ConnectEd (Everyday Math) - Please DO NOT delete your classes at this time. This will allow students to continue using the EM online games over the summer. Deleting old classes will be the first step in setting up new classes in August. More information will be shared about that later.

Google Classroom - You don't have to do anything with your current Google Classrooms, but if you'd like to clean things up a bit, you can archive this year's classes. You will still have access to them, but this will keep them out of your list of current classes. To archive a class, find the class in your list, click on the three-dots menu, and choose "Archive".

ReadingEggs/Mathseeds - Students may continue using their accounts until August 1st. Teachers should not do anything with these classes at this time.

Seesaw - Please DO NOT delete or archive your classes or move any students at this time. When new class lists are finalized in August, all 18-19 classes will be archived and the new 19-20 classes will be created and students will be imported accordingly.

*I've listed these apps because they are used by a large number of teachers and students. If you have questions about what to do with other apps, please feel free to contact Anne Reardon.

If You're Leaving the District - How To Transfer Google Files - If you are retiring, resigning, moving, or otherwise finishing your time at MASD, you might have files in your masdstudent Google account that you'd like to take with you. Please visit this link for step-by-step directions for transferring your files: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6386856. If you don’t already have a personal Google account, you’ll be prompted to create one. Once you do that, it only takes a few minutes to start the transfer. Depending on how many files you have, it might take up to a week for everything to copy, but that all happens in the cloud. You can logout of both accounts and you will receive an email at your personal account when the transfer is complete.

Cross-level collaboration follow-up

Back in March I shared about a collaborative project that was going on between 2nd graders at Upper Allen and 9th graders taking Earth and Space Science. As the project wound up, I asked Jen Bandura to have her freshmen reflect on the experience. Here are a few of their responses:

What did you like best about collaborating with the 2nd graders?

• I liked that we got to be a role model to them and we got to teach them that learning can be fun.
• I liked how they looked up to us like we would to an actual astronomer and I liked how interested they were in what we were helping to teach them.

What was the most challenging part of the collaboration?

• Speaking to the second graders because you don’t want to mess up and tell them something wrong.
• Trying to word rather complex ideas so that a second grader could easily understand the subject.

How did this collaboration help you as a learner?

• It has made me step back and really understand what I am learning. I felt like I had to know my stuff to explain it to someone else.
• This collaboration has helped me to go out of my comfort zone, and has taught me how to speak to those different from me.

Would you like to participate in collaborative projects like this in the future?

• I would love to. It was so much fun to make an impact on their learning, and allowed me to really understand more material. It was great to know that something this small for us made a huge impact for them.
• I would love to participate in things like this in the future. It was really cool to know that they looked up to us and they looked forward to learning from us, and to me that is bigger than learning.