Digital Blog Post J: Chapter 11

Here are the most essential concepts I learned from this chapter:

1. Elements of Teacher Portfolios
2. Digital Portfolios for Students
3. Reasons for Teaching with Clickers

 I am not going to lie, but at first I really hated the idea of using portfolios because I thought it was too hard to customize them, however, over time I got more used to them, so now I actually look forward to doing them.  Portfolios can either be digital or physical, but the digital concept is much more easier to put together because of the fact that we can include links in the portfolio that can lead to another website for referencing.  When I become a teacher I will probably use a digital portfolio to keep up with the progress of my students and keeping note of anything unique that happens during my time instructing them like field trips or special event days to see how they react differently from the typical classroom setting.

I would strongly recommend for any school to incorporate the use of online portfolios as part of the student curriculum, as it can allow for students to keep better track of their assignments this ways.  For students, a online portfolio can easily accessed or modified at given any time, and with online access the students can further inquire on a subject relating to their studies to be linked to their portfolio for reference.  Students can also take the time to become more conformable with software usage through the careful technique of slowly constructing an online portfolio like if it were a set of online internet instructions.  Also, if teacher were aloud to access student portfolios they would be able to see which students are applying themselves and which ones were in need of assistance.

I remember that my high school was just learning how to use clickers back when I was a still a junior taking Algebra 2.  At first they pretty confusing and annoying when were trying to use them to do bell work and we had hard time trying to synchronize ourselves with the pace with the rest of our classmates, but we eventually found out momentum.  The clickers actually helped us keep up with each other as a whole class, and thanks to the clickers no one really fell behind as we all learned how to pace ourselves.  The clickers are useful in preventing cheating among classmates as students would not be able to directly see what the rest of their classmates are imputing.
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References:
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.
Garza, R. (November 8, 2015) Websites created with Tackk. https://tackk.com/home