e Create Your Score Key Launch AccelTest and log in The default password is admin 1 Go to the Assignments tab and click New Assignment 2 Enter a title and select a subject from the drop down list 3 Select Score Key for the assignment type and NEO 2 Only for the scoring device 4 Click OK e Add Items and Point Values 1 Find each Item Type that matches your test such as Multiple Choice True False Short Answer etc 2 Enter the number of each item type abus Stee E Points 3 Enter a Points Per Item value for mc 1 4 D E 20 each item type Mc 2 A E O E 20 4 Click Add T3 4 20 5 4 Potomac 20 Enter Answers 5 5 Thomas Paine 20 1 Enter answers 2 Click the Add Items button to add If you want to reorder items eee WA click the item type MC TF SA etc and uu Vest Press ctrl and to move up 3 When finished click Done
200. r responses To help you monitor the reading practice of Spanish speaking students Accelerated Header quizzes are also available for more than 8 000 best selling books published in Spanish If a student reads a book in English she takes the English language quiz If she reads it in Spanish she takes the Spanish language quiz Spanish quizzes are available on the NEO 2 just as they are on the computer and the process for taking the quiz is the same as for an English quiz Students simply enter the quiz number and begin the quiz oince NEO 2s are portable it s a good idea to think about the ways they may change how and when students quiz Will your students take AR quizzes directly from their desks Or will you have several NEO 2s set up at an AR center where students can take quizzes without any distractions In either case make sure you follow the best practice of checking in with students before and after they take an AR quiz This ensures that you know who is ready to quiz and allows you to monitor results It may help to implement a procedure or routine to ensure that students meet with you at these critical points 93 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Accelerated Reader Product Overview Accelerated Reader The Purpose of Accelerated Reader Powerful Practice Heading is a skill and as with every skill it requires not just instruction but practice Reading practice serves a number of purposes It enables students to apply the
201. r s guide with varied activities designed to facilitate literacy skills development Using the information in the teacher s guides a select set of these literacy skills activities has been formatted to work with NEO 2s through Write On lessons Even if you do not use Accelerated Reader you can still utilize these literacy skills activities because they include some of the most widely read books at each grade level If your class is reading one of the books for which there are Write On literacy skills activities use them to deepen your students understanding of the book and build various literacy skills such as recognizing setting understanding theme comparing contrasting and thinking about character Literacy skills activities may be used with individualized small group or whole class instruction Here s how it works Following reading you select the book title and then choose the appropriate literacy skills activities and send them to your students NEO 2s with NEO Share Students read write and respond to the activities 55 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 on their NEO 2s Then they may elect to publish their work by sending to a computer printing wirelessly from NEO 2 or beaming NEO 2 files to other NEO 2s Below is a list of the titles for which there are literacy skills activities in NEO Share The check marks in the grid show the types of activities included Literacy Skills Activities at a Glance
202. r with the USB cable Launch the 2Know Toolbar Click the Options button and select Teacher Responder Click Assign You will see a PIN Power on a NEO 2 press applets select Responder and join the network Enter the PIN that the toolbar displayed Click Close on the 2Know Toolbar after the ID is shown You will not need to reference this ID 8 You can now control the toolbar with the designated NEO 2 Follow the onscreen prompts on NEO 2 to operate the 2Know Toolbar oo ge 9 ID c Unassign a NEO 2 as a Teacher Responder Once you have assigned a NEO 2 as a teacher responder it will act as a teacher responder each time you use it with the 2Know Toolbar If you would like that NEO 2 to stop functioning as a teacher responder you must unassign it To do so 1 Follow steps 1 3 above 2 Click Unassign 3 Click Close A26 Common Software Tasks AccelTest Common Software Tasks Set Up AccelTest There are several steps to set up AccelTest and personalize it for your classroom Launch AccelTest and enter the password admin e Set up the School Year The first time you launch AccelTest the School Year Wizard opens Note Next year when you want to change the date go to the Preferences menu and select School Year 1 Click the calendar icon and select start and end dates 2 Click Next and select number of terms Unless you plan to use Accellest as your electronic gradebook keep it simple select 1 term 3
203. rates reports to monitor student achievement Optional software includes the following Renaissance Responder Scoring Software If you plan to use NEO 2 to submit Accelerated Math answers you ll need to download the Renaissance Responder scoring software as well This is done by going to your Renaissance Place Home 19 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 page clicking Check Software Reguirements and then choosing to download Renaissance Responder This applies only to Renaissance Place customers who have a subscription to Accelerated Math Renaissance Place e NEO 2 for MY Access If you will use NEO 2 to download MY Access writing prompts or submit writing to MY Access for feedback you ll need to download the NEO 2 for MY Access plug in To do so go to the Renaissance Learning Download Center accessible at www renlearn com neo downloads MY Access is a third party technology partner of NEO 2 and you ll need a subscription to use it SmartApplets omartApplets also called applets are pre installed programs or applications on the NEO 2 You can think of these as similar to apps on your smart phone Just as you can use apps for different purposes on a smart phone you can switch back and forth among the applets for different purposes on your NEO 2s throughout the day For instance you may want your students to start the day with 10 minutes of keyboarding practice Then perhaps you ll switch to word processing tasks or a s
204. rd to run When installation is complete launch AccelTest You will be asked about a location for the AccelTest database Select the default location which is on your computer s hard drive If you need to use another location select it at this time You will also be asked to enter your AccelTest serial number Finally you will see a dialog box instructing you to set up the school year Refer to your AccelTest documentation to set up the school year or refer to the Accellest Common Software Tasks section later in this appendix E D 2 9 A11 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 NEO 2 for MY Access This plug in is required if students use NEO 2 with MY Access Download it from the Renaissance Learning website ML go pU qus Go to http www renlearn com and click the link to the Download Center Click NEO Product Downloads oelect NEO 2 for MY Access for Mac or PC If you choose to Open the software will open online and install automatically If you chose Save recommended a zipped file will download with the NEO 2 for MY Access installer Double click to unzip the zipped file and gain access to the installers For Windows computers Double click Setup to install For Macintosh computers Double click NEO 2 for MY Access Installer app to install A12 Software Installation Instructions Renaissance Responder Scoring Software ep em I This software is required if students use NEO 2 to submit answers to Ac
205. rds mastery See the appendix for step by step instructions to align Accellest items to state standards 81 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Set up Tasks Before you use AccelTest with NEO 2 there are some set up functions to complete e Set up the school year e Select your preferences e Setup your classes add your students and enroll them into your classes See the appendix for step by step instructions for these set up tasks AccelTest Database When you install AccelTest a database is installed on your computer The classes you create and the lists of students you enroll into each of those classes are stored in this database Likewise each assignment you create including questions and answers is stored in this database As assignments are scored all student data including assignment grades and reports are added to the database By default this database is saved on your computer s hard drive but you can go to the Preferences menu to move the database to a network drive Types of Assignments AccelTest provides flexibility so that you can use it across the curriculum and with any content Assignment questions can be in a variety of formats including multiple choice matching ranking true false yes no essay short answer or numeric response The types of assignments you can use with AccelTest are as follows e Score Existing Assignments To use Accellest to score assignments you already have such as end of chapter qui
206. rds with your students is to go through the teacher led lesson This lesson called Start Here explains appropriate keyboarding habits and introduces students to keyboarding The lesson includes references to keyboarding posters described earlier The best way for you to use the Start Here lesson is with the whole class As students work through the lesson emphasize the following e Good posture e Correct hand position e Frequent stretch breaks Once students complete the Start Here lesson they are ready to begin working though the 15 KeyWords units Since the KeyWords curriculum is Cumulative students should work through the 15 units sequentially You will need to work through the first unit the ASKL unit with students to make sure they understand the format of the lessons Once students understand the lesson format they work through the remaining lessons independently Here s how each lesson is structured 1 Learn New Keys Students always begin here Jew keys exercise Shelia Smith They learn the finger position p a for the keys introduced in the Poe unit and practice with each new key While students are learning new keys KeyWords does not allow mistakes Students cannot go on until they press the correct key If after several tries a student still does not press 34 Keyboarding with NEO 2 the correct key KeyWords offers assistance first by giving onscreen instructions and then by displaying a keybo
