Learning to Fly
March 2017 - Firefly Implementation
March Progression and Highlights
General Support
- For layout and design of Firefly pages, the 'how do I do' questions
- Follow up with training for teachers who were not trained in January
Personalisation
- Firefly for Departments - meetings with Curriculum Leaders (IND)
- Primary (IND) - pages and usage to meet needs, consideration of layout
- Feature pages - Primary and page design
- Support for blogs and use of (e.g. Year 8 German blog )
- Careers pages and specific design - overseeing set tasks across a year level (use of Progress Check pages)
High Priority Areas
- Preparation for Assessment and Exams
- Creation of Tests in Firefly
- Integration with Markbook
- Completion of Firefly Guidelines (Google Drive and Firefly pages)
Integration with Existing Vendors/ Tools
- Sharing of resources to support the teaching and learning process (eLinks)
Identification of Areas of Risk
- The Task setting process
- Student use of emails and alerts
- Support of other areas not specifically teaching and learning (understanding of time limitations)
Staff Training and Specific Support
Training Sessions
Initial Training
Training with Chrome books and Firefly Support Page
Quick Tips, Messages and eLearning Blog
March Archived Blog Posts
- Archiving Tasks that are completed or no longer needed
- Staff Resources - new section
- Firefly Example Pages for Primary Teachers
- Firefly Quick Tip Hiding and Unhiding Tasks
- Firefly Quick Tip Doing More with Images
- Creating Tasks and Assignments
- Year 2 students using Firefly
Archiving Tasks in Firefly
Task Setting for Students
Task Setting for Teachers
Promotions
- Blog posts with featured pages and developers
- Thank You's and High Flyer cards
Students
Using FF for Researching Year 2
Student Voting through Firefly
Students voting Year 5 and 6
This month we have explored the use of a Firefly Form page as a means to gather student responses for leadership positions in Upper Primary.
This use has automated a task that would normally be time consuming and tedious.
The form also has a feature that includes a simple table from the results.