Well, I never new how to do an E-Portfolio before, or even knew anything about using google for blogs or websites. This is pretty easy. I'm sure that there are more functions available for the e-portfolio that I haven't learned yet. I am actually making more of them, and using them for my classes at school. I am making a portfolio for each of my classes. I put documents on it for students to print off at home if they are absent. Weekly lesson plans are staying more organized. It's really a lot of fun, and totally beats paper copies and filing!
I am all about trying to find an easier way to stay organized. The students liked that I could post pictures of them in the shop on it. I think if I had a portfolio for every class, teaching next year will be a lot easier. I would be able to electronically map out my year. I think that the more organized I am, the more receptive students are to doing book work. They are able to see online, that there will be "shop" days and "book" days. For some reason this is more effective if I show it to them on a computer, verses me just writing it on the board.
I just hope I could do something like that to climb to that Utopian state. If I could give lessons and outlines to my student's cellphones, classes would be so smooth. It would use less paper for sure. I would have to be sure that all my students had internet access if I required E-Portfolios. Our school has lots of computers , but each student's access is limited each day. Sounds like you have a great new teaching tool in your bag.
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