My progress towards indicator 1c has been slow, but over time I have accumulating pictures of students work on my digital camera. Students have been working diligently to finish their sheet metal projects in Materials Processing class. I am in the process of creating the Wiki for student’s portfolio’s using Wikispaces.com. When I have finished set-up on the Wiki page I will then start a quick tutorial of how to set up their wiki Portfolio Page themselves. I have learned that creating a Wiki for student evaluations can become time consuming, considering that I will be including about 60 students onto this Wiki. I am also wondering if a Wiki can manage all of the pages including the pictures that will be add. I will need to do some research on how much space can be stored on a Wiki in Wikispaces.com.
The second goal indicator 3c, “collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student’s success and innovation,” has also become work in progress. As a part of my first goal is to incorporate a wiki in the classroom, I would also want to create a proposal to the technology department to introduce wiki’s as a guide to online portfolios for students from the middle school and up. Many problems that I am facing is teachers in the middle school teach every student, so there would be a lot of students that would only have one year as their portfolio and then move on to the arts or business. I would like to create a portfolio that allows the student to showcase their work through the stages of their high school academic performance so the student could have easy access to show their projects off campus. I believe this will create a more understanding of how wiki’s work and how they could be used.
References:
Cennamo, K., Ross, J., & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology integration for meaningful classroom use: A standards-based approach. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
I know what you mean about how time-consuming it can be to set up a Wiki, but it seems like it will be worth it in the long run. As Dr. John Ross explains, it is important to “develop a cadre of techniques to monitor and evaluate student progress” (Laureate Education, Inc., 2009), and it sounds like you have a variety of methods to assess your students' work!
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Reference:
Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2009). Assessing student learning with technology. Baltimore: Author.
I think it will be worth it in the long run. I also think that students can use other students ideas and designs to innovate better projects.
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