Include the following:

 

 

 

 

Introduction Process paper (APA Style credits)

Include your resume – (optional)

Teaching/ Technology Philosophy

Literacy Autobiography- link to Youtube

 

 

Curriculum Project

 

Experiential Learning Activity

Interview a Librarian

Reading Reflections

Media Review

Presentation of the portfolio

 Add your National Organization

example- see for physical education

E- Journals

Online / WEB

Resources

Assessment Strategy/ Rubric

 

rubric

rubric

 

 

Introduction

This is an outline for your course projects. Your e-portfolio has to reflect10 NJ Teaching standards. http://www.state.nj.us/njded/profdev/profstand/standards.pdf

Please erase my explanations and put yours into appropriate sections. Please feel free to add and edit new sections.

 

After you complete your e-portfolio, you can save this word document as an html document. We can upload your document to the Euphrates account.

 

We will sign up for Euphrates Account so that we can upload your e-portfolio and CREATE A WEB PAGE

See this link for our useful websites collection, I will continue to add your work here.

http://euphrates.wpunj.edu/faculty/yildizm/use.htm

 

Here I suggest you put your rationale, mission statement, teaching +technology philosophy or introduction to your portfolio.

 

Teaching Philosophy- Add technology philosophy section or paragraph

 

Reading Reflections

 

Posted Readings and Links

Please try to post a journal/ reflection on your progress, reaction to online postings on bb.

E- Journals (total of 5- during the term- due dates are listed in the syllabus)

Post your e-journals here.

General Information about your e-journals:


If it is personal, you can email your journals to me.
Suggested Topics/ Content: Listed below. At least in one paragraph, talk about your experiences
with the software shown in class, your progress.
Size: 2-3 paragraphs.
In this area, please share your weekly accomplishments, experiences, ideas for curriculuml project, experiences with the news software in class, your progress, etc.
If you have anything personal or requires an immediate attention please email your journal to me directly at yildizm@wpunj.edu

If you are out of ideas, each week you can pick a topic from below and reflect your own experience about it.
Suggested Topics:
Media and New technologies in the classroom.
Cooperative Learning.
Internet Ethics- AUP-Acceptable Use Policy
Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia
Cooperative Learning
Ideas/ Lesson Plans for integrating technology in the curriculum.

 

Listserv Reflection

Subscribe to listserv/ mailing list/ yahoo group, etc. that is related to your area of interest and subject field, keep a log of the activities, your reactions to the listserv and post your recommendations to the group. (size: a couple paragraph) Please include

Name of the listserv

Moderator

Target Audience

How to subscribe: Link for subscription

One thing you learned from the listserv. (i.e.: It is hard to manage emails, or I found such resources…)

Recommendations to your peers

 

Suggested Listserv

Media Literacy M-L Listserv http://interact.uoregon.edu/medialit/course/resources/media-l.html  or  http://www.med.sc.edu:1081/listserve.htm

 

Media Review

Sample Template for your Media Review:
http://euphrates.wpunj.edu/faculty/yildizm/mediareview.html

Options for Media Review Format:

 

You can select:


Book/ Textbook
Educational Software/ Video/ DVD
10 Web page
5 Journal article


Here are some of the basic things, you need to discuss in your own evaluation tool.

Name of the media: web page or software.
Publisher/ Creator / Date...
Audience designed for
What's the purpose?
Classroom use: Ideas for integrating into your own teaching. Why? How?

Interactivity, ease of navigation
Installation
Selection of pictures/ icons
the software or site multilingual?
Multicultural perspective
Your recommendations

 

Terminology Test

Post your terminology test here. Also, take each others' test and respond.

Steps:
1. Create a terminology quiz. You are encouraged to work in groups. Please see terminology on course material area on bb.

 

2. Post your terminology test that you have created using online tools. Using the following links to create 5 to 10 questions online quiz or one puzzle and post them on bb>discussion board>terminology quiz forum.

