Digital Portfolio

Month: _End of the Year Portfolio_____ Mode: Functional Texts (web page)

Students will create a student web page to showcase the technology-based projects that they create throughout the year.

Orientation:
The first three months of the year, students will focus on research skills and learning technology skills such as word processing, spreadsheets, how to podcast, using digital cameras, web page creation, video editing, etc.

Some website-based process strategies to teach:
Meaning (Purpose)
Audience
Using Graphic Organizers (Storyboarding)
Fact vs. Opinion
Adding hyperlinks, images, and graphics
Formatting features
Appropriate Titles (navigation menu)
Choosing a variety of genres (published works)
Web site publishing

Application:
While involved in investigations, community service, field trips, and other enrichment; students will chose a topic of interest in small groups, do the research, a present the information in a technology-based format as mini-seminars. Through this process, they will also be creating podcasts, charts and graphs, writing pieces, maintaining the class website, etc.

Showcase:
After planning the pages and navigation menu items, students will use a graphic organizer to plan hyperlinks, and choose their student created materials. Then students will create a webpage to showcase what they have learned and accomplished throughout the year.