1. COW PROCEDURES
CONTENT LITERACY
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2. DO NOW
• Quick Write: You best friend’s parents just
bought him/her the newest Smartphone.
They agree to let you borrow it over the
weekend. What kinds of precautions
should you take to keep it safe?

3. OBJECTIVES
• Students will be able to demonstrate
proper COW check-in and check-out
procedures.
• Students will be able to explain the
expectations for COW use and describe
the consequences for not following
expectations.
• Students will return a signed Catalyst
/Content Ltieracy Technology Agreement.

4. COMPUTER PROCEDURES
• As part of IDEAs Race to the Top
(RTTT) grant, IDEA College Prep
has been awarded laptops
organized into 14 COWS
(computers on wheels).
• This means in your English & Math
classes you will have a laptop for
content literacy. The 8th grade will
have in all four in content areas.

5. • This is a one-time award – no funds are
available for replacement.
• Our goal is ZERO equipment loss or
damage.
• You will be assigned a laptop and sign for
each day in class and return the same
period.
COMPUTER PROCEDURES

6. A CULTURE OF CONSISTENCY
• Each group will be assigned a specific
aspect of IDEA student culture.
• For your assigned topic be prepared to
discuss:
– Our mutual campus expectations
– Why we expect 100% compliance
– What happens when we get sloppy?

7. CASE STUDY
• We are going to study a video outlining
COW check-out and check-in procedures.
• Be prepared to list specific student and
teacher behaviors and discuss why they
are important.
• Make sure you can explain the
consequences of not adhering to our
common expectations.

8. PLEASE HAVE A COW

9. REFLECTION-POSTER
Teacher/Student Actions Purpose

10. COW PRACTICE

11. GUIDED NOTES
1. What must both you and your guardian sign before
you can participate in Catalyst?
2. What should you do with your software URL, user
name, and password?
3. What should you do while waiting for a laptop to be
available?
4. How do you make sure that you are using the correct
set of headphones?
5. When should you notify your teacher if a laptop is
broken or damaged?
6. What types of headphones can be used during
Catalyst?

12. GUIDED NOTES
7. Which three types of websites are never allowed
during Catalyst?
8. What must be kept away from the laptops at all
times?
9. When you teacher is giving instructions, what should
you do with your laptop?
10. What two things must you do before turning in your
laptop?
11. Where will you place your laptop in the COW, and
what must you do to it?
12. What should you do immediately after turning in your
laptop?

13. STEP BY STEP
1. Work on your assignment while waiting.
2. Make sure to have the correct set of
headphones.
3. Sign out laptop.
4. Return to your seat.
5. Inspect laptop.
6. Turn on computer and login.

14. STEP BY STEP
7. Logout and shut down laptop.
8. Return laptop to COW.
9. Place in correct slot.
10.Plug-in laptop.
11.Return to your seat.

15. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
• Headphones
• Troubleshooting
• Consequences
• Checking for Student Understanding
– Student Reflections
– Cow Procedures Quiz
– Practice (repeat as necessary)
– Recording Student Passwords (Planners)
– Login and Account Verification

16. CULTURE CAMP:
HEADPHONES
• Only IDEA School Headphones are
permitted:
• Students are not allowed to use their own
headphones
• Headphones will be numbered and assigned
to students according to laptop number

17. TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
• No Internet Access?
– Check Wifi Switch on side of computer:
– Restart Laptop (one at a time
if multiple laptops are offline)
• Computer Logged Out
– Restart Laptop and it will auto-login
• If you experience any other technical problems or
discover damaged equipment immediately fill out a
help-desk ticket. Make sure to carbon copy your
ILS!

18. CATALYST TECHNOLOGY
AGREEMENT

19. CATALYST TECHNOLOGY
AGREEMENT

20. CATALYST TECHNOLOGY
AGREEMENT

21. CONSEQUENCES
• 1st Offense: Lose computer for the length of
time you need to write 10 sentences.
• 2nd Offense: Lose computer for the rest of the
class. Complete an alternate assignment.
• 3rd Offense: Teacher/student/parent
conference. Potential to permanently lose
access to computers.
• *Serious misbehavior, even if a first offense,
will always result in an immediate—and
sometimes permanent--loss of computer
privileges.

22. COMPUTER MISUSE SENTENCES
• “I am an IDEA College Preparatory student
and I will use technology appropriately and
only for educational purposes as permitted
by my teacher.”

23. COW PRACTICE – PART TWO

24. LOGIN PROCEDURES
LEARNING
• Write the URL for Compass Odyssey, your
login and password in your planner.

25. COW PRACTICE – FOR REAL!

26. EXIT TICKET
• Hold up your Content Literacy Technology
Agreement.
• Write a note to have your parents sign your
agreement in your planner.
• Bring your agreement back tomorrow.
• Optional (Catalyst Procedures Quiz)

27. TEACHER REFLECTION
• What will you need to do ahead of time to
make sure that the COW culture lesson is
successful?
• What actions will students do during this
lesson? Teachers?
• What actions will you do to ensure 100%
student mastery?

28. STUDENT REFLECTION
• List four specific procedures you need to
follow as you use the laptops.
• For each procedure, explain its rationale
– Rationale = the reasons for doing something
• How will these procedures help make sure
our laptops keep working for the years to
come?
• How will having those working laptops
help you in the future? Be specific.