DreamBox Weekly Update
Week of December 2
Celebrations
We want to celebrate all the schools who have 100% of the teachers look at the Teacher Dashboard. On Monday, December 9th, we hope to celebrate each campus. Please encourage your every teacher to look at the Teacher Dashboard. The Campus Administrator is able view Dashboard Usage. You may want to consider rewarding teachers for Dashboard participation. Some ideas could include Sonic drinks, jean passes, or a candy bar teacher's box. Feel free to encourage teachers to email me, "Look what I found" discoveries when viewing the Teacher Dashboard. I will include the quotes in our next update.
Lesson Icons
After choosing a theme and story, students will begin selecting from the lessons presented to them. Each lesson appears in a colored circle and may include a number in the bottom-right corner. This number is the lesson sequence number for that unit. It will increase (or decrease) as the student progresses through the unit. The sequence numbers will not always be sequential. Students may jump ahead if they show a strong understanding or return to previous lessons if they could benefit from more practice.
AssignFocus
A Calendar Icon is added to lessons that have been assigned to the student by a teacher.
Yellow Lesson Icon
A Yellow Lesson Icon indicates a recommended lesson. As a student plays, DreamBox assesses what would be the best next lessons for the student.
Green Icon
A Green Icon indicates that the lesson has previously been completed. If a student chooses to play this lesson again, it will not be counted as a unique lesson in the student's Usage Report.
Orange Tutorial Icon
An Orange Tutorial Icon indicates that the student has played the lesson without demonstrated understanding. We recommend that students focus on yellow lessons to fill any gaps in comprehension. An orange lesson may change to yellow after DreamBox assesses the student is prepared to try the lesson again.
Backpacks
Backpacks hold the rewards that students earn as they play. By clicking on a backpack, students collect tokens, Adventure Friend cards, and story goals. Tokens can be used in the Arcade. Adventure Friend cards can be viewed in My House. The story goal points motivate students to play more maps and earn all six goals in a story. For each story completed, students earn a certificate that can be printed from My House.