[Yr7-10it] RE: [Year 12 IPM] Website projects

[Keith Richardson]

A little twist I enjoy adding to my students' digital portfolios is a
before-after ideas thing. To give an example:
One web page may be destined to receive finished products from a
student's Paint Shop Pro layering project. I invite them to write some
text indicating what they would like to learn to be able to do in this
area (maybe after viewing a few inspirational classic examples of wow!
products). Then they display a few samples of what they have created.
then they write some text in which they blog what they achieved, and
what they would like to develop further in this area at some time in the
future. My whole point is to let them experience the
experiencial-learning journey, to see this episode as just one blip in
their exciting life, and to take control over what they learn. One could
say that this is meta-learning-cognition perhaps.
Regards, Keith



On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 19:16:06 +1000, "Roland Gesthuizen"
<rge at westallsc.vic.edu.au> said:
> Interesting and based on MS Word macros too.
> 
> I was curious what things should be included in a digital portfolio.
> Portfolios are not meant to include everything that students produce. I
> have
> read that they should record the product, processes and perceptions.
> 
> On our Novell network, students can easily create an Intranet page by
> creating a H:\public_html directory. They can create a 'digital
> portfolio'
> using any web editor to create an index.html page with a table of
> contents
> that links to samples of their work with some supporting notes. It seems
> native enough to encourage them to work this way and it permits the use
> of
> different media (htm, doc, ppt, mp3, fla etc).
>  
> I have a basic HTM template file that I encourage my IT students to start
> with. They can add an object they have made to their directory, create a
> link to the file, add a description of the task, suitable reflection on
> the
> activity etc. I also have some free software called Synchronise that can
> allow them to sync this (and other files) with their USB keys so they can
> work on it from home.
> 
> To do it successfully in a school seems more to be more of a cultural
> than
> technical issue. I dread thinking that it will become just a ppt or doc
> collection when there is so much that can be explored.
> 
> Can anybody indicate if we are on the right track?
> 
> Regards Roland
> 
> --
> Roland Gesthuizen - eLearning Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
>   
> ________________________________________
> From: yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au
> [mailto:yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Pamela Wright
> Sent: Sunday, 10 July 2005 6:20 PM
> To: Year 7 - 10 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [Yr7-10it] RE: [Year 12 IPM] Website projects
> 
> Hi Geraldine and Keith,
>  
> I do digital portfolios with my students and was considering using
> digital
> portfolio software. I got in contact with a company from England who had
> created this special software called Opeus. It looked impressive but at
> the
> time we couldn't purchase it! Here is the website http://www.opeus.com/
> Pam
> 
> ________________________________________
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> Sent: Sun 10/07/2005 8:18 AM
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> Subject: [Yr7-10it] RE: [Year 12 IPM] Website projects
> Geraldine - I would be interested in reading any plans you have for
> this. I tried it in Semester 1, and it sort of worked, but have
> rewritten my instructions (for Yr 8 Multi-media class) for Sem 2 and
> hope it will work better.
> Keith
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 00:40:17 +1000, "Geraldine McKenna"
> <gmckenna at ozemail.com.au> said:
> > I have been doing a bit of reading on digital portfolios and plan to do
> > this
> > in Dreamweaver with year 7s this semester. They have done one in
> > Powerpoint.
> > It is something that can be ongoing and fits in well with new VELS stuff.
> > Students can display and reflect on work completed in any range of other
> > subject areas or simply demonstrate skills acquired within IT.
> > Geraldine McKenna
> > Avila College
> > Mt Waverley
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]On
> > Behalf Of Sam Denniston
> > Sent: Saturday, 9 July 2005 12:50 PM
> > To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
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> > Subject: [Year 12 IPM] Website projects
> >
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I have to prepare a web design course for semester 2.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas for ongoing projects that the students can
> > do that would last for (at least) a term?)
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
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Keith Richardson
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Head of ICT, Leibler Yavneh College
Elsternwick
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