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Blackboard tools for a
21st Century Classroom
D’Andre Blouin & Jennifer Dixon
Dutchtown Middle School
Ascension Parish
Bayou Bug 2013
About Us
D’Andre Blouin
6th Grade SS Teacher
Dutchtown Middle School
dandre.blouin@apsb.org
I have used Blackboard for
3 years.
Jenny Dixon
6th Grade ELA Teacher
Dutchtown Middle School
jennifer.dixon@apsb.org
I have used Blackboard for
3 years.
Dutchtown Middle School
Built in 1936
First classroom outfitted with dial-up Internet connection in 1995
1:1 Initiative and Blackboard implemented in 2010.
452 Students participate in the 1:1 initiative at DMS in the 2013-
2014 school year.
What we are going to
learn today
Adding Modules to
your Blackboard page.
My class set up
I teach about 90 - 6th grade
students per semester for a total of
180 students per year.
My students know
what to do before they enter the
room. They
come in sit down and get to work.
Procedures
Very important to the success of
the class!
Established on Day 1 and
reinforced daily.
Once established students will be
able to come in and work as soon
as they come in without teacher
instruction!!!
Blackboard
Has made my day in the
classroom easier.
Students are able to work
independently on varying levels
with little teacher prompting.
If absent they are able to access
the information at home.
Let’s Begin
This is my home page.
My menu items have been
added to the scroll bar on the
left.
On the left is my menu
options for the class
To add items to your
home screen click on the
+ sign located top left of
your menu.
The following menu will
appear.
From there you can
addnew modules to the
menu. Click on the tools
menu to access Tools.
Let’s add a
Discussion Board.
Be sure to click the
box, Available to all
users first. That is so
students can access
the addition.
It will appear at the
bottom of your list.
The
Discussion
Board will
appear. Click
on create
Forum.
You type in the name you want to give the
discussion board and then in the main space
you type in your question or reading you want
the students to discuss. Then click submit.
You will have
to enter a
display date.
You will also
have settings
to choose.
.
The setting
options vary.
I do not allow
anonymous
posts.
Once you
have your
settings right.
You may
submit!
Questions?

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Blackboard Tools for a 21st Century Classroom

  • 1. Blackboard tools for a 21st Century Classroom D’Andre Blouin & Jennifer Dixon Dutchtown Middle School Ascension Parish Bayou Bug 2013
  • 2. About Us D’Andre Blouin 6th Grade SS Teacher Dutchtown Middle School dandre.blouin@apsb.org I have used Blackboard for 3 years. Jenny Dixon 6th Grade ELA Teacher Dutchtown Middle School jennifer.dixon@apsb.org I have used Blackboard for 3 years.
  • 3. Dutchtown Middle School Built in 1936 First classroom outfitted with dial-up Internet connection in 1995 1:1 Initiative and Blackboard implemented in 2010. 452 Students participate in the 1:1 initiative at DMS in the 2013- 2014 school year.
  • 4. What we are going to learn today Adding Modules to your Blackboard page.
  • 5. My class set up I teach about 90 - 6th grade students per semester for a total of 180 students per year. My students know what to do before they enter the room. They come in sit down and get to work.
  • 6. Procedures Very important to the success of the class! Established on Day 1 and reinforced daily. Once established students will be able to come in and work as soon as they come in without teacher instruction!!!
  • 7. Blackboard Has made my day in the classroom easier. Students are able to work independently on varying levels with little teacher prompting. If absent they are able to access the information at home.
  • 9. This is my home page. My menu items have been added to the scroll bar on the left.
  • 10. On the left is my menu options for the class
  • 11. To add items to your home screen click on the + sign located top left of your menu.
  • 12. The following menu will appear.
  • 13. From there you can addnew modules to the menu. Click on the tools menu to access Tools.
  • 14. Let’s add a Discussion Board. Be sure to click the box, Available to all users first. That is so students can access the addition.
  • 15. It will appear at the bottom of your list.
  • 17. You type in the name you want to give the discussion board and then in the main space you type in your question or reading you want the students to discuss. Then click submit.
  • 18. You will have to enter a display date. You will also have settings to choose. .
  • 19. The setting options vary. I do not allow anonymous posts.
  • 20. Once you have your settings right. You may submit!