Students will learn how to select units/lessons to work on, what various icons mean, and what to do if lessons become challenging. The following is a summary of what they will learn.
(Information in this post was obtained from Dreambox.com).
You can access DreamBox from a computer or an IPAD (once your download the DreamBox app).
IPAD School Code is:
3nz9/paineis
When a student logs in to DreamBox, the "Choose a Unit" screen appears. Students should look for units that have a gold coin by the unit label. These are units DreamBox recommends for that particular student. The units have labels on them (as indicated by the red arrows).
The following is a list of the Unit Labels and descriptions of each.
Watch - Units labeled Watch contain videos that will introduce students to new concepts they will see in upcoming lessons.
Practice - These units were automatically skipped by the student, because DreamBox determined the student was already proficient. They give the student an opportunity for more practice, if needed.
Open - An open unit is one where the student opened it, but did not complete a lesson or watch a concept video. Once the student watches a concept video or completes a lesson, this will change to "In Progress".
In Progress - This label will appear if a student has completed one or more of the lessons, but not all of them. If the unit contains one or more "locked" lessons, the unit will remain "In Progress". To unlock the remaining lessons, the student will need to complete gold coin lessons in other units.
Complete - The student has completed all lessons within the unit.
Exemplary - This indicates mastery of the unit, because the student completed lessons multiple times. Our goal is to complete gold coin lessons, not to earn exemplary status.
When the student opens a unit, the Lesson Grid shows which lessons are available for play. The red "you are here" arrow points to the exact lesson DreamBox suggests the student play next.
If the student clicks on any other lesson, the lesson icon box (below) will appear.
Recommended (gold coin) - These are lessons recommended by DreamBox for the student. DreamBox gathers information regarding student understanding through gold coin lessons. That is how they suggest additional lessons. Students earn more gold coins by completing these lessons.
Locked lesson - Lessons that the student is not yet ready to pursue. DreamBox will unlock these lessons once the student has completed gold coin lessons in the unit, and/or other units.
Locked Placement - This is a placement lesson, but it will remain locked until the student has completed other recommended lessons.
Placement - DreamBox is using this lesson to assess the student, and determine subsequent lessons the student will need.
Tutorial - This shows the student how to use some of the tools that will appear in the unit lessons.
Placement Passed - DreamBox has determined the student is already proficient with this lesson. Students may select these lessons for additional practice, but they will not move the student forward.
Open for Play - These lesson are ready for play. If they also have a gold coin and red arrow, the student should work on these lessons first.
In Progress - Between "Open for Play" and "Complete"; color gradually changes from yellow to green as progress is made.
Complete - The student has completed the lesson.
Exemplary - The student repeated the lesson until mastery was obtained.
Meet Stella!!!
Remind students to always wear their headphones at school, or turn the volume up at home, when playing DreamBox. Stella will provide them with directions and hints when needed. When lessons become challenging for students, Stella will help them if they simply use the following tools.
A special "thank you" to Lauren Long, Elizabeth Wilson, and Jill Christopher for training our students on how to effectively utilize DreamBox.
