Parent/Student/Teacher Information Meeting Hybrid Healthy Living September 1, 2015.

Parent/Student/Teacher Information Meeting

Hybrid Healthy Living

September 1, 2015

• Agenda: Please sign in Meet parents and students Teacher: Mrs. Hitchcock

[email protected]

Honors option

• Informational Meeting will be announced at first meeting on September 1, 2015

• Location: W602• Please try to attend

Who did we consult for this program?

• Mr. Breuning/Mrs. Allen• Online teacher in Richfield• Online coordinator and health online teacher

Mounds View• Online teacher-Anoka School District• Online teacher at Hamline University• Online teacher at CHS-Mr. Tlusty• Deb Ryken-Former Curriculum Math Specialist• Mike Christensen-CHS Technologist

What is a Hybrid class?• Online and face to face instruction• Attend a 30 minute seminar once a week,

either Monday 3:00 or Thursday 7:30• Same high standards as traditional course• Requires discipline and excellent time

management skills.• Expectations and deadlines are the same as

traditional.• Students may not work ahead into the next

unit but do have flexibility during the week.

Characteristics of a Successful Online Student

• Organized• Motivated• Prefer abstract thinking and reflective

observation• Strong academic skills

Face to Face (f to f) Seminars• Why? Research says….• Activities• Tests

Syllabus

• Syllabus– Due on first Friday, September 4, 2015

– Honors Option and grading

Assignments

• Every week there will be assignments posted on Schoology with a due date.

• You are responsible to check for assignments.• Check updates to see any additional

announcements or information.• You need to view this information on a

computer. • Some devices do not give complete

information.

CPR unit• American Red Cross• Five skill tests• Will need to come before or after school to

test on skill tests• Written Assignments• Written Test• Option to get CPR certified• Will begin during Week 6

Class Requirements

• Computer to run Schoology and Odyssey• You will not be able to get onto Schoology or

Odyssey until September 2015• Printer• Notebook

First Meeting for Students(Parents may attend.)

• Tuesday, September 1, 2015 • 3:00 p.m.• W602

Logging onto Schoology and Odyssey

Schoology• Join the course

Access Code (will be given at first meeting) Let me know if there are any problems• Updates• Post Assignments

Compass Learning Program

• the learningodyssey.com• Videos• Grade Updates• Toolkit• Username: Same as Schoology,computer at CHS or

Googledocs• Password: Same (If you change password, it won’t

be changed on the Compass Learning or Odyssey• School: CENTENNIAL

To Check System Requirements on Odyssey Program

Home Computer System Requirements- www.thelearningodyssey.com– Go to bottom of screen to where you see blue bar– Click on System Requirements or Check System

If you have that system, you will see a green check on left column

I do not have all the requirements on my computer but can still run the system

Let me know if you have trouble with system requirements.

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Sign-up on Odyssey Program

Odyssey Features

• Dashboard• Videos• Tool-kit• Review Assignments• Check assignment progress

Tips from former students

• Don’t wait until the night before due date to complete assignments.

• Study for tests-review• Ask questions if you don’t understand.• You are taking 7 classes.

To be successful in this class:

• Turn in work on time• Ask questions if you have them.• You are taking 7 classes-there will be more

work.• Not as much work as online PSEO but will

seem like more work because there are 7 classes.

• CPR

Q and A

Odyssey Programwww.thelearningodyssey.com/Logging on to program:5 digit campus id number for their username and the first three letters of their birth month for their password.