207. re a couple to get you started Side Ride Enter these two words Add more words Print your list Reproducible Forms 2011 Renaissance Learning Inc A51 Right Hand Challenge Enter as many real words as you can using only the keys assigned to the right hand Here are some examples to get you started Hop In Only Enter these three words Add more words Print your list Calculate your score Words with 1 2 or 3 letters receive 1 point Words with 4 or 5 letters receive 2 points Words with more than 5 letters receive 4 points Reproducible Forms 2011 Renaissance Learning Inc Left Hand Challenge Enter as many real words as you can using only the keys assigned to the left hand Here are some examples to get you started Base Sater Trade Enter these three words Add more words Print your list Calculate your score Words with 1 2 or 3 letters receive 1 point Words with 4 or 5 letters receive 2 points Words with more than 5 letters receive 4 points Reproducible Forms 2011 Renaissance Learning Inc A52 Technigue Checklist Attitude Technigue Never Sometimes Always Comments Sits straight in chair Feet flat on the floor Arms relaxed elbows at sides Fingers slightly curved tips resting lightly on keys Wrists lifted off the keyboard Begins and ends all keystrokes at home row Presses each key with correct finger Presses space bar with thu
208. re is also little need to password protect files again because only one student s work is on the NEO 2 Here are some ideas to consider in the NEO 2 one to one implementation 22 NEO 2 Basics Label Each NEO 2 Some schools use permanent marker some an etching pen and others use a bar code to label each NEO 2 We recommend an asset tag or bar code system to inventory each NEO 2 such as those that media center specialists use with library books electronic resources and other educational tools Then students check out their NEO 2s to use for the school year Even with the bar code the student will need some way to distinguish her NEO 2 from all other NEO 2s We suggest using permanent marker to label the back of the NEO 2 with a number such as 1 2 3 4 etc Avoid the front of the NEO 2 because the mark may fade as the NEO 2 is handled If your school has multiple carts of NEO 2s it may help to label the carts A B C and then label NEO 2s A1 A2 A3 and B1 B2 B3 etc Decide How Students Will Carry Each NEO 2 NEO 2s are designed for the classroom and are remarkably durable They are built to withstand a drop from the top of an average school desk They are also tough enough to take a ride in a student s backpack but here s something else to consider Pens notebooks textbooks extra shoelaces and who knows what else are also in that backpack Pens and spiral notebooks could scratch the NEO 2 screen or find their way
209. read only file by pressing the space bar Form tags set off the read only file They are invisible on NEO 2 so students do not see them NEO 2 Contract for Date understand that may use this NEO 2 to help me learn and do my best work promise to take care of this NEO 2 its screen and its keyboard form promise that will Use a gentle touch when keyboarding Never use a sharp object like a pen or a paper clip on the NEO 2 screen Be careful when I carry my NEO 2 Be careful so that don t drop toss or throw my NEO 2 If destroy damage or lose my NEO 2 will be responsible to replace it Student Signature Parent Signature lt form gt Students can place checks inside the check boxes by pressing the space bar 24 NEO 2 Basics When each student prints his file the entire file excluding the beginning and ending form tags will print If you would like to use a more comprehensive contract with your students and their parents Renaissance Learning has developed an acceptable use policy template which you can find at the Renaissance Training Center online Shared Implementations Although the one to one implementation is ideal many schools find that they need to pool resources and share sets of NEO 2s Sharing NEO 2s isn t difficult it just takes planning Based on what we have observed on thousands of campuses two teachers can ea
210. resented earlier in this section Plan to apply it to your shared implementation Summary NEO 2 BASICS e Before you begin take some time to familiarize yourself with NEO 2 components These include hardware software applets built in instructional content and resources Decide how to manage your NEO 2 classroom Choose either a one to one implementation or a shared implementation After deciding on the type of implementation you ll need to assign and label NEO 2s develop a sharing protocol if in a shared implementation decide how NEO 2s will be transported manage student writing and keyboarding and ask students to accept ownership and responsibility 27 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Keyboarding with NEO 2 Introduce In order to tap into the full potential of NEO 2 as a writing tool students need to develop proficiency in keyboarding Efficient keyboarding skills offer fluency and automaticity so that students mental energies are focused on developing ideas organizing and communicating with their readers As the gateway skill to writing keyboarding can be considered as part of a routine language arts curriculum You can also incorporate keyboarding across the curriculum in subjects ranging from health and fitness to science and social studies E l P This chapter first covers several ways to introduce keyboarding informally in your classroom and then details how to start formal i
211. ress any key D DUE de Seo qe Setting Passwords When you first enable password protection for AlphaWord Plus files all files have the same default password write Students follow these steps to set unique passwords on their AlohaWord Plus files Open a file Enter the default password write Press option cmd P Enter the current password write Press tab and enter a new password Press tab and enter the new password again to confirm Enter text edit revise save print and beam as usual QUPD DU de eoo Deu A47 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 AlphaWord Plus Accessibility Features In Chapter 8 you read about NEO 2 built in features to support students with visual physical and learning needs You can enable or disable most accessibility features using keyboard commands or through the Control Panel applet You may also use the oettings tab in NEO Manager Adjust Screen Contrast Use the Control Panel to adjust the contrast Power on NEO 2 Press the applets key Select Control Panel Select Set Screen Contrast Use the up down arrow keys to adjust contrast 6 Press enter Adjust AlphaWord Plus Font Size Adjust the display font size with simple keyboard commands 1 Power on NEO 2 2 Press ctrl option cmd F 3 Use the up down arrow keys to select an appropriate font size 4 Press enter Set Default Font Size for AlphaWord Plus Use the Control Panel to select a default display font size
212. ressing arrow keys While students practice MathFacts in a Flash Offline catches errors immediately and provides instant feedback on each item If a student chooses an incorrect response during a practice a large X appears over the incorrect answer and a box appears around the correct response Then the program gives the student another chance to choose the correct response before moving on to the next question When students test for automaticity they do not get feedback until the end They work under a time limit in which the goal is to recall 40 math facts within two minutes with 100 percent accuracy You may wish to set up a learning center in your classroom with manipulatives for numeracy develooment and one or more NEO 2s for practice on automatic recall of math facts Since students do not log into MathFacts in a Flash Offline they can practice on any NEO 2 One school takes advantage of the time before school for additional practice on math facts A number of students routinely arrive at school early and wait in the library or cafeteria for the school day to begin Because NEO 2s are available students can utilize this valuable time for electronic math fact practice 100 Using NEO 2 with Renaissance Learning Reading and Math Programs Teacher Tips If you use learning centers in your classroom NEO 2s are a great tool to help facilitate multiple activities going on at the same time For instance you could have a reading center wh
213. rn off this function or edit this list of collected words e You can view any topic dictionaries you have uploaded e You can use grammar in predicting ahead e You can turn off predicting ahead These options can be accessed by pressing the home key on the NEO 2 from the Co Writer word prediction screen To learn more visit the Renaissance Training Center online where you can download QuickStart Guides for Co Writer on various topics Summary THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS A complete up to date list of NEO 2 third party software and technology partners can be found at http www renlearn com neo NEO2 partners aspx Most third party technology partners work with NEO 2 in one of two ways through wireless file transfer or through the Responder applet With wireless file transfer partners which include Google Docs and MY Access students send and receive documents wirelessly to and from the third party program They use key commands to do so With responder partners which include Study Island and lgnite Learning the NEO 2 functions as a responder Students use the Responder applet Word prediction software Co Writer by Don Johnston Inc works through its own applet Students use it with AlohaWord Plus the NEO 2 word processor 108 Supporting All Learners The NEO 2 is built to help you support all learners and it includes many features to assist students with special needs The challenges stude
214. rriers To avoid interference position the Teacher Tip The Renaissance Receiver does not use the Internet to communicate SO you don t need to worry about interference from your school s wireless Internet connection Renaissance Receiver so that the signal will not be interrupted by physical barriers such as large bookshelves Generally teachers connect the Renaissance Receiver and place it on top of a computer tower or a shelf in their classroom If there is a cell phone tower just outside your classroom place the Renaissance Receiver near an opposite wall as far away as possible from the tower e SmartOption Mobile Lab The SmartOption Mobile Lab is an optional mobile cart for NEO 2 customers It includes all NEO 2 software and allows you to conveniently connect configure and manage a set of up to 30 NEO 2s Software If the hardware is the body of your car the software is what makes it run Just as you could never drive a car that doesn t have a transmission installed gas in the tank and the right kind of oil in the engine you can t use NEO 2s without installing and customizing your software Usually your school s technical staff will install and configure NEO 2 software but we provide an overview here so you are familiar with the components and what needs to be done Once the initial set up tasks are complete you ll use several of the software components on a regular basis as part of your NEO 2 implemen
