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Meeting was called to
order at 5:20 PM.
Attendees introduced themselves.
General Business
- The annual discussion
was held regarding the ITUG Facilitator. Wendy Modzelewski was
voted in as facilitator.
- When ITUG was formed,
it was suggested that meetings be held on a specific date during
the month in order to rotate the days on which the meeting was
held. This was adopted to accommodate those members who were taking
a college course on a specific day of the week. If the 12th fell
on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, then the meeting was moved to
the following Monday. This created a preponderance of Monday meetings.
It was suggested that the schedule be changed for the 2001-2002
school year to alleviate the preponderance of Monday Meetings.
The following schedule was adopted.
- Monday, November
12
- Wednesday, December
12
- Monday, January
14
- Tuesday, February
12
- Wednesday, March
13
- April - no meeting;
members are encouraged to attend the Delaware Instructional
Technology Conference, April 11-12, 2002. Preconference activities
will begin on April 10, 2002.
- Thursday, May
9
- June - no meeting
upon member request
- Topics - a brief discussion
was held with regard to possible topics for future meetings. Suggestions
were video imaging, student web pages (including topics such as
who is doing them, why they are doing them, and what they are
using them for), and the Thinkquest competition. As time ran short,
and the presenters had arrived, it was decided that this discussion
would be tabled and posted to the list for further discussion.
Major Topic: Electronic
Portfolios
The group was joined
by Nancy Carnavale and Anne Hilton from the Cape Henlopen School
District. Nancy has a class of 44 students and implements a student
portfolio of best work. This is the second year she will be doing
this. Their presentation included the following information:
| What
is a Portfolio? |
"A portfolio
is a purposeful collection of student work that exhibits the
student's efforts, progress, and achievements. The collection
must include student participation in selecting contents,
the criteria for selection, the criteria for judging merit,
and evidence of student self-reflection."
Northwest Evaluation Association
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| Why
do it? |
Nancy
and Anne's
Initial Reasons:
- Response to
DSTP
- Permanent collection
of student work
- Way to save
multimedia projects
- Allows for larger
audience for student work
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| Why
do it again? |
- Proud students
and parents
- Requires students
to self assess
- Increases student
motivation
- Demands highelevel
thinking skills.
- Incorporates
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
- Technology expertise
soars
- Ongoing yearlong
project
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| What
you need? |
Technology:
- CD Burner -
built into the computers
- Writable CDs
(rewritables are not critical)
- Scanner
- Software
And...
- Time
- A partner
- Student work
- A plan (Nancy
stressed that it was critical to have all the planning done
before beginning this project)
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| Bare
Necessities |
Each Portfolio
must have...
- Players for
all programs (most are available on the web; if the CD is
to be both Windows and MAC compatible, you need players
for both)
- Work reflective
of student's achievement
- All linked presentations
(Nancy created an "outline template" for all students
to follow. It was the student's responsibility to link their
individual work to the template.)
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| Learn
from their mistakes |
- Internal CD
Burners are easier to work with (eliminating the transfer
of work to the computer that had the CD burner.
- Begin making
your template early
- Download players
early (It was later suggested that by saving files as html
would eliminate the need to download and burn players onto
the CD as well.
- Lock one copy
of your template, just in case!
- Practice burning
CD's on rewritable CDs first
- Don't worry
about running out of room (Nancy's analogy was that if Microsoft
Office can fit on one CD, certainly a student portfolio
could!)
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| What
they have added |
This is the second
year for an implementation of electronic portfolios. They
have added:
- Work is now
organized by Gardner's Intelligences (last year it was organized
by curriculum area)
- Increased student
control
- More self-assessment
- Photos
- Evaluation
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| To
Do Lists |
For the teacher:
- Plan and make
template
- Take photos
- Share template
with students
- Scan students'
written work (Nancy has trained students to do this)
- Download players
and practice burning CDs
- Obtain and digitize
evaluations
- Report Cards
- DSTP results
- Make CD covers
- Burn Portfolios
- Share Portfolios
For the students:
- "Fill in"
the portfolio
- Select work
to be included in the portfolio
- Create links
to multi-media presentations
- Copy and paste
writingsw into template
- Student group
creates a memory book (that will be burned onto everyone's
CD).
- Choose and add
work when completed
- Complete final
self evaluation
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| Still
Interested? |
Some valuable resources:
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Next Meeting will
be held on Monday, November 12, 2001. The topic will be the Computer
Skills Growth Chart. This is a cooperative project developed
by a number of school districts and can be used to guide you in
determining the grade-level appropriate technology integration.
Meeting adjourned at 7:40 PM.
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