Every Tuesday I share a Tech Tip on our social media pages to assist our staff in their use of technology as it relates to their role. In Manitoba, November is a whirlwind month for educators. We start off strong with the Halloween candy-hangover, jump right into a time-change, and hit the ground running to complete report cards and book parent-teacher interviews! One of my favourite methods to assist with this is the implementation of student portfolios. Student portfolios can be a fantastic practice in the classroom as they: develop student metacognition selecting exemplars reflecting on their learning journey encourage transparent conversations… Read More
#TechTipTuesday – Digital Tools for Student Portfolios
Every Tuesday I share a Tech Tip on our social media pages to assist our staff in their use of technology as it relates to their role. In Manitoba, November is a whirlwind month for educators. We start off strong with the Halloween candy-hangover, jump right into a time-change, and hit the ground running to complete report cards and book parent-teacher interviews! One of my favourite methods to assist with this is the implementation of student portfolios. Student portfolios can be a fantastic practice in the classroom as they: develop student metacognition selecting exemplars reflecting on their learning journey encourage transparent conversations… Read More
Summative Annotated Bibliography
The following is an annotated bibliography I created as part of my Graduate Summative Seminar course (I had previously shared my Graduate Portfolio here). This bibliography includes 20 entries that have been especially significant to me throughout my M.Ed journey. *I apologize for some of the formatting glitches that appear below in the embedded version. This issue should be resolved by viewing the document through Google Docs directly here.
Graduate Portfolio!
After 21 years of formal education I am reaching the end of my current learning journey: my Masters degree! While I truly believe that education is a lifelong experience; I am very excited to celebrate this accomplishment! I know that I will begin another degree in the future (distant future; when my babies are in high school maybe) but for the time being I am concluding my journey at B.U. I have officially started my LAST class of my M.Ed, Graduate Summative Seminar, and have begun compiling evidence of my learning through this experience. This has perhaps been… Read More
Exploring Interests… Planning for the End of the School Year
On average, I try to blog at least twice a week, but this can reach up to four or five times a week depending on what is going on in my life. I also spend time each morning reading through various edu-blogs (my version of the morning paper) and try to keep up with Twitter throughout the day. This has become my routine and I feel like I have benefited ten-fold from the networking opportunities that my PLN has granted me. Last week, however, I found myself completely pull away from my computer and my iPhone… Read More
Professional Portfolio Feedback
Yesterday I posted about how I was presenting my teaching portfolio in class today as part of a “portfolio fair” in my Science Methods class. In addition to presenting it to my peers, I also posted it to my Facebook and Twitter accounts as well to try and get more feedback. As promised, here are some of the comments & suggestions that I got: 1 ) Good use of pictures – People liked that I had photos in addition to text so they could really visualize what I was trying to get… Read More
More on Professional Portfolios
Tomorrow in my Science Methods class we are having a “portfolio fair” in which we take turns sharing our professional teaching portfolios. We are able to see what other people have included, get formatting/organization ideas, critique for errors, etc. In case you missed it the first time, I actually took a very big step (for me) and decided to share my portfolio to the world via a blog post last month. While I can’t say I received any constructive criticism, I did receive a lot of kind and supportive comments so that must mean I am doing something… Read More
What Makes A Good Portfolio?
A major component of almost ALL of our Faculty of Education classes is our professional portfolio. This is what we will use to “sell ourselves” and let potential employers know what we have to offer their schools. It can be electronic:– Website– Blog– Slide-share– PowerPoint– etcOr it can be done in a hard-copy form:– Scrapbook– Binder– File System– etc I had started a portfolio last year when I first entered the Faculty of Education but now, looking back at it, I realize that it is not the best reflection of who I am. In that short… Read More