215. s slow keys and multiple keyboard layouts otudents with unique learning needs include English language learners struggling writers or those who simply need more assistance Many of the programs covered in prior chapters of this guide have features to support these learners and differentiate instruction The NEO Text2Speech device converts typed text into synthesized speech for students with special needs and struggling writers Co Writer word prediction software supports students with language differences and writing challenges 113 Maintenance and Troubleshooting NEO 2s are easy to use and maintain and rarely need technical attention Yet there are some simple steps you can take to ensure that you get the best and longest use from them In the unlikely event a NEO 2 or Renaissance Heceiver freezes or fails to perform as expected you may wish to perform some basic troubleshooting procedures outlined below We also encourage you to call Technical Services at 800 338 4204 for assistance Our technical support team tracks all customer issues and uses this information to update and improve NEO 2 functionality so your call is important You can also access the Knowledge Base an online search engine for detailed step by step solutions to common questions at http support renlearn com techkb Use the information in this chapter as well as the free technical support from Renaissance Learning for a trouble free pow
216. s applet you must subscribe to MathFacts in a Flash Renaissance Place install NEO Manager on your computer enter in your Renaissance Place server address in the Renaissance Wireless Server Utility on your computer and connect a Renaissance Receiver to your computer MathFacts in a Flash offline applet An applet that provides anytime anywhere practice and testing on math facts so that students develop computational fluency and automaticity On NEO 2 students have access to all MathFacts in a Flash levels You do not have to be a Renaissance Place customer to use the offline applet However since the offline applet is intended as a practice tool neither practice nor tests count toward mastery MY Access A third party software partner program featuring online writing assessment offered by Vantage Learning If your school has a license to use MY Access students can use NEO 2s to submit writing assignments wirelessly through wireless file transfer for immediate scoring and feedback NEO Manager A software application you install on your computer that allows you to manage up to 30 NEO 2s via an AlphaHub connection or one NEO 2 via a direct USB connection NEO Manager is used to send or remove applets reset or update NEO 2s configure settings and retrieve KeyWords data NEO Share A software application that installs on your computer that allows you to send and receive text files wirelessly between NEO 2 and the computer Through NEO
217. s are comfortable entering letters with the left and right hands introduce some practice integrating the two sides by following an alternating pattern For instance the word fog uses a left right left pattern while the word pep uses a right left right pattern Have students enter as many words as they can using one pattern or the other If you teach second through fourth grade students challenge them to create longer words using the same patterns or other patterns you choose building in a points system if you wish e Cross Curricular Connections Since keyboarding activities involve working with words they can be used to reinforce language arts skills such as practicing rhyming words synonyms or antonyms However rather than limiting keyboarding activities to an isolated time of the day incorporate them across the curriculum For instance during a lesson on health and fitness teach the importance of proper posture hand positions and frequent breaks to stretch back neck arm hand and finger muscles During a science lesson have students practice entering vocabulary words related to the concepts they are learning During a spelling lesson send or display a list of scrambled spelling words and have students unscramble and enter the words using correct finger placement 29 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Please see the appendix for instruction cards for some of these informal keyboarding activities You can photocopy the
218. s window opens drag the folder into the top box or click Add to navigate to your folder 6 Click OK Work with Favorites Access your favorites through NEO Share while you are teaching 1 Click the folder icon in Files for Pickup to see a list of your folders 2 Select a folder to see a list of all text files and URLs 3 To access all files enter an asterisk in File name and press enter 4 Click a file or press the Ctrl key while you click more than one file and then click Open 5 Your selected txt files Windows and Macintosh users or doc files Macintosh users only will be available in Files for Pickup 6 If you click one of the other types of files NEO Share will open it For instance if you click one of the URLs NEO Share will open the URL in your web browser You can highlight and drag text from the website to the Pickup Zone Save Favorite Web Links You can also save your favorite websites as quick links in NEO Share 1 Open your browser and go to a website Open NEO Share and click the folder icon in Files for Pickup Click Manage Favorites Drag the URL from your browser into the Manage Favorites window Name the favorite and click Add Then click OK The next time you click the folder icon in Files for Pickup your website will be listed under My Websites 7 Click the link and NEO Share will open your browser and go to the site e MI a Ie Remove Favorites 1 To remove a favorite folder or website click the
219. se of the Internet in your lessons but control what students access keeping their focus on the task at hand and avoiding the distractions that can come with unrestricted web browsing Create Favorite Folders With content you ve created or compiled you can build in your favorite assignments for greater accessibility on NEO Share It all starts with a folder Simply create a folder for a certain topic and put all the assignments related to that topic inside that folder Save this folder anywhere on your computer or on your network In NEO Share select the folder icon in Files for Pickup and choose Manage Favorites Then drag or browse for the folder When you click the folder icon in Files for Pickup you will see a list of your folders For instance the screen shots below show the steps one teacher took to create folders for units on ancient Rome Egypt and the Titanic F estorPickup EI Write On Lessons Step 1 Click the folder icon and choose Manage Favorites Sample Linked Files 51 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Step 2 Drag the folder into the top box or click Add to browse for your folder Write On Lessons Sample Linked Files Step 3 Click the folder icon again You will see a list of favorite folders that have been added Ancient Rome Egypt Titanic Browse Manage Favorites Once you access a favorite folder through F
220. she uses Accellest to go over homework While Mrs Brown projects the homework and goes over the questions verbally the students use the NEO 2 to score their own work see which problems they got wrong and correct their work In order to see how her students came to their answers she asks the students to show their work on their paper copies before turning them in Finally Mrs Brown has her students take tests and quizzes using the NEO 2 with AccelTest Because Accellest automatically grades each assignment this saves a great deal of time and shows the students immediately how they did When it comes to writing instruction having one to one student access to NEO 2s has opened many new possibilities After organizing their thoughts Mrs Brown s students compose their essays on the NEO 2 They can check spelling and revise right at the keyboard Because Mrs Brown uses a software program called NEO Share her students wirelessly retrieve writing prompts from her computer and then submit their writing assignments wirelessly back to her While they are working on their assignments the students wirelessly beam writing to each other for interactive collaborative in class writing activities Later Mrs Brown gathers samples of her students work on her computer and workshops them with the whole class For on the spot feedback that informs her instruction in all subjects Mrs Brown uses the NEO 2s as responders For instance when she wants to ga
221. she decides to give her students the opportunity to use NEO 2s to write in the science lab and to take notes while in the field For instance before a field trip to the local natural history museum students use NEO 2s to write predictions and questions about what they will see While at the museum they enter observations about several of the exhibits When they return to school they reflect on which of their predictions turned out to be correct and why They also fill in the answers to their initial questions NEO 2s also work well for lab reports Ms Salazar creates a new linked file that tells her students the precise format they should use for their lab reports The rubric leads students through each step of their experiment introduction hypothesis methodology results analysis and conclusions Before she finalizes the linked file Ms Salazar involves her students in helping to create the criteria in each category She asks her students to brainstorm what types of information should be included in the introduction the hypothesis the methodology and so on Once the rubric is completed having the linked file attached to their own work gives the students clear guidance and serves as a reference as they progress through each stage In addition as a regular part of her lessons Ms Salazar uses the Four Part Definition vocabulary strategy from the Write On lessons In this activity students are asked to take a word for example photo
222. sily share a set of NEO 2s Three teachers can share a set of NEO 2s if all three excel at scheduling and planning When more than three teachers share a set of NEO 2s scheduling is difficult and there is rarely enough time for students and their teachers to gain confidence with NEO 2 There are as many sharing scenarios as there are creative educators Some educators share a mobile lab or classroom set while others place a set of NEO 2s in each classroom and students within the classroom share them Regardless of the sharing scenario you adopt some basic decisions must be made e Develop a Sharing Protocol Teachers who share classroom sets of NEO 2s have found it helpful to develop a sharing protocol Here are some ideas that teachers have implemented successfully If you use the SmartOption Mobile Lab place a sign up poster inside the left door of the lab Puta sign up sheet in the media center 25 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Setup a system in which teachers can request to check out the NEO 2s for an extended time to work through an integrated unit of study Develop a rotating schedule so that teachers know they will have access at the same time each day or for a set number of days each grading period Label Each NEO 2 In a shared implementation label each NEO 2 just as you would in a one to one implementation Assign Each NEO 2 Even when NEO 2s are shared the same student should use the same NEO 2 every