 


http://www.easytestmaker.com
http://www.quia.com
http://www.puzzlemaker.com

http://quizstar.4teachers.org/


Here is a great example from Misty Gardner http://school.discovery.com/quizzes19/misd1/ComputerTerminolog.html
3.Take at least 5 different quiz which was created by your classmates.
4. Post your constructive response and suggestions to the quizzes that you take for improvement. Please try to take as much as you can.

 

Online Resources

 

Please post min. 10 selected web resources that you would like to use in your own teaching with a paragraph annotation.

Annotation should include:

Name of the site

Name of the organization/ sponsor/producer

Target Audience it designed for

When it is last updated

Your suggestions for curriculum integration

Copy and paste the link

 

Curriculum Project

Create a unit plan in your subject area using two different formats.  Your plan should be appropriate for diverse secondary classrooms, utilize higher order thinking skills, invoke critical thinking, incorporate student prior knowledge, multiple intelligences, and diverse content, incorporate alternative assessment, and satisfy several NJCCCS. Unit plans should include an introduction with a discussion of the rationale and unit organization, comprise of at least three lessons, and highlight at least three different teaching strategies. 

 

Phase 1: Project Proposal

Your project needs to focus on integrating media literacy and/ or media production into the curriculum. Please add state and national standards.

Here are the guidelines for the Final Projects proposal. Post your proposal and projects under this forum here.


Include the following items in your Proposal.

 

Student Name
Expected time to complete the project
Tentative title/ theme
Goals/ Objectives; Be as specific as possible.
Rationale : (Why you picked this topic? How will it improve your teaching/ parenting, etc?
Medium (Which form you will create your project. Livetext, website, URL address, Videotape, Burned CD, file attachment, in the mail, etc.)
Target Audience
Lesson ideas or lesson plans that you searched in this topic. For instance, provide URL links.

Teaching Strategies and Methods:
Evaluation Methods: Assessment strategies: How will you assess your students outcome?
Resources/ Credits: the print material, electronic resources, websites you already found.
APA style.

 

 

Phase 2: Send a draft (if needed)

Phase 3: Post your project here and ALSO on discussion board> final project area to share with the rest of the class. Make sure to include a min two pages process paper and resources used with primary and secondary resources (APA style).

 

Phase 4: Select one of the projects posted on bb and provide feedback. Post your response here as well.

 

Make sure you give credit for each website, picture, etc. You must use APA style.
Citation Machine is website for APA and MLA style.

http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/cm.php

 

Goal is to create a project that you can use in your own classroom.

 

Assessment/ Rubric

Create a rubric/ assessment plan or strategy:
Ideas:
1. Rubric for me to evaluate your project(s).
You can create a rubric for your own midterm video project as a group. How you would like to be evaluated? Is this rubric that you would like to be evaluated on?
2. Rubric for your own project(s), lesson plans, web pages, etc.
Online tools:
Rubristar
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
Rubric builder
http://landmarks4schools.org/classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php3
...or more other http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html

Evaluation Rubric Sample

Criteria

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4

Your Score

Content

Unorganized and meets less than half the requirements

Project meets half of the requirements; well-organized

Project is well- organized and meets most requirements

Project is well-organized and meets all requirements

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4

Creativity

Project includes little variety in presentation techniques

Material presented with little originality or creative thought

Some apparent originality displayed through creative use of materials

Exceptional originality of presented material

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Grammar

Multiple grammatical and stylistic errors

Some errors in grammar and/or format that does not interfere with clarity

Few grammatical and/or stylistic errors

Nearly error-free which reflects clear understanding and thorough proofreading

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Presentation

Careless, hurried, and illegible presentation

Project appears rushed of somewhat careless, but the content is legible

Clear, uncluttered, and attractive

Evidence that pride and care was taken and the message of the product is clearly defined

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Additional

 

 

 

 

 

Total

1-4

5-8

9-12

13-16

 

 

1 points

2 points

3 points

4 points