Snowflake: Lessons Students LOVE

Fall 2019 Syllabus

Instructor: ​Michelle Wynn

Office Hours:​ M-F 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Email: ​michellewynn@lcboe.net
Phone Extension:​ 4813

Course Description​: This course was designed to help participants learn

more about a lesser known program called Snowflake that comes as part of
the ClearTouch suite on all interactive panels. This product is very
interactive and helps students become active instead of passive learners in
your classroom.

Prerequisites​:
Teachers should be able to:

● Navigate to the Windows side of the panel

● ​Log into the Windows environment using their Active Directory credentials
● Proficiently operate the board using “touch”
● ​Launch the on-screen keyboard
● Operate the board using the portable keyboard and mouse.
Course Requirements:

● Internet Connection
● ClearTouch Panel
Course Structure: ​This course is completely online. It is designed to be self
paced so that it can fit into an educators busy schedule. This course consists of
four lessons.
Instructional Goals
● Participants will be able to explain the characteristics of the Snowflake app
and identify the benefits of using engaging resources in the classroom.
● Participants will determine the benefits of using Canvas versus EasiNote.
● Participants will be able to log into Snow.live online and on their Interactive
Panels.
● Participants will be able to find standards based interactive lessons that
others have created and learn how to implement these lessons in their
classroom.
● Participants will be able to create interactive lessons and formative
assessments that can be used with students on their interactive panels.
● Participants will be able to assign a graded and ungraded assessment to
their students.

Course Overview:

Instructional Goals Objectives

Strategies

Lesson 1: Participants will be Objective 1: Explain what Snowflake is how it can

Discovering able to explain the benefit the classroom.
Snowflake characteristics of the 1A: Be able to launch the app on the panel
Snowflake app and 1B: Describe the uses of the Snowflake Program.
identify the benefits of
using engaging
resources in the
classroom.

Lesson 2: Participants will Objective 2: Compare and contrast the

Snowflake determine the benefits benefits of using Canvas versus Easinote.
Apps of using Canvas 2A. Demonstrate knowledge of the whiteboard
(Youtube & versus EasiNote. tools.
Canvas) 2B. Experiment with the tools available in Canvas.
2C. Determine the differences between the tools
available in Canvas compared to Easinote.

Lesson 3: Participants will be Objective 3: Log in to Snow.Live and find

Explore able to log into standards based interactive Lessons.
Snow.Live Snow.live online and
(Lessons on their Interactive
App) Panels. 3A. Log into the platform and understand the
differences between the lessons “app” and the
Participants will be web-based application.
able to find standards 3B. Demonstrate the ability to find standards
based interactive based precreated lessons that can be adapted for
lessons that others use in the classroom.
have created and
learn how to
implement these
lessons in their
classroom.

Lesson 4: Participants will be Create interactive lessons and formative

Create Your able to create assessments using the provided templates.
Own! interactive lessons 4A. Demonstrate the ability to edit a lesson to suit
and formative a teacher’s specific classroom needs.
assessments that can 4B. Demonstrate the ability to create a lesson
be used with students using a template.
on their interactive 4C. Demonstrate the ability to create an
panels. assessment using the Poll feature within
Snow.Live.

Grading Policy: ​This course is designed to be used at your own pace. No

grades will be assigned. It is my hope that this information will benefit you
and your students.