+Tip #2: Stay on track - Things to keep in mind during a SCAN session

1. Log into and participate in the SCAN lesson (from MySCANs). “Teacher’s view” helps monitor student input.
2. Help students’ pacing by limiting comments and periodically telling students what step they should be on.
3. Students who finish quickly can return to previous steps to see comments or issues they may have missed.
4. Use “teacher override” if students are having trouble logging back in.
5. Each username will be able to answer designated follow-up questions and print out responses. If you want students in a group to individually answer follow-up questions, they will need to print the questions out and answer on paper.
6. Problems? Check Help/FAQ or contact us.

+Tip #3: Pressed for time? Shorten SCAN in-class time

SCAN typically takes close to 45 minutes, but you can reduce the time spent in class by:

• Printing lesson for students to read in advance.
• Limiting commenting and periodically telling students what step they should be on.
• Having students finish SCAN or assessment activities for homework.

+Tip #4: Get creative with extending and assessing learning

Consider Essential Questions:

• How do we solve problems in a democracy when we all have different opinions?
• How can writing communicate ideas and deepen understanding?

Activities:

1. Write a persuasive essay, include other points of view issues.
2. Conduct interviews of people with different perspectives on the issue.
3. Invite people (stakeholders represented in the scenario) to come speak to the class.
4. Research appropriate policies on the web (Ex. Cell phone policies, homework policies, etc)
5. Brainstorm issues with different perspectives and have students write their own scenarios using a SCAN scenario as a model.
6. Hold a debate on one of the SCAN topics.
7. Use a courtroom simulation on one of the SCAN topics
8. Use “bits and pieces” of the SCAN process. EX. Have students pick issues and points of view out of one of their stories from Language Arts (Ex. The Outsiders, Daniel’s Story, etc)
9. Have students attend a board or council meeting. Have them write a summary of the meeting including issues and points of view. Use the SCAN process to brainstorm solutions to local problems.
10. Have students stand on a “soap box” to present their point of view.
11. Have students identify situations in their reading where the characters could have used SCAN. Have them write a scenario from the story or just use SCAN as if they were the characters.
12. Have students identify a “complex situation” in their own life and use SCAN to come up with a plan of action (ex. What should I do this summer?)

Technology Integrators:

1. Use the Read Write Think Persuasion Map to organize their persuasive essay
2. Make a Photostory of the four points of view and possible solutions.
3. Use a flip video camera to record your soap box presentations of people’s opinions and post them for the class to review.
4. Watch a movie that illustrates the conflict in the scenario (Ex. “ Remember the Titans” for segregation issues) and have them “discuss” points of view as they are watching using a tool like “today’s meet”
5. Skype students from other schools or other adults to get their perspectives or learn about their policies.
6. Have students create a “glogster”—digital poster representing one (or all) point of view(s).
7. Have students Twitter in their opinions before and after doing a scenario.
8. Have students blog or post their perspectives on a discussion board online (www.edmodo.com)

+Tip #5: Explore the handy dashboard tools

1. Use folders to organize lessons you have set up
2. Worksheets and handouts help you: assign roles, organize lesson, provide SCAN URL for students (found under “print” menu in “my SCANs”)
3. “Teacher view” allows you to know which students are using which usernames (accessed from “my SCAN lessons”)
4. “Duplicate and rename” – easily set up an identical lesson to run with another class
5. “Edit” usernames or posts during or after a SCAN session
6. “Print” session transcript to allow you to get a detailed look at the SCAN session – all posts, issues, comments, etc.