My
GAME plan is running about as expected.
I clearly need extra time in my day to sit down and gather the materials
necessary to get the ball rolling. What
I have achieved thus far is I have made contact with the company I would like
to purchase the Share software from. A
customer service representative followed up with me today, but I have yet to
pick through the information thoroughly.
After reading through this week’s chapter on assessment, questions just
started rippling through my mind when I got to the area that focused on the
uses of portfolios. The text mentioned
to be careful when choosing software.
Immediately, I became worried about the software I am getting closer to
buying. Apparently I need to think about
the fact that I want my students to be able to access their portfolios in the
future or even at home this year, but if program can only be used on the
computer that has the software downloaded to it then my students would be out
of luck. So, I will definitely ask this
important question when I speak with the company rep again, but meanwhile I
think I am considering modifying my portfolio idea a bit. Portfolios can be created using
word-processing documents. I like the
idea of a simple, neat packaged program, but it may not be effective for what I
am trying to do. As far as purchasing a
scanner, I realized I do not need one. I
can always take digital photos and upload items that way or I can capture the image
using my document camera, which is connected to my computer. Overall, I am still in the early planning
stages, but I know this is what I want to do with my students. Today a really low functioning student that
is always getting in trouble completed an assignment. It grabbed my attention so I called him up to
let him know how proud I was that he focused enough to complete an
assignment. Five minutes passed and he
walked back up with a huge smile to ask me if I would please share that
assignment with his parents at conference.
I realized right then how valuable these portfolios are going to be for
my students, myself, and their families.
Question: Does anyone know how to access the WEB LINK
found in our text. For example, on page
19 it says we can download a Portfolio Template on the textbook’s companion
website, but the only sites I can find in the front of the text and they didn’t
seem to work.
Thank
you, Kelly
Kelly,
ReplyDeleteEven though time was a factor for you in your GAME plan progress, you have definitely put a lot of time into thinking through what you still need to research and evaluate before you make a decision. It would be so easy to give up and abandon the idea when you come up against obstacles. It sounds like it will be worth modifying your plan to accomplish your goal. It may take a little more planning and effort on your part not to buy a ready to use program but then you can adjust the portfolios to meet you and your students needs.
Wow, what a confirmation of how important these portfolios will be to your students as well and you and their parents. As I have been keeping up on your GAME plan and your process about using e-portfolios, I am convinced that I too need to start implementing them. I am really interested in the route that you will end up taking. I probably would not be able to purchase any program so I would have to look into using Microsoft Office or a free software program. Would digital-storytelling be an option? Just a thought. Having the program available for your students and parents on other computers may still be an issue with digital-storytelling too. I would have to check that. Great job! I look forward to reading about your decision.
Daneen
Daneen,
DeleteI appreciate your thoughts this week. You have a very positive influence coming through in your words, which I could use right now. Also, thanks for the idea of using a different software in order to create portfolios. Digital-storytelling is something I have on my agenda to meet with a colleague about. It could work in lui of purchasing a product, I may use it.
Kelly