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Digital Portfolios. Mary Creek Library Media Specialist AND Therese Styrczula Fourth Grade Teacher Will County School District 92 Ludwig Elementary School Lockport, IL. Why Digital Portfolios?. Document student growth over time Interactive, ongoing feedback between teacher and student
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Digital Portfolios • Mary Creek • Library Media Specialist • AND • Therese Styrczula • Fourth Grade Teacher • Will County School District 92 • Ludwig Elementary School • Lockport, IL
Why Digital Portfolios? • Document student growth over time • Interactive, ongoing feedback between teacher and student • Turns students into producers, rather than consumers, of content • Ownership of work, decision-making
Digital Portfolios • How they work for us • Our “method” • Sample Portfolios • connect.d92.org
Ideas to Get You Started • http://www.wikispaces.com/content/teacher • http://plpnetwork.com/2012/02/27/digital-portfolios-for-primary-students/ • http://langwitches.wikispaces.com/Digital+Portfolios
Podcasting • Fluency practice to demonstrate improvement over time • Construct knowledge • Voice Thread - Student-led conferences http://voicethread.com/about/library/5th_Grade__Digital_portfolios_for_studentled_parent_confs/
Student Email Accounts • The “GMAIL” work-around • Set up a new account strictly for school. • Use this account + students’ names as their email addresses for Web 2.0 tools • Example: School Gmail is mrscreek92@gmail.com, student Gmail would be mrscreek92+jacksontucker@gmail.com
Voki • www.voki.com • Can be embedded or web link shared • Explain math process, vocabulary, creative writing, reading response
Blabberize • http://blabberize.com/ • Endangered Animal project, “talking” state or region of the US, “talking” country, author point of view, character analysis
Go-Animate • http://goanimate.com/ • Compare/contrast • Fact/opinion • Inferences • Scientific method explanation • Opposing viewpoints
Popplet • http://popplet.com/ • Mind mapping • Main idea/detail • Cause/effect • Story elements • Requires email, but the Gmail “trick” works!
Zooburst • http://www.zooburst.com/ • Explain something in nature • Historical timeline
Wordle • http://esu4literacycadre.wikispaces.com/file/view/47_Interesting_Ways_to_use_Wordle_in_the_Clas.pdf
Word Sift • http://www.wordsift.com/
ABC-Ya • http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm
Wallwisher • http://www.wallwisher.com/ • http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/mcreek
Newspaper Snippet • http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp
Keeping Track of Passwords - Helpful Hint • Address Book on your computer • Create a “group” called “Passwords”. You can even link the site’s URL to the address book cards