223. sked verbally or shown from the Internet Gather information Use the 2Know Toolbar GLU nig from or AccelTest students software Plan your lesson and M rm The Formative Assessment Cycle For minute by minute day by day assessment muted amka kumili Modify instruction as needed Interpret data MULTIPLE CHOICE PIPETTE ERE des Use toolbar data or AccelTest results and reports The teacher plays a crucial role in the continuous cycle of formative assessment planning quality questions interpreting the information collected and using that information to modify instruction NEO 2 helps make the data collection process easy immediate and reliable 74 Assessment and Classroom Engagement Using the 2Know Toolbar for Formative Assessment and Classroom Engagement Mrs Rosario stands at the front of the classroom Her fifth grade students sit with their NEO 2s at their desks As part of a math lesson Mrs Rosario is going over division word problems taken from a textbook She uses a projector and document camera to project each problem onto the whiteboard behind her The current problem reads For the annual bake sale your class baked a total of 90 brownies You decide to sell the brownies in packages of 4 Each package will be tied with a ribbon How many ribbons will you need a 360 b 23 c 22 d 4 e 94 Mrs Rosario reads the question aloud and asks her stu
224. skills and strategies that you teach It gives you opportunities to check student learning and identify weaknesses And it draws students into the world of real reading a world in which people learn from and enjoy books Practice does not automatically lead to growth however To be effective practice must have certain attributes it must be at the right level of difficulty cover a sufficient amount of time be guided by the instructor and be enjoyable enough to sustain The purpose of Accelerated Reader is to enable powerful practice It does this by providing data that helps you monitor and personalize reading practice encouraging substantial amounts of practice according to guidelines based on research findings making practice fun for students by facilitating successful encounters with text e How Accelerated Reader Works Accelerated Reader is a software program that enables differentiated data driven reading practice It includes more than 140 000 quizzes that accurately assess reading comprehension At the heart of Accelerated Reader are a few basic steps 1 Students read a book Teachers schedule time for daily reading practice additional to their instructional reading period During this time students select and read library books that match their individual ability levels and interests 2 Students take a quiz When a student finishes a book he or she takes an AR Reading Practice Quiz on the NEO 2 or computer This
225. ssance Learning at 800 338 4204 if you do not have access to your serial number and documentation Option 1 Download from Renaissance Learning Recommended 1 Go to http www renlearn com and click the link to the Download Center 2 Click the link to NEO Product Downloads 3 Select AccelTest 4 Choose your platform and click AccelTest If you see Update go ahead and download The update is a full copy Enter your AccelTest serial number and click Submit 6 You have two options If you choose Run the software will open online and install automatically If you chose Save recommended AccelTest installer will download 7 For Windows computers Double click the installer icon and allow the installation wizard to run For Macintosh computers Double click AccelTest Installer app to install 8 When the installation is complete launch Accellest 9 You will be asked about a location for the AccelTest database Select the default location which is on your computer s hard drive If you need to use another location select it at this time 10 You will also be asked to enter your AccellTest serial number 11 Finally you will see a dialog box instructing you to set up the school year Refer to your AccelTest documentation to set up the school year or refer to the Accellest Common Software Tasks section later in this appendix e Option 2 AccelTest CD 1 Insert the AccelTest CD oelect Setup Allow the installation wiza
226. synthesis and come up with a four part definition The four parts are 1 A list of related words and phrases 2 The top three related words and phrases 3 A comparison 4 A sketch Below is an excerpt from the lesson that her students downloaded on their NEO 2s via NEO Share Part 1 Working alone or with a Access this activity at partner brainstorm as many related a Write On Lessons gt High School gt words and phrases as you can for photosynthesis lt gt Vocabulary Strategies gt Four Part Definition Part 2 Now copy and paste your three best related words or phrases lt gt Part 3 Enter a comparison using this template Photosynthesis and lt gt are both alike because they both lt gt and lt gt Part 4 Print your file and illustrate your comparison 70 Developing Writers with NEO 2 Part 1 Working alone or with 2 partner m rainstorm as many related words and phrases as you can for photosynthesis file 6 fle 7 file n This activity helps her students understand and explain the concept of photosynthesis rather than just being told what it is or being asked to read about it The strategy engages them requires them to process the information and helps them learn to relate it to concepts they already know Scenario 3 Process Writing The process writing approach teaches students that creating a piece of quality writing doesn t happen all at once but rather de
227. t on NEO 2 and each NEO 2 allows for eight KeyWords accounts Since KeyWords data is stored locally on the NEO 2 it s important that the same student use the same NEO 2 each day The accuracy and speed test measures errors and WPM Students should meet both error and WPM goals before moving to the next KeyWords lesson After Students Have Completed the Curriculum Once a student has completed all KeyWords lessons you may wish to perform the following two tasks 1 Collect Posttest Data If Desired If you have chosen to collect pretest and posttest data have each student take the posttest after she has completed all of the KeyWords lessons This allows you to see how much the student has improved after having used KeyWords in its entirety Some districts require teachers to track of this type of data 2 Direct Students to Continue Practicing As mentioned earlier once students complete all KeyWords lessons they should continue to practice for 10 to 15 minutes two to three times per week in order to review and reinforce the skills they have learned Practice could include going through a whole lesson in its entirety but typically it is only necessary to work through some of the accuracy and speed builders and then take the accuracy and speed test Also students typically don t need to work through each lesson again in sequential order but rather need additional practice in a few specific 35 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 areas
228. t2Speech and Co Writer e NEO Text2Speech NEO Text2Speech by Renaissance Learning allows NEO 2 users to hear their writing read aloud This supports developing writers students with unique visual needs and students who are learning English To use connect headphones or speakers to the Text2Speech device a small piece of hardware Then align the infrared lens on the NEO 2 with the Text2Speech device and use simple key commands to hear the text read aloud See the appendix for step by step instructions on using Text2Speech 112 Supporting All Learners e Co Writer by Don Johnston Inc Co Writer word prediction software supports students with language differences and writing challenges Co Writer predicts words based on English grammar and syntax Additionally Co Writer is customizable as it learns how students write and even collects unique words such as names of people and locations Co Writer is one of several third party software and technology partners of NEO 2 To learn more about Co Writer see Chapter 7 or visit http www donjohnston com Summary SUPPORTING ALL LEARNERS e The NEO 2 has many computer accessibility features and software options to help you support all learners For students with unique visual needs you can change the AlphaWord Plus display font size or adjust the screen contrast For students with unique physical needs you can use NEO 2 accessibility features such as auto repeat sticky key
229. ta in the Sessions Tab 1 Click the Sessions tab Double click a session to review Heview bar graph to see percentages of correct answers for question 1 Click Next to see percentages for question 2 Click Previous to go back If you want to group students by correct or incorrect responses click State 7 If you want to project the graph to students slide the shade to hide student names 8 Click Done e Option 3 Review Data with AccelTest Reports 1 Click the Gradebook tab 2 Select an assignment by clicking on its header 3 From the Reports menu select a report The most common Accellest reports include Assignment Analysis offers statistical data as well as item by item analysis Assignment Results generates student by student reports with scores and student answers If you want this report to show corrected answers with the student answers go to the Preferences menu select Reports and select Assignment Results Check Show Correct Answers En 2 aede I A33 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Student Record lists all assignments and grades for each student Group Assignment lisis all students and grades Student Standards Report shows state standards mastery ocore keys and assignments must be aligned to state standards A34 Common Software Tasks AccelTest Advanced Software Tasks As your AccelTest skill set grows so will your NEO 2 integration The following sets of instructions deta
230. tation 18 Teacher Tip Basic software is shipped with your NEO 2 however we recommend downloading software instead from the Renaissance Learning Download Center at http www renlearn com neo downloads This helps ensure that you always get the latest version Please see the appendix for detailed instructions to install all software and configure your wireless network NEO 2 Basics Basic NEO 2 software includes the following NEO Manager and Renaissance Wireless Server Utility These two programs which install at the same time support and are essential for all of the activities that you will do with NEO 2 NEO Manager is reguired to update NEO 2s when new features are available and to configure NEO 2s to address specific learning needs In addition NEO Manager allows you to generate reports in KeyWords the built in keyboarding program The Renaissance Wireless Server Utility establishes wireless connectivity making it possible for students to print wirelessly take Accelerated Reader quizzes submit writing assignments and do other interactive learning tasks using their NEO 2s In other words the Renaissance Wireless Server Utility establishes a network for your classroom Please note that if other teachers in your school use NEO 2s its important to give your network a unique name since your students NEO 2s may pick up multiple signals We suggest using either your name or your room number Instructions for ho
