Technology in our daily basis

I loved this course! I learned a lot about new gadgets and electronic tools that we can use to reach our main goal - make our students learn - more effectively, but also I learned a lot with our readings, which made me reflect about the importance and use of technology in our lessons. I'm sure that technology if well-planned and applied with discretion is a wonderful tool that gives us the possibility to pass our content knowledge with more interactivity, therefore more effectively because the students can experience while they are learning. Especially for language students, technology is an awesome help, with blogs, videoblogs, voice blogs, smartboard lessons, pedagogic videos, etc... I'm glad I took this course and I'll recommend it for all teachers who are commited to create a more engaging lesson on our daily basis. Thanks, Ms. Mislevy for all your help, knowledge and enthusiasm toward our challenging profession! See you all soon. Merry Christmas and a blessed 2011 for us all!!!! Bye.

Examples of electronic teacher portfolios

I thought Danielle E. Van Patter’s electronic portfolio was a good portfolio for a undergraduate, but not for a professional teacher. The materials she included work together as a cohesive unit, each adding an essential element to the whole. She included her resume, cover letter, teaching philosophy, students’ evaluations of her, letters of reference, a letter to parents, a wide professional development report and her academic achievements. As she still is a student, she didn’t include many materials about activities developed in her classes, what can be seen as lack of experience. So, I think her portfolio didn’t displayed her as a competent professional.

Her electronic portfolio: http://eduportfolio.org/vues/view/2874#section71767

Stephanie Ladner’s portfolio, on the other hand, showed an also young but experienced professional. It’s more complete and accurate than Danielle’s, showing all the materials that Danielle posted and many examples of lessons done, and activities that she took part of during the years, and also she included pictures of her experience as a volunteer at Nalopa Primary School in Arusha, Tanzania, with a brief description of the work done there, what showed her as a mature and determined young woman.

Stephanie’s portfolio: http://sites.google.com/site/stephanieladner/Home