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2K1-2K3 Project
for Curriculum/Technology Integration
 
Jackson Creek Middle School
R. Joel Keefer, Language Arts
Dan Kennedy, Mathematics
Sara McQueen, Art
Kristen Poage, Language Arts
Jennifer Zock, Language Arts
Debbie Jacobs, Principal

[Current Draft] Electronic Portfolio Project  [PDF]
[First Draft] Good Teaching Through Technology
Integrating Technology Curriculum

Drafted 7/10/01

Goal

To take the existing writing portfolio and create a digital (electronic) portfolio on a compact disc (CD) for each student.

Objective

The objective to creating a digital portfolio is to improve proficiency in writing across the curriculum. The electronic portfolio will also enhance the unified writing program throughout Jackson Creek Middle School.

Rational

By contributing to the digital portfolio every six weeks, students will understand the importance of writing in all subject matters. The digital portfolio will also be in accordance with the PBA improvement plan, Public Law 221, integrating technology according to MCCSC standards, and provide an opportunity for professional growth for all faculty members.

Student Requirements

  • Each student will create a File Folder in their locker for each class they will have during the school year. They will also create a folder labeled PORTFOLIO. (This will be done in the Language Arts classes)
  • The student will place all writing assignments from each class in the appropriate file folder for later selection.
  • Every six weeks the student will select three projects and place them in the file folder labeled PORTFOLIO. The student will receive a rubric and grade every six weeks for accomplishing this task. (This will be done in the Language Arts classes)
  • At the end of the 2001-2002 school year, the student will receive a CD. During the team classes, the student will be asked to transfer all documents located in the PORTFOLIO file and burn them onto their digital portfolio CD.
  • A representative piece of writing will be required from each subject area in their PORTFOLIO file.

 

Teacher Requirements

  • Every classroom teacher will use existing technology to help students create writing projects to be included in student digital portfolios.
  • A writing sample from every class will be required each six weeks in every subject.
  • Handwritten assignments may be placed in the electronic portfolio. It is the teacher's responsibility to make sure that the project is either scanned or has had a digital camera image taken. That product must be placed in the student locker for selection in the digital portfolio.
  • Each team or department will create a multimedia station (in teams it will be the back computer in the Language Arts class) where a CD burner and scanner will be located for easy access.
  • Each teacher will be accountable at the end of the six weeks for providing, at minimum, one writing assignment for each student to place in their portfolio file in their locker.

Optional: Students may include non-writing (i.e. art) in the electronic portfolio. This is an addition to, not a replacement for, a written assignment.

Resources

  • All computers
  • All writing materials in the classroom and library
  • Scanners
  • Printers
  • CD burners
  • Smart boards
  • Digital cameras
  • Video cameras
  • Established school web page

 

Time Allocated

Implementation of the program will continue throughout the 2001-2002 school year.

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