231. te Learning and Don Johnston Inc These partnerships bring even more quality content and tools to the NEO 2 giving you across the curriculum support in instruction practice and assessment Using NEO 2s with third party technology partners has many of the same advantages as with other applications For instance when you integrate online resources into your teaching using NEO Share or the 2Know Toolbar NEO 2s allow you to retain control over what your students access and when This enables you to bring in the power of the Internet while keeping your students focused on the task at hand Similarly using the NEO 2 as a hub for third party software and technology partner content has the advantage of exposing students to powerful tools without the distractions they might find on a computer It also makes it possible for students to use the programs without having to wait their turn at a classroom computer or computer lab In this chapter you ll learn about how to use NEO 2 with third party software and technology partners NEO 2 interfaces with most partners in one of two ways through wireless file transfer or through the Responder applet This chapter offers some step by step instruction for both types of partners including a couple of examples of each kind We also look at one exception to these two categories word prediction software Co Writer by Don Johnston Inc which works through its own applet that is available for separate purchase
232. teacher supplements Handout Homophone Word Bank nade maid Sight s male mail slay sleig nedal meddle SOUP SOFC neet meat soul sole mind mined sev jeed Knead stake igh nay Stare sae knew s ZI u Stationery stationary steal steel Differentiate with vertically aligned lessons Many of the Write On writing lessons are vertically aligned This means that much of what is covered in the elementary series is addressed at a deeper level in the middle school series Additional content covered in the middle school series is addressed at a deeper level in the high school series You may wish to use similar lessons from different grade levels to differentiate instruction Present lessons over several class sessions Fach Write On writing lesson has several parts The parts are divided by a double line that looks like this If you want to introduce one part of the lesson at a time open the lesson then highlight and drag that one section into the NEO Share Pickup Zone or copy and paste into a new document and load that document into NEO Share Literacy Skills Activities Accelerated Reader Renaissance Learning s reading software program includes more than 800 Literacy Skills Quizzes for well known literature across the grade levels Each Literacy Skills Quiz includes an electronic copy of a teache
233. ter enter in your Renaissance Place server address in the Renaissance Wireless Server Utility on your computer and connect a Renaissance Receiver to your computer AccelTest A software application that installs on your computer and allows you to create your own quizzes tests and assignments on any subject score assignments quickly and have the scores entered in an electronic gradebook AccelTest can help you manage all of your existing assignments quizzes and tests Students can take tests and complete assignments in AccelTest using their NEO 2s AlphaHub A piece of hardware that lets you simultaneously configure and manage up to 30 NEO 2s through the SmartOption Mobile Lab If you ve purchased rechargeable NEO 2s the AlphaHub also lets you recharge the NEO 2s If your NEO 2s are not rechargeable the AlphaHub has no effect on battery life A2 Glossary AlphaWord Plus applet An applet that allows you to do word processing on your NEO 2 This is the applet that opens by default when you first turn on your NEO 2 You also use AlphaWord to enable and use a text to speech device In addition AlphaWord is the applet you use to activate wireless file transfer to NEO Share Google Docs or MY Access Applet A software application designed specifically for installation and use on NEO 2s Also referred to as a SmartApplet Beamer applet An applet that uses infrared technology to send data from one NEO 2 to another without using a cabl
234. the graph malls 15 Click Next Slide and Press T if you agree repeat steps 9 14 for Press F if you disagree your remaining slides and questions Quiz Ancient Rome Previous Slide Next Slide B Stop Accepting Responses BeOgdo A32 Common Software Tasks 16 When finished with the lesson click Done to close the PowerPoint and Yes to end the session 17 If you opted to have the assignment graded all students grades are automatically entered into the AccelTest Gradebook e Show Questions Using a Projection Monitor Select this teacher paced session type if you have an existing projected assignment with graphics equations or other images See AccelTest Advanced Software Tasks later in this appendix to learn about projected assignments e Ask Questions From an Existing Assignment Select this teacher paced session type to review content and promote collaboration This type of session uses Accellest assignments you created previously See Accellest Advanced Software Tasks later in this appendix to learn about asking questions from an existing assignment Review AccelTest Student Data With AccelTest teachers review student data via the Gradebook the Sessions tab or AccelTest Reports e Option 1 Review Data in the AccelTest Gradebook 1 Click the Gradebook tab 2 Review individual grades and scores 3 Review class mean Click Mean to toggle between mean and median e Option 2 Review Da
235. the students chose the six words they did One student wrote Gift from France American liberty symbol Another wrote A birthday gift 15 stories tall Still another Woman with torch in New York Mr Jones uses this opportunity to talk about main idea and supporting details which are key elements of summarization Beyond this initial lesson Mr Jones revisits the six word memoir activity often across the content areas to give his students further practice summarizing concisely In English language arts for instance he asks his students to describe a character in the book they are reading in just six words He also asks them to summarize what happened in the latest chapter in just six words He even gives the students the opportunity to craft six word memoirs to describe specific aspects of their own lives 69 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Scenario 2 Writing in the Content Areas Writing in the content areas can range from writing to learn the content material to learning to write in content specific genres Teachers of math science and other content areas can use the NEO 2 to include both approaches in their instruction Ms Salazar is a high school biology teacher One of her goals is to integrate more writing into her science classes By its nature science requires lots of writing from hypotheses and procedures to data analysis and reports of findings Inspired by a TWIN Idea called Integrating NEO 2 in Math and Science
236. they must correctly answer by default 40 problems in two minutes or less This rate of response helps students move away from using strategies for figuring out or deriving answers and into automaticity At the end of the test students get onscreen corrective feedback showing the problems they missed the correct answers and the time it took to complete the test If students master a level they can attempt a lower time goal on the same level or move on to the next one 5 Teachers monitor progress Both the Assignment Book in the software and certain key reports help teachers monitor progress of MathFacts in a Flash practice Students can also monitor their own progress by recording time and accuracy data for each level as well as tracking their total number of mastered levels 98 Using NEO 2 with Renaissance Learning Reading and Math Programs MathFacts in a Flash Renaissance Place To use MathFacts in a Flash Renaissance Place on the NEO 2 follow best practices as usual assigning levels setting preferences and monitoring practice You also need to have the Renaissance Receiver connected to your computer That s really all you do Once the Renaissance Wireless Network is configured it runs in the background as long as your computer is powered on and has access to the Internet Your students use the program on their NEO 2s by selecting the MathFacts in a Flash RP applet logging in with their MathFacts in a Flash user name and password
237. ting a NEO 2 returns that NEO 2 to its factory default settings To reset NEO 2S 1 Connect a single NEO 2 to your computer with the USB cable or connect a classroom set of NEO 2s to the SmartOption Mobile Lab and connect the lab to your computer with the USB cable on top of the lab 2 Launch NEO Manager From the NEO Manager Setup menu select Reset All NEO Devices 4 NEO Manager warns you that resetting NEO 2s will erase all settings files and KeyWords data Click Yes to proceed 5 Allow two minutes to reset a single NEO 2 and one hour to reset a classroom set Oo Update NEO 2s The reset procedure listed above is also used to update NEO 2s when new software and features are available The process erases all data and installs the new updates that have been released by Renaissance Learning At the end of one school year or at the beginning of the following school year updating your NEO 2s makes them ready for use with a new group of students and allows you to take advantage of the latest functionality You use NEO Manager to push the updates to your NEO 2s Most updates require you to first download and install a new version of NEO Manager before resetting the NEO 2s To update NEO 2s 1 Go to http www renlearn com and click the link to the Download Center 2 From the Download Center click NEO Product Downloads 3 From the NEO Product Download page download and install NEO Manager 4 Follow the directions above to reset NE
