Portfolio

Listed here you will find a BRIEF listing of examples of files and projects I have done through the years.

Another example of VoiceThread in the classroom was a Pan Balance Exercise that we developed in 4th grade at SC to help students organize their explanation of how they solved a Pan Balance problem. What we discovered was that this was also an excellent alternative assessment for students who knew the concept but were unable to explain their understanding in written form. It also served as a bridge between the math concepts and the written medium. media type="custom" key="5992635"

__Math Podcasting__
These are podcasts done by 4th graders at Shady Grove Elementary school. The objective was to take a math concept, such as Equivalent fractions, design graphics using Notebook software to illustrate the process used, write a script to accompany the slides and then using Garageband, create the podcast.

[|devon and caroline equal fractions copy.m4a]

[|equivalentfractions ryen and jon copy.m4a]

__**Stony Creek Technology Day(s)**__ This was a series of workshops to be delivered during the school day at Stony Creek. After some discussion I was able to convince Dr. Evan to let me design the day and do it with teacher input, with a differentiated approach, and in a constructivist fashion. Topics were decided on during PDP meetings and the agreement was made that what we did would get immediate play in the rooms. Some session were differentiated by teacher Tech skills, and some sessions where set by a constructivist project. The [|SC Tech Day Matrix2.0.doc] will Illustrate how the day was run and the topics covered.

__PSSA Math Vocabulary__
Using the Pixie program, students in both 1st and 4th grade took math vocabulary words and design slides that contained a definition of the word, an illustration of the concept and then a voice recording explaining their work. Using the PSSA Vocabulary for 4th Grade helped the teach gain assessment of the students knowledge of these terms and aided in desigining future instruction for their classes.

media type="file" key="1st Grade Vocab sm.MP4" width="300" height="300"

media type="file" key="4th PSSA vocab pod.M4V" width="300" height="300"