1) LOGIN
Teachers, you will receive a welcome email with username and password with brief instructions on how to register classes and students for Peace Diaries.
To login with your username and password, click on the purple LOGIN button on the top right hand corner of the website
VERY IMPORTANT!
You will find at the bottom of the Login Page is a link that takes you to the student PERMISSION FORM. Please print the Student Permission Form out and give it to your students.
STUDENTS MUST HAVE THESE FILLED OUT AND SIGNED BY A PARENT. Please collect signed documents from students and save them for the Peace Diaries Admin. We will get them from you in the middle of the project.
2) TEACHER ADMIN
Teachers, this is your Admin Page. There are two options on this page that allow to Register your class and your students, or View Student Works.
GLOBE
On the bottom left is a globe that will take you to a world atlat. When you get to the page, click on the map and then a specific region. It'll show you details and data on that region at the bottom of the page.
BULLETIN BOARD
Have a conversation from teachers from around the world! The bulletin board allows teachers to participate in discussions with other teachers, and it's a place where you can see what the global students are talking about online.
Please note that the teacher discussion boards will not be monitored by PD administrators and that we ask that you are diplomatic in your discussions. As we are an international community that is trying to achieve peace through diplomacy, please discuss this with your students.
Student Bulletin Boards
Student Discussion Forums will be monitored and will be uploaded approximately in 24 hours of submission.
LIBRARY
Click on the library tab to access resources that relate to the Peace Diaries activity themes. Be sure to go to the STORYTELLING section. There is a great activity called the "Pass the Talking Fork Please."
3) REGISTER CLASS INFORMATION
- Enter your classroom grade
- Enter the number of students and language of instruction.
International teachers: Enter the native language of instruction for your school — even if your students are going to write their Peace Diaries essays in English.
If you don’t see your language in the pull down menu, email info@peacediaries.org and we’ll add the language to the list.
- SELECTING ACTIVITIES FOR YOUR CLASS
In the section:
My class is participating in these Peace Diaries II activities:
Be sure to check all of the activity layers your students will be working on in PD II. Once you've made your selection
- Click on REGISTER CLASS button to register your class.
- REGISTER STUDENT
Begin registering your students by clicking on the Register Student button.
4) ADD Students
- Begin entering student information by adding their name and email address. If the student does not have an email address, the system will default to the teacher's addrss.
- Select the student's first language. This may not be the language of instruction nor the language that is spoken in class. It is the student's family language or dialect.
- Student user names and passwords will automatically be generated where the teacher can see it on the list below. When all student names have been entered, print the page out as a reference.
5) TEACHER ADMIN: Roster Book
Once your students have begun to work on the project and have entered their essays, picutres, or data for the science project, teachers will be able to see the work going to their TEACHER ADMIN section.
- Click on the TEACHER ADMIN tab at the top
- Click on the second selection, VIEW STUDENT WORK
- Your class participation list will display.
Click on the book — the ROSTER BOOK
This will take you to your student list.
6) REVIEW WORK
Teachers will be able to review their student work with the Student Roster List. At the bottom of the page is a legend that descibes each of the icons.
- Not started - Student hasn't worked in their space
- Student Started - Students worked in their space but didn't submit it to the teacher for a review.
- Submitted to Teacher - Student is ready for the teacher to see the work and is ready for a teacher review.
- Published to Web site - The student work has gone through an entire cycle of submitting the work and having the teacher review and except it for public view.
7) STUDENT WORKSPACE
When teachers click on the RED star, Submitted to Teacher option, a window will pop-up and display that specific student work.
ASSIGNMENT
The assigned lesson unit is at the top of the page.
STUDENT ESSAY
Below the assignment, is a text field where the students will type and save their work by clicking on SAVE DRAFT.
SEND TO TEACHER
When the students are completed with their essay, or just want their teacher to advise and comment, the student can click on the SEND TO TEACHER option again.
If the student submitts a second revision, the teacher will see "R2" next to the RED star.
8) PICTURE UPLOAD
For the learning unit, Recipes for Life, it has a art assignment that when done, will be uploaded to the PD website. This is the only assignment in PD II that has an art project.
For students (or teachers) to upload their picture, Click BROWSE, find your artwork, and then click on UPLOAD.
TEACHER REVIEW
The teacher can write students their notes about their essay, artwork or data collection. Under each of the student's assignments, is a text field for the teachers to write a note to the students. For example, if a student has mispelled or has incorrect grammar, the teacher types in the message and the student knows to correct those items in their essay.
Student View of Review
Students will see the most recent message from the teacher with a time stamp of when the teacher submitted the note.
9) TOOLKIT - Science
The toolkit is for the data collection for the learning unit. All the learning units have a science toolkit that students can input data into.
At the end of the project, the data will be collected and made into graphical representations of the data collection.
That is the end of the Teachers Manual. We wish you a great year of working on the Peace Diaries. If you have any questions, just email us.
info@peacediaries.org
Enjoy!