Instructional Setting and Content Area Context
Background
The Edgewood ISD (EISD) technology committee has decided that classroom teachers should create an e-portfolio, that demonstrates their competence in the International Society for Technology in Education Standards for Teachers (ISTE-T). In addition to this, the e-portfolio is two-fold; it is an important source of information for parents, students and other interested parties; secondly it is a tool for the teacher to demonstrate their competency in the ISTE-T.
The EISD website is hosted by Schoolwires and their proprietary software is used to update and maintain the website. Documents that are not for the general public may be hosted in Office 365 and hyperlinked or embedded in the teacher …show more content…
Training will take place either in classrooms or in locations with equipment that reflects what will be available to teachers in their classroom (Promethean board, apple TV, etc.). The training course will be hosted on the district website, so that Since the needs analysis indicated that time is an issue, it will be possible to record training sessions and place them on the website as an additional training resource. The training will also include short instructional videos (or links to Schoolwires videos), step-by-step guides and a detailed manual. This will enable teachers, who are either unable or unwilling to attend classroom training, to have access to all of the materials they need to create their website either in school or from any internet-connected device at any …show more content…
This will be accomplished within one academic year, using a detailed rubric for guidance and a badge system to track progress. Teachers will understand how to use the rubric to evaluate their own product, and will submit each completed component to the EISD Instructional Technology Department for evaluation and badge approval. Teachers will apply their knowledge of ethical use of intellectual property in their website and by modeling best practice for students. This will be reflected in their own artifacts and the student-created artifacts that are incorporated into their e-portfolio. Teachers will integrate their website into their instruction with digital learning activities, presentations, class-notes and other useful resources, this will be assessed during classroom walk-throughs and
Background
The Edgewood ISD (EISD) technology committee has decided that classroom teachers should create an e-portfolio, that demonstrates their competence in the International Society for Technology in Education Standards for Teachers (ISTE-T). In addition to this, the e-portfolio is two-fold; it is an important source of information for parents, students and other interested parties; secondly it is a tool for the teacher to demonstrate their competency in the ISTE-T.
The EISD website is hosted by Schoolwires and their proprietary software is used to update and maintain the website. Documents that are not for the general public may be hosted in Office 365 and hyperlinked or embedded in the teacher …show more content…
Training will take place either in classrooms or in locations with equipment that reflects what will be available to teachers in their classroom (Promethean board, apple TV, etc.). The training course will be hosted on the district website, so that Since the needs analysis indicated that time is an issue, it will be possible to record training sessions and place them on the website as an additional training resource. The training will also include short instructional videos (or links to Schoolwires videos), step-by-step guides and a detailed manual. This will enable teachers, who are either unable or unwilling to attend classroom training, to have access to all of the materials they need to create their website either in school or from any internet-connected device at any …show more content…
This will be accomplished within one academic year, using a detailed rubric for guidance and a badge system to track progress. Teachers will understand how to use the rubric to evaluate their own product, and will submit each completed component to the EISD Instructional Technology Department for evaluation and badge approval. Teachers will apply their knowledge of ethical use of intellectual property in their website and by modeling best practice for students. This will be reflected in their own artifacts and the student-created artifacts that are incorporated into their e-portfolio. Teachers will integrate their website into their instruction with digital learning activities, presentations, class-notes and other useful resources, this will be assessed during classroom walk-throughs and