Use, Abuse or Lose
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
I house all my ePortfolios on www.netvibes.com/teachwatts. Everything is streamed into one account and I manage/read all of my students' work on one site. Check it out if you have a minute. I love it. Their work comes to me and my life can now manage approximately 100 student blogs without falling too far behind with my grading.
I use Word Press for my students' ePortfolios. Although they are still a work in progress, it allows my students a lot of freedom and ownership of their work. Since I teach at an International School, I see their ePortfolio as a transportable gift. As third culture kids, sometimes my students are given less than a week to relocate to a new country or school. Word Press allows them the freedom to bring their ePortfolio with them without it being housed by our Moodle site.
Digital Storytelling: I LOVE http://www.xtranormal.com/. So easy, if my 8 year old son can do it, so can my 10th graders.
Oral Commentaries for IB: Take a look at audacity.
Turnitin.com: This site checks for plagiarism and now you attach a rubric and post comments and grades on the site. All of my students use turnitin.com to submit their work.






