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AnneKingsley
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ThecapstoneEportfolioShowcasingCriticalThinkingandBuildingIdentities
By:WhitneyHusidandVirginiaWallace
Inthisarticle,HusidandWallacebothtalkaboutkeytoolsthatonewouldneedto
creatinganeportfolio.Atfirst,theymentionavarietyofindividualsthatcanhelponetoget
startedwithaneportfolio,suchas:Librarians,Englishteachers,schoolcounselors,managers,
etc.TheyalsoprovidespecificstandardsbytheNCTEthatwouldbenecessarytocreatinga
successfulportfolio,whichhelpsthereaderidentifywhattheexpectationareforaneportfolio.
Forexample,oneofthestandardsincludehavingtogatherandanalyzedatafromavarietyof
sourcesandbeabletobepresentedcritically,creatively,andclearly.Theauthorsareableto
identifythestepsandtraitsneededinmakingagoodeportfolio,puttingemphasisinthe
academicatmosphere,beingthattheymentionprofessorsandlibrariansforusefulsources.
Thisportionofthearticlealsoprovidesuswithatableconsistingofdifferentwaystobringdown
stresslevelsintheprocessofmakingaportfolio,beingthatitsverycommonforpeopletocome
acrossthis.Asidefromallthepositivenotesinthearticle,theyalsotalktousaboutthingsthat
one
shouldnt
dowhilecreatinganeportfolio,andhowcrucialitistonotmakethatmistake.
Lastly,theyendthearticlewithtargetinghIghschoolstudentsinstartingtheirportfoliosearly
on,sothisgivesustheirtargetaudience.Overall,HusidandWallaceprovideuswithasimple,
tothepointarticlehelpingonecreateanonlineportfolioandwaystomanageitintheprocess.

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TeachingPreServiceTeacherstoIntegrateTechnology:SituatedLearningwithOnline
Portfolios,ClassroomWebsites,andFacebook

By:ChrisShaltry,DanahHenriksen,MinLunWu,W.PatrickDickson,MichiganState
University
Inthisarticle,theseauthorsdescribetheevolutionofanewelectivecoursethatisdesigned
specificallyforundergraduatestudentsandfutureteachers.Thisarticlewillhelpthemtomake
effectiveandcreativeusageoftechnologyforthemselvesandtheirclassmates.Notonlyare
theylearningabouttechnology,buttheywillbeusingtechnologyintheprocesstolearnwhat
theyneedto,soeverythingwillbevisualforthem.Theyalsoprovidecoherentstepstoteachers
onhowtoeffectivelyimplementtechnologyintheirclassrooms.Thesestepsincludethe
studentsbeingabletoengageincertainactivities,thenthestudentsaregiventheopportunityto
tryawidevarietyofinnovativetechnologiesthroughtheirownexplorationsoftheirchoosing.
Thiswayitllmakeitfunforthestudents,astheycanchoosewhattheydesire.Lastly,allof
thesestepsbuilduptoincludingsocialmedialikeFacebookandtwitter.Overall,thisarticleisa
guidetohelpingnotonlystudents,butsoontobeteachersinvolvetechnologywitheducation.

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BuildingaWebBasedAccountabilitySysteminaTeacherEducationProgram
By:XueguangMaandRoyRada
UniversityofMarylandBaltimoreCounty

Inthisarticle,MaandRadabothbreakdownawebbasedsystemthatwascreatedandwhatit
offers.itexplainstherationaleforthemodelprovided,andwillhelporganizetheindividualusing
thismodel.theEASconsistsofanelectronicportfoliosubsystem,anassessmentsystem,and
asystemforaccountability.Theuseofthisprogramimprovedthecanidateperformanceandthe
qualityoftheprogramwassuccessfullyestablishedandusedandisnowbeingusedinother
UniversitiesbesidesUniversityofMaryland.

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