238. ting the Most out of NEO 2 Other Assessment Tools Accelerated Reader Accelerated Math and MathFacts in a Flash with NEO 2s are powerful ways of gathering formative assessment data as well Whether in reading or in math this data helps both you and your students gauge their learning through immediate feedback Read more about how to use NEO 2 with these programs in the next chapter Summary ASSESSMENT AND CLASSROOM ENGAGEMENT e The 2Know Toolbar is an anonymous in the moment classroom response software program Use it with NEO 2 for formative assessment and classroom engagement Gather information strategically by asking questions to gauge prior knowledge check for understanding have students make predictions engage students with other resources and technology and check for understanding at the end of the day You can customize your options including using one NEO 2 as a teacher responder for greater mobility around the classroom AccelTest is a software program that can be used for both formative and summative assessment It gathers student data saves it in a database and automatically scores assignments Set up tasks for Accellest include creating classes adding students and enrolling them into your classes There are many types of assignments you can use with AccelTest For example you can score existing assignments create new ones ask verbal questions and use it with PowerPoint presentations Accellest o
239. tion and revision Starting in third grade efficient keyboarding skills offer fluency and automaticity so that students mental energies are focused on developing ideas organizing and communicating with their readers The relationship between keyboarding efficiency and writing is similar to the relationship between math fact fluency and problem solving If students who are engaged in a complex equation interrupt their problem solving processes to work through simple computations the process can be compromised In the same way when students 12 NEO 2 in the Classroom who are engaged in meaningful writing tasks interrupt the process to hunt and peck for individual letters on a keyboard fluency is lost and as a result communication compromised Because keyboarding is a gateway skill it is an essential component of writing instruction and should be a routine part of the English language arts curriculum Effective Writing Instruction Is Purposeful Its critical that students learn to write Communicating ideas with clarity and persuading others are just two important writing skills that they will need throughout their academic careers and for the rest of their lives Yet evidence shows that high school graduates are not equipped with the writing skills they need to succeed in college and in the workplace In order to reverse this trend researchers have identified a number of characteristics of effective writing instruction For instan
240. tudent progress with the NEO 2 Once you ve become comfortable with using NEO Share as a portal for your own content online resources Write On lessons and linked files you ll be ready to integrate NEO Share with these two assessment and classroom engagement software programs The classroom scenarios in Chapter 5 show how you can use NEO Share in conjunction with these programs along with online content and your interactive whiteboard if you use one to create integrated units of study that draw upon all of these tools and resources Sample lessons on the Titanic and ancient Rome as well as a checklist for creating your own integrated units of study are included in that chapter Teach with It Now TWIN Lesson Ideas With new technology some teachers just need to get an idea of how others integrate it successfully Teach with It Now TWIN Ideas which can be found at the Renaissance Training Center online offer that glimpse into what can be done with NEO 2 They area collection of sample integration ideas and resources TWIN Ideas span the grade levels and subject areas Some of them give ideas for how to use NEO 2 with NEO Share as well as with the assessment and engagement software introduced in Chapter 5 For instance the TWIN Idea called ABC and 123 is an interactive lesson intended for primary grades It uses a colorful slide presentation to provide practice for counting letter sound associations and critical thinking Another TWI
241. tudent will be ready to take an Accelerated Reader quiz To switch among these different tasks students choose a different applet To access the applets students simply press the applets key on their NEO 2s and choose the desired applet NEO 2 comes pre installed with the following applets e Accelerated Reader If you have a subscription to Accelerated Reader Henaissance Place your students can use this applet to take Accelerated Header quizzes with NEO 2 e AlphaWord Plus This applet is used for word processing Students can use it to do everything from taking notes to writing compositions e Calculator This applet is used for basic calculator functionality e Control Panel You can use this applet to configure settings on a single NEO 2 e KeyWords This applet is used to develop keyboarding proficiency e MathFacts in a Flash offline This applet is used for practice of math fact fluency when an Internet connection is not available or you do not have a subscription to MathFacts in a Flash Renaissance Place e MathFacts in a Flash RP If you have a subscription to MathFacts in a Flash Henaissance Place this applet is used to practice and test for automaticity with math facts e Responder his applet is used with the 2Know Toolbar AccelTest and several third party technology and software partners It is also used to score Accelerated Math assignments if you have a subscription to Accelerated Math Renaissance Place e Beamer Th
242. tudents downloaded the text Files for Pickup Browse to find assignments on your computer to put in the Files for Pickup area To use the Files for Pickup area 1 Click the folder icon and click Browse to browse for resources on your computer You can search for text txt files or if you are a Mac user you can also search for doc or docx files 2 Click the name of the file and click Open to load the file into NEO Share 3 Load as many files as you wish If you are not ready for students to download a particular file click the wireless icon to the right of the file to make it unavailable The wireless icon will disappear Files with wireless icons will be listed on students NEO 2s while files with no wireless icon will not be listed on students NEO 2s 4 To remove a file from Files for Pickup check the file and click the delete icon 5 You can also manage favorites by clicking the folder icon and choosing Manage Favorites For more detail see Add and Manage Favorites below Files Received When students upload their AlphaWord Plus files NEO Share displays them in Files Heceived To manage student work in Files Received do any of the following 1 Double click to view any students file 2 If appropriate enter comments on the students file Save and close it Then click and drag it to Files for Pickup so the student can download the file and read your comments 3 If you wish click and drag any students file to an op
243. tware These updates include new software features and even more ways to integrate NEO 2 across the curriculum oince NEO 2 was launched in 2007 free updates have included the following e Accelerated Reader quizzing e Accelerated Math scoring functionality e MathFacts in a Flash Offline e Short answer functionality with the 2Know Toolbar e Wireless file transfer e Spanish spell check e Wireless functionality with a host of software and technology partners such as Google Docs Study Island MY Access and Ignite Learning Each update has increased NEO 2 functionality without adding to cost software updates are downloadable for installation AccelTest is designed to automatically search for software updates You can configure this feature To do so launch AccelTest and go to the Preferences menu Hardware updates are pushed to the NEO 2s through NEO Manager To push the updates simply reset and update the NEO 2s See the appendix for step by step instructions Resetting a NEO 2 will erase all student data For assistance in updating without losing data call Renaissance Learning Technical Services at 800 388 4204 The SmartOption Mobile Lab The SmartOption Mobile Lab is used to reset a classroom set of NEO 2s and configure settings It has a power strip built in that provides power to the AlohaHub which is a piece of hardware that lets you simultaneously connect to up to 30 NEO 2s Plug the omartOption Mobile Lab directly into a wall
244. tware Tasks Access Sample Linked Files Linked files allow you to attach a read only writing rubric or other content to any file Through NEO Share you can access built in sample linked files 1 From the Files for Pickup area click the folder icon and select Sample Linked Files 2 Select a linked file and then click Open 3 If you want to select more than one sample linked file hold the Ctrl key as you click each one and then click Open 4 You can manage students access to linked files Click the wireless icon next to any file to make it accessible or inaccessible 5 Instruct your students to power on NEO 2 and open a clean file space Ask them to press emd O join your network and download the linked file 7 f you have added a prompt in your linked file students will see the prompt See Edit Linked Files below for instructions about adding a prompt If you have not added a prompt students will see a blank active file Instruct them to press ctrl L to open the read only file 8 Students press ctrl L again to return to the active file o Edit Linked Files You may wish to edit linked files to add a prompt or change the wording to suit your needs 1 Double click the title from Files for Pickup 2 Edit the linked file If you want to include a prompt with your linked file enter the prompt before the beginning form tag 3 When you close your edited linked file you will be prompted to give it a new name 4 he ori
245. ub Oe E A61 jper P vP A62 Introduction Congratulations You have purchased the NEO 2 designed specifically for K 12 classrooms Now you have access to affordable effective classroom technology with built in tools and instructional resources to support teaching and learning in interactive classrooms This book is one of the resources intended to guide you throughout your NEO 2 implementation We hope that what you find here will inform and inspire you Even so please understand that this is only an introduction NEO 2 is incredibly versatile and has the capacity to meet your most innovative approaches to teaching and learning To learn more about other professional development opportunities please visit our website at www renlearn com NEO 2 in the Classroom Mrs Brown has been a fifth grade teacher for more than 15 years She used to spend long hours grading hand written work only to find out at times that many of her students didn t understand a concept she had taught them Even worse she often would discover this only after a considerable lag having already gone on to the next lesson So she d go back and review or reteach the previous lesson hoping that she could gauge through a show of hands whether her lesson had been successful Mrs Brown also used Accelerated Reader in her classroom to check comprehension and motivate students to read But when students were ready to quiz they often had to
