Digital Blog J Chapter 11

Blog J, Ch 11

First, Digital Teaching Portfolios, are used for teachers to store basically anything that they have gained that has enhanced and/or been useful for teachers in their career; such as- any activities, observations from field experiences, volunteer hours etc in a digital format. This portfolio is designed to help save all these materials, which will become useful when beginning a teacher career.

teachers e-portfolio.wmv

Second, Democratic Schools and Classroom, allows students and teachers to engage and work together. This allows students to make decisions about important learning educational aspects. Although, students make some decisions, teachers are the ones in charge.  

Third, Involving Students in Learning through Feedback, which is somewhat similar to the Democratic Schools and Classroom, yet this, allows students to have more feedback on what they are learning and how things are being taught by the teachers. Before any lesson is taught students talk about the importance of feedback, the form figure 11.5 is what is used and turned in after the lesson.

In conclusion, these three concepts would be useful to me by using a digital portfolio to store all the materials, activities and resources I’ve created or used for myself as a teacher and the Democratic Schools and Involving students in feedback would be something I would definitely implement in my classroom, since I know how important it is to involve students in their education and discussions. Providing feedback will help me understand and improve myself as a teacher with students and vice versa.

Resources;

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

 Teachers e-portfolio.wmv. (2010, May 27). Retrieved March 28, 2015, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W2Vpn1iaNo