Exploring the iSOSY Student Portal: Keeping OSY Students Engaged with the Student Portal

WHEN

Tuesday, February 27, 2024 (9-10:30am)

This meeting was recorded. Please see the Recording section below.

Description

To provide quality learning tools to migratory students, the iSOSY Student Portal & Technology group has developed a web-responsive student portal that offers 24/7 access to materials, resources, and support for students. Participants in this workshop will enjoy an overview and walkthrough of the portal and tour the updates made after several states piloted its use and offered feedback.

A few student portal highlights that we will discuss are:

• iSOSY lessons and tools revised to add activities via interactive platforms like Kahoot, Flip, EdPuzzle, etc.
• Video affidavits from real students (in both English and Spanish) who share their success stories- an effort to encourage their peers to use the materials that have helped them.
• Information about live lesson events for students
• A lesson archive via the Videos page

The content in this presentation is geared towards serving the migrant populations in New York State as defined under Title I, Part C and the approved State Service Delivery Plan, and may NOT be appropriate to all situations.

Please refer to the  disclaimers page, which includes the vendor notice, Google™ Translate disclaimer, and nondiscrimination and accessibility policy, before proceeding further.

Meet the Presenter

Travis Williamson, Out-of-School-Youth Training Coordinator, Recruiter for NYS-MEP ID&R 
 
Travis is now going into this 16th year with the Migrant Education Program and over the years has held many positions. Working alongside OSY Specialists and fellow Recruiters nationwide, he enjoys collaborating about ideas and strategies, in the hopes of better serving students. This most recently includes his part in the development of the iSOSY student portal. Travis worked for three years with the South Carolina Department of Education where he played a role in many initiatives of the South Carolina MEP. Travis is currently a member of the iSOSY and has presented at several national and state conferences to demonstrate how mapping and technological strategies can improve serving and finding students. 

Recording