246. uge her students prior knowledge before starting a lesson she asks a series of questions During the lesson she periodically checks for understanding When the lesson concludes she reinforces key concepts by asking targeted wrap up questions Responses are gathered anonymously so students can take part without fear of being wrong The result is that every student in the class participates and feels engaged Finally Mrs Brown occasionally uses NEO 2s at learning centers in her classroom oeveral students practice keyboarding at one center while others practice math facts at another center At still other centers students read books and take Accelerated Reader quizzes work on writing assignments together or receive small group instruction using the NEO 2s as classroom responders Integrating NEO 2 technology into every aspect of her teaching has made it easier for Mrs Brown to inspire her students and deliver quality effective instruction 10 NEO 2 in the Classroom Changing Classroom Dynamics As you can see NEO 2 truly changes classroom dynamics It makes the classroom an interactive place facilitates real time feedback during instruction provides access to affordable keyboarding technology makes writing lessons more effective and collaborative and allows students to access crucial instructional content without having to wait for their turn at a computer NEO 2 can be integrated across the curriculum In every content area
247. uilt in Instructional Content Linked Files 62 Building Integrated Lessons into NEO Share 64 Teach with It Now TWIN Lesson Ideas 64 Classroom ScenarioS 65 scenario 1 Developing Writing Skills 65 scenario 2 Writing in the Content Areas 70 Scenario 3 Process Writing 71 Assessment and Classroom Engagement 73 Using the 2Know Toolbar for Formative Assessment and ClassroomEngagement 75 HOWIE WORKS P IA KIA KIA Ea ad KUENEA 76 Gather Information Strategically Lf CUSIOMmize Your OD ONS ko s vae terae PXCER SIRE V EU P BRE VR REO Pees oases es 80 Using AccelTest for Formative and Summative Assessment 81 HOwRWOrSs 81 Set UP TASKS esee due eese Re m e ec Cg eoe Re edge awa 82 Accellest Database 82 Types O ASSIONMEN S a vo eats wee ew ea Rede de ee ee ip dod pa Aa 82 AI EXGMIDIS 4422 uere a ees boo QUERN OE ES ERE Eee HOS ADE BO 83 Review StudertData 84 Integrating NEO Share for Assessment and Engagement 84 scenario 1 What Caused t
248. upon review its status changes to intervene and the student works with the objective again If successful upon review the objective becomes reviewed and the student doesn t receive any more work on it 96 Using NEO 2 with Renaissance Learning Reading and Math Programs MathFacts in a Flash Renaissance Place and Offline MathFacts in a Flash helps students develop math fact fluency and automaticity When students have command of their math facts they are free to focus on higher level problem solving skills For more information see the Product Overview on page 98 There are two MathFacts in a Flash applets on the NEO 2 MathFacts in a Flash RP and MathFacts in a Flash offline The MathFacts in a Flash RP applet connects to Henaissance Place and functions the same as if a student were using a classroom computer The MathFacts in a Flash offline applet is not connected to Renaissance Place Instead it is intended to provide students with additional practice on math facts anytime anywhere Both the Renaissance Place and offline versions on NEO 2 support best practices because they allow students to practice for 10 to 15 minutes daily without having to wait for computer access 97 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 MathFacts in a Flash Product Overview MathFacts in a Flash e How MathFacts in a Flash Renaissance Place Works MathFacts in a Flash provides students at all levels with personalized practice of addit
249. ur Students 1 Click the Enroll Students button 2 Enter a check in the box next to each student s name or click Select All 3 Click OK to enroll A27 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Option 2 Import Your Students from a File This option works well if you have a master list of all your students If you use an electronic gradebook you can download your class list from your gradebook Add Your Class 1 Click the Classes tab and click Add Class 2 Name your class and click OK Import Your Students 1 Save your student list as a Comma Separated Value CSV file This can be done with a spreadsheet saved as a CSV file or a text file Headings must use this format 1 FNAME LNAME ID 2 Rocky Amici 4571 3 Rudy FNAME LNAME 4 James Jp Rocky Amici 4571 Rudy Ball 4539 James Bell 4711 2 From the Classes menu select Import from File 3 When the Import Students Wizard opens select Import from a Comma Separated Value CSV formatted file and click Next 4 Select your file and click Next 5 Select students to enroll and click Next You may select your class or create a new class 6 Click Next Option 3 Import Your Students from Renaissance Place This option works if you are a Renaissance Place subscriber 1 2 NOOO C From the Classes menu select Import from Renaissance Place When the Renaissance Place Import Wizard opens enter your Henaissance Place server address Enter your use
250. us Below are two features you may wish to change in AlphaWord Plus for Spanish speaking students Install the Thesaurus Spanish to English or SpellCheck Spanish 1 Click the File menu and choose New Send List 2 Click the SmartApplets tab 3 Click Thesaurus Spanish to English or SpellCheck Spanish then click Add 4 Click the Send List tab and click Send Remove the Thesaurus Spanish to English or SpellCheck Spanish 1 Click the File menu and choose New Send List 2 Click the SmartApplets tab 3 Click Thesaurus Large USA or SpellCheck Large USA then click Add 4 Click the Send List tab and click Send Generate KeyWords Reports You can generate KeyWords reports in two ways Option 1 is to generate limited KeyWords reports in NEO Manager Option 2 is to synch KeyWords data with Henaissance Place if you are a Renaissance Place customer After you have synched the data you can log into your Renaissance Place site click Reports under KeyWords and run reports e Option 1 Generate Limited KeyWords Reports in NEO Manager 1 Open NEO Manager Click the KeyWords tab oelect one or more students Click Reports to generate reports with KeyWords Select Student Detail to see all KeyWords activity oelect Student Progress to see only the most recent activity Select Student Information then enter the master password to see student user names and passwords NOORON A16 Common Software Tasks Option 2 Synch KeyWor
251. velops over several stages Students brainstorm generate ideas organize draft edit revise and finally publish At each stage students must think about their audience and purpose for writing and how to tailor their message accordingly Mrs Parker who teaches writing with an emphasis on the process has designed a unit for her students based on movie reviews First her students will look at samples of movie reviews and think about the audience and purpose behind this type of writing Then they will craft their own movie reviews This assignment helps students develop summarization and word choice skills They also get the opportunity to work collaboratively during the peer review stage As part of the pre writing stage Mrs Parker leads a whole group discussion about online movie reviews Using NEO Share she places several sample movie reviews that she found online into the Pickup Zone for her students to download After reading the reviews the class as a whole comes up with a list of the characteristics of a good movie review with a focus on summarization and vivid word choice Mrs Parker then posts this list and sends it to students NEO 2s Next Mrs Parker wants students to engage with the types of vocabulary commonly used in movie reviews To do so she breaks students into small groups and asks them to brainstorm words appropriate for a movie review such as e Blockbuster e Edge of your seat e Hilarious e Romantic 71
252. vorites window opens you can Drag your folder into the Manager Favorites window Enter the path to your folder or Click Add and navigate to your folder To access your linked files click the folder icon and select your linked files folder A24 Common Software Tasks 2Know Toolbar The 2Know Toolbar with NEO 2 allows you to increase classroom engagement and anonymously gather formative assessment data while you teach You can use the toolbar with verbal questions or float it over any open application on your computer such as your Internet browser a multimedia presentation or spreadsheet application just to name a few To use the 2Know Toolbar Select Your Theme You control the look and functionality of the 2Know Toolbar by selecting among several themes Io select a theme 1 Connect the Renaissance Receiver to your computer with the USB cable 2 Launch the 2Know Toolbar 3 Click the Options button and select Themes 4 Select Graphite or Silver color options Large or Small size and with or without Short Answer functionality 5 When you select your theme click OK The 2Know Toolbar will open with your selected theme each time you launch it Ask Questions 1 Ask students to turn on their NEO 2s select the Responder applet and join your network The number in the middle of the toolbar shows how many students have joined 2 Ask a question You can ask the following types of questions T F true fa
253. w to automatically DE minimize after 10 seconds of V Require files to be named before sending inactivity If you would rather control Append date to filenames upon save Display anonymous filenames File 1 File 2 etc when it minimizes you can change this setting in your preferences From the Edit menu select Preferences CT Automatically minimize NEO Share aftes gt 10 2 seconds of inactivity Then remove the check mark in the aa s Default file directory box labeled Automatically minimize CiUseslswsidreDocumensiNEO Share Bw NEO Share after 10 seconds of inactivity or adjust the time 49 Getting the Most out of NEO 2 Many Uses of NEO Share NEO Share enables you to do much more than simply send and receive files wirelessly It also serves as the portal to valuable instructional content namely Write On lessons sample linked files and your own favorite folders These uses are discussed later in this chapter NEO Share can also be used with other technologies and programs including NEO 2 assessment and classroom response software called the 2Know Toolbar and AccelTest PowerPoint presentations web pages and interactive whiteboards Examples of these uses can be found in Chapter 5 Finally in addition to using NEO Share for writing lessons you can also use it any time you d like to send text to students for classroom management reasons For instance as mentioned in Chapter 2 some
