ePortfolio

I have decided to use a Google Site.  Here is the address:  https://sites.google.com/site/tiffanymatlockseportfolio/welcome

Portfolio

I had created an ePortfolio for another class.  The link is:  http://tgriset.pbworks.com/. 

I had not looked at this since the creation two years ago.  I started looking at it and adding documents to my ePortfolio.  I enjoyed the reflection of my courses so far and will continue to update and add to my ePortfolio.  Luckily, I have saved all of my coursework on my computer, and I have ready access to the files.  As I go through my coursework and add it to my ePortfolio, I am reflecting on what I have used in my job as a librarian, and what I feel I need to learn more about. 

I like this site for my ePortfolio, although I think a Google Site would be easier and more user friendly.  I like using my Google account, since everything is kept in one place.  You have your email, drive, blogs, calendar, and sites all in one place.  It makes it easier to edit things you have completed.

I also created a Google Site at:  https://sites.google.com/site/tiffanymatlockseportfolio/ and https://sites.google.com/site/grisettm/.  I created the "grisettm" one for my ePorfolio two years ago.  I like the Google Sites and will probably use one of them for my portfolio. 

I believe an ePortfolio is required for my degree, although I need to speak with someone in the LMS department to find out. 

Week of November 4, 2013: Ways to your Blogger in the classroom.

I currently use Blogger to upload digital picture books for a Spanish class, although I would like to see what students could do with a blog. Since I was an English teacher, it is always easiest to think of English classes first. I will look at English II first, since I am currently assisting a new teacher with her curriculum for To Kill a Mockingbird. I could see her assigning a blog for her student to do a variety of things. She could assign each student group a topic like character analysis, then the students create the blog and the rest of the class would comment, ask questions, and critique the blog. I would love to see a class do something like this and see how it would work.

I take most of what I am using from a progressivist viewpoint.  I see a more student centered classroom and learning environment.  My belief has always been whoever is talking and doing is the one learning. 

I can see blogs being used in many different classrooms to encourage writing across the curriculum, color and design, abstract symbols, and much more. 

The biggest obstacle I see is that you need a computer to create this.  On our campus, we have limited computers, and it is sometimes difficult to implement a project as this.