I hope that all of you had a relaxing weekend as for many it is time to get serious about your online class work as the district now has an official plan that has been approved by the state. Hopefully you have already seen a copy of this as well as Dr. Maleyko’s video. This plan allows students to get credit, move up a grade, graduate, and provides funds to districts as long as specific criteria are met. This will be a lengthy blog as I want to fill you in with as much information as I can as it applies to this class. You may want to reread this a few times!
GRADE VS. CREDIT
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
1. To receive an ‘A’ for the class, you are required to complete a minimum of 75% of my assignments properly. Do your best and take them seriously. Student athletes are expected to do this if they want to play sports next fall.
2. To simply receive credit for the class ,’G’, you are required to complete a minimum of 60% of the assignments.
3. In addition to the assignment in iLearn (NOT GOOGLE CLASSROOM) you are also expected to participate regularly in Google Hangouts. (You will get an email with the link)
4. For the handful of you that submitted work prior to 4/20 in iLearn, I will count that toward completing the minimum of 70%, kind of like extra credit, so don’t think you wasted your time. I may repost some of those assignments again. If you did it already, you need not do it again. Reread #4. I already recorded those assignments in MiStar however it had no current effect on your present grade; simply a record of doing it.
5. Three (3) assignments will be posted every Monday, with the expectation that they are done and submitted by the following Sunday. Likely 2 short videos, alternating weeks between tech math and a writing assignment. I plan to simply put a number ‘1’ or ‘2’ in MiStar to show you that I got your assignments and checked the completeness as well as the accuracy or your answers.
6. Below is the schedule that FHS teachers are following to assist you with your online learning. I will be emailing you the link to Google hangouts as well as the enrollment codes for iLearn classes again if you still need to enroll.
Weekly Check-In Schedule
| Day of the Week | Class Period | Time | Mode of Delivery |
| Monday | —- | 11:00 -2:00 | Office Hours (email, Remind, phone call) |
| Tuesday | 1st 2nd | 1:00 – 1:40 2:00 – 2:40 | FaceTime Google Hangout Phone Call |
| Wednesday | 3rd 4th | 1:00 – 1:40 2:00 – 2:40 | FaceTime Google Hangout Phone Call |
| Thursday | 5th 6th | 1:00 – 1:40 2:00 – 2:40 | FaceTime Google Hangout Phone Call |
| Friday | —- | 11:00 – 2:00 | Office Hours (email, Remind, phone call) |
I am not concerned about what day you show up in a hangout especially if you have a question about an assignment. I realize that due to work, family needs, etc. you may not be able to meet on the day that your hour does. Yes, I will continue to make calls to those of you not doing any work that did work prior to 4/20.
SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS IN iLEARN
The assignment page in iLearn for each week will show three assignments as described in #5. To submit answers as Online Text, you simply need to click the box ADD SUBMISSION at the very bottom of the page. A text box will appear that you can type in. You need not type the questions but please do me a favor by typing the identification number of the assignment. To submit assignments, simply click SAVE CHANGES and it will be submitted to me. I would prefer if you could submit just once with any assignments you did as it will make checking and accurate record keeping easier. This is why I am asking you type in the titles in case you do multiple submissions for one week.
For those of you that may want to hand write the answers, take a picture, and email it to me, that is acceptable as well for credit.
THE FINAL WORD
It is important to know that if you choose to do NO WORK AT ALL, even though you had a passing grade up to 3/13/20 you will likely receive no applied art credit for this class. Please do your work. J I am here to help directly at the times noted above. For those of you that like sending emails at 3 am, that is fine but I won’t respond to them until the next day. I can understand your frustration and anxiety as this is an adjustment to me as much as it is to you. We will get through this together! Hope to see you in a Hangout!