254. w to do this can be found in the appendix under Common Software Tasks Renaissance Wireless Server Utility NEO Share NEO Share allows you to wirelessly send assignments from your computer to your students NEO 2s and to retrieve their work Many teachers use NEO Share to support writing editing and revision Students can engage in individualized and collaborative writing tasks and you can create assignments and in class activities You can also access built in writing lessons and sample rubrics through NEO Share 2Know Toolbar The 2Know Toolbar is a software program that facilitates formative assessment and classroom engagement by allowing for immediate anonymous classroom response It helps increase instructional interactivity by allowing you to gather data from your students and view or display their responses while you are in the middle of a lesson AccelTest Accellest is a software program that also enables classroom response however rather than collecting answers anonymously AccelTest collects and stores data that is linked to each student It can be used for all types of assessment from formative to summative from homework assignments to quizzes and tests You can use it to score existing practice or test assignments design your own practice or test items use multimedia resources to pose questions and align assignments with state standards or Common Core State Standards Accellest automatically grades assignments and gene
255. with correct finger Presses space bar with thumbs OOJO O 0 O OO OOJO O 0 O JOJO 000 O 0 O JOJO Uses right hand little finger for enter key Another way of using this checklist is to send it to students NEO 2s as a linked file for self and peer assessment Enter the checklist exactly as it appears below and send it to students NEO 2s via NEO Share See Chapter 4 for more information on using NEO Share and linked files Keyboarding Checklist for lt form gt sit straight in my chair My feet are on the floor keep my elbows at my sides use good hand and finger position When my fingers are not pressing a key they are on the home row use the correct finger to press each letter and number press the space bar with my right or left thumb press the enter key with my right little finger lt form gt Summary KEYBOARDING WITH NEO 2 Introduce keyboarding informally starting in kindergarten first or second grades Expose students to proper hand zones posture and keyboarding games Start formal instruction with KeyWords beginning in third grade KeyWords lessons help students develop vocabulary and language skills Access built in KeyWords resources on your computer including posture and wrist placement pictures additional practice activities and more Set up tasks include configuring KeyWords enrolling students and giving the oretest
256. xt is complete each student goes to a computer and sends the text via USB to a Word document At the computer students then add formatting and pictures to their text Beaming Using nothing but the word processor and a few simple key commands students can send or beam text back and forth wirelessly by physically pointing the front of one NEO 2 at another This function works through infrared technology similar to that of a television remote control by aligning P the infrared lens at the front of one A7 NEO 2 with that of another NEO 2 To beam text the student who will receive the file opens an empty file space and presses ctrl B Then the student who is sending the file presses ctrl send If the student receiving the file already has a file open that has text in it she will be asked to choose whether she would like to append the current file or overwrite the current file Beaming is a good option when you would like your students to work in pairs or sequentially build on each other s work For instance in a sentence chain vocabulary activity each student adds to the work of the previous student and beams it to the next student Or in a partner activity pairs of students practice synonyms and antonyms by sending words back and forth to one another NEO Share The third way to do collaborative and interactive work with NEO 2 is through the software program called NEO Share This program allows students to wirelessly downloa
257. y However you can edit it to work with a lesson on ancient Rome the Titanic disaster or any other topic Here s what the lesson looks like Name Access this activity at Class lt gt Oo Write On Lessons gt Elementary gt Date lt gt cm Vocabulary Strategies ABC Graffiti ABC Graffiti So you think you know the new word The ABC Graffiti strategy will challenge you This strategy helps you focus your thinking about new vocabulary words It is fun to do and it is good exercise for your brain Work with a partner or in a small group Keep your group small no more than four The key word is weather Beginning with the letter A enter a related term for weather Then go to the letters B C and so on until you get to Z Can you enter a term for each letter of the alphabet Here are three to get you started WEATHER Atmosphere Blazing heat Cyclone N xz cadomovozzrac rgomnmo Did you make it all the way to Z If you haven t done so already name and save this file now Press Ctrl S type a name for the file and press Enter end of activity Copyright Renaissance Learning Inc 60 Developing Writers with NEO 2 N E O2 on ott fie 1 hio 2 tile 3 file 4 file 5 file 6 fle 7 file o n per home end applets bond back space In addition several of the activities can be done collaboratively For instance the middle school sentence chains activity features beaming Here s a
258. y file El oudTetet a to make it available or unavailable Use this feature to plan NH ABC Graffititxt K your entire lesson or unit and load files onto NEO Share zu but only use them when you are ready for each one 48 Developing Writers with NEO 2 i Files for Picku Files for Pickup also includes a folder icon which allows 6 1 Trait txt you to access and manage Write On lessons sample linked files and favorites which are files you create and compile 4 The last part of the NEO Share window is called Files Received Located in the lower right corner this area is where students assignments show up when they submit them to you Files Received then holds students files until you click the save or delete icon The NEO Share window floats on top of any application on your computer With a few clicks you can mobilize or minimize NEO Share For instance click the triangle at the bottom of the NEO Share window to collapse it into a pill to make it easier to move around your desktop and capture text from Internet resources Alternatively you can simply click the minimize icon in the top right corner and NEO Share will minimize Click the E x minimize icon File Edit Help NE to minimize NEO Share Pickup Zone Pickups 0 Drop Text Here for Pickup on the NEO 2s Click the triangle to collapse NEO Share into a pill The default preference is for the NEO Share windo
259. you can use traditional and electronic resources with NEO 2 to support instruction Even if you already have some technology integrated into your classroom such as an interactive whiteboard online resources or other educational software programs the NEO 2 can serve as a connector or hub When used in this way NEO 2 allows you to control instruction and focus activities for students The NEO 2 is a versatile hub Web based Renaissance Keyboarding E 4 pue earning software Other classroom d py l technology and content the Internet interactive whiteboards document yal ot Third party technology partners Classroom response cameras projectors etc The uses of NEO 2s are as varied as the subjects you teach In English language arts students can use NEO 2 to compose poetry prose personal narratives and responses to literature practice spelling words and explore vocabulary They can use NEO 2 for science logs and math journals In social studies and humanities they can develop timelines and biographies write about elections develop debates and learn to support a position NEO 2 can be used in whole group small group and individualized instruction Rather than having to make up new lessons from scratch you can use the NEO 2 along with its accompanying software with resources that already exist such as multimedia presentations end of chapter quizzes and practice for state assessment exams
260. ytime anywhere practice on automaticity with math facts To set up for Renaissance Place connectivity connect the Renaissance Receiver to a computer with Internet access and configure your Renaissance Wireless Server Utility To take Accelerated Reader quizzes on NEO 2 students use the Accelerated Reader applet log in and search by quiz number To score Accelerated Math assignments with NEO 2 have the Renaissance Hesponder scoring software open and running on your computer Students use the Responder applet and enter the form number from the assignment To work in MathFacts in a Flash Renaissance Place on NEO 2 students use the MathFacts in a Flash RP applet log in and data is sent to Renaissance Place in real time MathFacts in a Flash Offline on NEO 2 is like having access to electronic flashcards Using the MathFacts in a Flash offline applet students can practice math facts at any time They do not log in to the software You can use NEO 2s for various purposes at learning centers in your classroom However keep in mind that some functions cannot be done at the same time 103 Third Party Software and Technology Partners As we ve seen in previous chapters the NEO 2 can function as a hub connecting many other technologies in the classroom To extend this capacity even further Renaissance Learning has partnered with a number of third party companies including Google Docs Vantage Learning Study Island Igni
261. zzes state assessment practice questions or other existing tests you create a score key for the existing assignments The assignments aren t in the Accellest software only the score key is An Accellest score key is one of the student paced interactions which means students read questions from the existing content and answer them at their own pace using their NEO 2s The assignments are then scored automatically by the software This is a simple way to automate scoring for tests that already exist oee the appendix for step by step instructions to create AccelTest score keys e Create Assign and Score Assignments This option lets you display questions and answer choices on the NEO 2s To create assignments in AccelTest you write your own questions and include answers he students see the questions on the NEO 2s and answer at their own pace The assignments are then scored automatically by the software As mentioned earlier when you create an assignment you are building a database on your computer When a student enters an answer on his NEO 2 AccelTest instantly compares that answer with the answer to that item in the database on your computer An exact match is counted as a correct answer 82 Assessment and Classroom Engagement See the appendix for step by step instructions to create an AccelTest assignment e UseTeacher Paced Sessions for In Class Assignments AccelTest teacher paced sessions put you in control of the

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