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Creating 21st Century Learners April 2019
Ohhh, What else is inside MyBackpack ........ Tutor ATL
Through a very special grant, students in Atlanta Public Schools have access to personal tutors to assist them with homework each evening. Students only need to login into Mybackpack and click on the TutorATL icon. A certified tutor will interact with students to provide homework assistance. This service is free and available daily. Students can also upload essays and complete online worksheets and quizzes to give them practice on an array of subject areas. I look forward to sharing this interactive tool with your students!

The Most Magnificent Thing The Most Magnificent Thing is the Social Emotional Learning book for the month of April. This book explores how all humans can achieve success with effort and support. This book follows a young person who tries to accomplish a task but finds that she needs to engage others . The result ends up being better than her initial plan. This book can help our students realize that we all have the potential for greatness with lots of effort and support. | Scooters in Atlanta- This is not the 1st time! The image you see is an actual image of the scooters that the postal workers and the police used in Atlanta starting in 1915. The cycle era is not new with cycle providers like BIRD and Lime. This is a wonderful research starter to see how trends are recycled. Students can use the investigative tools within Galileo (MyBackpack) to find and report on recycled trends in our society. Hint: Facebook is not really new......... | Your ClassPass is a portal to ..........Magazines Did you know that your ClassPass to the Atlanta Fulton Public Library affords you access to magazines through the Flipster portal on its web portal. Just log onto the MyBackpack portal and select AFPLS Classpass. Click on the flipster icon then you can view the magazines or you can download for enjoying later. |
The Most Magnificent Thing
The Most Magnificent Thing is the Social Emotional Learning book for the month of April. This book explores how all humans can achieve success with effort and support. This book follows a young person who tries to accomplish a task but finds that she needs to engage others . The result ends up being better than her initial plan. This book can help our students realize that we all have the potential for greatness with lots of effort and support.
Scooters in Atlanta- This is not the 1st time!
The image you see is an actual image of the scooters that the postal workers and the police used in Atlanta starting in 1915. The cycle era is not new with cycle providers like BIRD and Lime. This is a wonderful research starter to see how trends are recycled. Students can use the investigative tools within Galileo (MyBackpack) to find and report on recycled trends in our society. Hint: Facebook is not really new.........
Your ClassPass is a portal to ..........Magazines
Did you know that your ClassPass to the Atlanta Fulton Public Library affords you access to magazines through the Flipster portal on its web portal. Just log onto the MyBackpack portal and select AFPLS Classpass. Click on the flipster icon then you can view the magazines or you can download for enjoying later.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education Your educational partner Is located in MyBackpack
Discovery Education or DE for short is a powerful tool that offers students a database filled with commercial free videos on a variety of subject areas, teaching tips, teacher guides, student assessments, writing prompts, projects, and more. I regularly place lessons, video, and articles into the Learning Content by grade level and subject. Students learn a great deal from what they see and DE lets them see many types of content. Please come see me on Mondays after school to get a full demo!

Spring Into GMAS Action
This is a great time of year to help students become familiar with all of the tools that they will need to employ for a successful GMAS score. There are several mechanism already in place to assist students and teachers to become successful test takers.
- Utilizing the Ga Experience practice portal http://gaexperienceonline.com/when closing out lessons is an ideal way to find out which learners are grasping the information
- Myon usage helps students learn how to use the online tools within GMAS, such as highlighter, stickers, and note-taking features; and learning to read for information
- Using the Vocabulary.com GMAS game, helps learners become familiar with the vocabulary that is utilized on the GMAS.