E-Portfolio

=E-Portfolio=

Description
Students will create an electronic profolio showcasing, not just their IT based projects, but many other projects they have completed in a variety of subjects. The showcase will incorporate digital photographs of art work, audio files of singing tests and a combination of uploaded projects and links attached to thumbnails. The e-portfolio will be housed in a class wiki with each student having their own page.

Sample e-portfolio
This is a link to the e-portfolio's of Mr. Paul Brodie's 2007-2008 fourth grade class. [|Mr. Brodie's Class E-Portfolio]

IT Skills Emphasised

 * Uploading digital photographs and audio files to a wiki
 * Using standard publishing symbols to modify the look and feel of the wiki page
 * The use of thumb nails and links rather than uploading entire files on internet pages
 * Saving and editing files on the internet

IT - Grade 4
Standard 1: Basic operations and concepts 1.3 Identify and know how to use Menu options in application programs to develop text, graphic, spreadsheet, and Web documents; save, print, format, and add multimedia features; store, access, and manage files; and use dictionary, thesaurus, and spelling and grammar tools. Standard 3: Technology productivity tools 3.1 Identify and apply common productivity software features such as menus and toolbars to plan, create, and edit word processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Standard 4: Technology communications tools - Students use telecommunications to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts, and other audiences. Students use a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences. 4.1 Identify telecommunications tools (email, online discussions, Web environments) and online resources for collaborative projects with other students inside and outside the classroom who are studying similar curriculum-related content. Standard 5: Technology research tools - Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources. Students use technology tools to process data and report results. Students evaluate and select new information resources and technological innovations based on the appropriateness for specific tasks. By the end of grade 4 students 5.2 Describe how to perform basic queries designed to process data and report results on assigned topics in the curriculum.

IT - Grade 5
Standard 1: Basic operations and concepts 1.6 Identify basic software commands used to manage and maintain computer files on a hard drive, diskette, or CD-ROM; manage and maintain their files on a network; and know how to exchange files with other students and the teacher via network file-sharing and e-mail attachments. Standard 2: Social, ethical, and human issues 2.3 Identify software or technology-delivered access that is valuable to them, and describe how it improves their ability to communicate, be productive, or achieve personal goals. Standard 3: Technology productivity tools 3.2 Know procedures for importing and manipulating pictures, images, and charts in word processing documents and spreadsheets, presentations, and other creative works. Standard 4: Technology communications tools 4.2 Identify a variety of media and formats to create and edit products (e.g., presentations, newsletters, Web pages, portable document format) that communicate syntheses of information and ideas from the curriculum to multiple audiences. Standard 5: Technology research tools 5.3 Identify, record, and organize information on assigned topics in the curriculum by selecting and using appropriate information and communication technology tools and resources (e.g., slide show, timeline software, database, conceptual mapping). Standard 6: Technology problem-solving and decision-making tools 6.2 Know how to select and use information and communication technology tools and resources to collect, organize, and evaluate information relevant to a real world problem.

General Reflection on the Project

 * I liked the way this consolidated much of the students IT work as well as a place to showcase other work.
 * Uploading movies became too time consuming and would have taken up too much space on the wiki so we created links to the school website.