My final project
My initial idea was to set up a Web page with assignment prompts, examples, discussion boards, and so on for all the writing portfolio assignments students will be doing in my class in the fall. In the end, that idea was overly ambitious, so I just created one assignment (narrative paragraph) integrated-skills lesson plan with online activities: Valuable Lessons.
My goal is to have students create sites and post their writing (eportfolios). Has anyone had experience with eportfolios, and if so, would you be willing to share any best practices, warnings, words of wisdom, suggestions/advice with me?
I loved using Weebly - it's incredibly easy to use, so I may have students do their eportfolios there, but to best integrate with Google docs and my grand plan to give feedback with Kaizena, Google Sites (though tricky to use at times) is the other possibility I am exploring.
Instructor Susan Gaer's feedback on my final project:
WOW! What a great interactive lesson. I love the way you integrated tools into the lessons, covered all the skills of listening, reading and writing. I love that you gave the students examples. It was also nice to see your video on voice thread. My only suggestion is (it is very small) is that you remove the word Flubaroo where you embedded the quiz. Students don’t need to know that and it just might stump them. The lesson looks visually appealing, has great interactivity and models for what your expectations are. If you have any more time to work on it, perhaps you good do a rubric activity to have students really understand how a rubric works. You don’t need to do this to pass the class. YOU HAVED PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS (think red, white and blue). It was wonderful having you in the class. You raised the bar on the level of discussion. I learned a lot from you!
