Frequently Asked Questions: This page contains answers to common questions of students and parents.
- How do I know what my child's homework is?
- What should I do if my child's planner isn't filled in?
- How do I know how my child is doing in reading?
- What can I do to help my child with the ELA test?
- Can you recommend any books for my child?
- When is extra help available?
- What makes VoiceThread secure?
- Are you going to be the one to register for a VoiceThread?
- How can I see (log in) to your classes VoiceThreads?
- Will students be giving out personal information?
- Please let me know exactly how you plan to use it.
How do I know what my child's homework is?
Mrs. Butler writes the homework for the whole week on the side board and
gives students plenty of time to write the homework in the planner.
Students
always have to read 20-30 minutes a night and there are often spelling and
vocabulary tests and long term projects.
What should I do if my child's planner isn't filled in?
The school is open until 11 p.m. You can bring your child and his/her
planner back to the building to write the homework down.
How do I know how my child is doing in reading?
When Mrs. Butler gives back assignments, she always tells the students to
file the papers in their binder or two pocket folder.
What can I do to help my child with the ELA test?
For some great ideas and suggestions, visit http://www.nysparents.com/nys/
Can you recommend any books for my child?
Check these two links:
http://www.arlingtonschools.org/Library/index.html
http://www.arlingtonschools.org/Library/summerreading.html
When is extra help available?
Mrs. Butler stays after school on Mondays for extra help and other days by
appointment.
What makes VoiceThread secure?
We are creating PRIVATE voicethread digital stories, which means they are
NOT accessible from the open web without a password and login. To view
these digital stories, individuals have to be separately invited via their
email address, by me. These people have to log in to VoiceThread using their
email address and password, or the link which is sent to them when I invite
them to view the VoiceThread.
A separate VoiceThread site has not been setup for our school. What I have
done, is to create PRIVATE VoiceThreads which can only be viewed by people I
select and designate. I hope to share these VoiceThreads with our parents as
well as other educators and classrooms.
Are you going to be the one to register for a VoiceThread?
Yes, that is correct, I am. Each student has a different identity under my
account, and students are not required to register or log in. Students do
not have to have or use their own email account. All account access is
through my login information, under my supervision. While logged in, I can
change the current identity being used under my account so different
students can share their ideas on VoiceThread.
How can I see (log in) to your classes VoiceThreads?
Since our VoiceThread digital stories are private and not publicly viewable,
I will have to invite you via your email account to view our projects. I
will do this if you email me your request.
Will students be giving out personal information?
The only personal information students are sharing on the VoiceThread
website are their first names. When you view our VoiceThread, you will see
that the icon/avatar or identity of speakers change when the person who is
speaking changes. Your child's photo does not have to be displayed, so
please contact me if you would like an alternate icon.
Please let me know exactly how you plan to use it.
I plan to use VoiceThread in several ways. We are going to share our
thoughts on poetry and other forms of literature. We also may engage in
discussions and dialog about different topics and issues, since more than
one person can comment on each VoiceThread slide. We also hope to share
these projects with our parents, and solicit parent feedback and
participation in some of our VoiceThread digital stories. I hope many of our
students may extend their learning from the classroom to their homes by
sharing their digital stories with their parents/guardians. If their parent
registers their own VoiceThread account then it is possible students could
also share ideas (add comments) to VoiceThread projects we have created from
home, as well as from our classroom computer where I log in and
manage/supervise our class VoiceThread account.
It is important to note that comments/feedback on all our classroom
VoiceThread projects will be moderated by me. This means I will individually
approve or disapprove comments and feedback which are posted. This means I
am CONTROLLING both the access other people have to our VoiceThread digital
stories, as well as the feedback/comments which are shared by others.
Please let me know if you have more questions or need more feedback on this.