At the Language Dept. we are trying to start using electronic student portfolios. At their teacher’s request, the student will choose a sample of their best work from their language class (this can be extended to other classes as well) in any given year. The portfolio should be available for other teachers to see in future years. [...]
I will be running training refresher classes during the first two months of school. If you’d like to attend one of the classes, email me at jseamon@stjacademy.org.
- Josh
Yah, I should be sleeping, but instead I’m reading about:
http://flatclassroomproject2008.wikispaces.com/
http://horizonproject2008.wikispaces.com/
http://digiteen2008.wikispaces.com/
http://www.nmc.org/publications/2008-horizon-report
I’m too tired to fully summarize what I have been reading beyond these simple words: Way. Too. Cool.
Here are the slides for a presentation I will be giving to the SJA Language Department on Tuesday, 9/16.
I have been searching for a way to give my students a way to listen to the daily vocabulary at home. During the semester I have tried, with Josh’s considerable help, to devise a delivery system. I thought I was all set but then I found this other website that creates flash cards with sound. [...]
Digital documents are created with many different programs. Many of my students use various versions of MS Office and some use Open Office. Others use Mac Pages and some use Wordpad. Over the years I have become pretty good at dealing with just about any kind of file format that’s thrown at me. I know [...]