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Professional portfolio

I believe that a professional portfolio is a collection of one’s documented achievements that can help him or her along their career path. It is evidence that can be useful for one’s resume and professional growth as well. In a professional portfolio, one would most likely put things that reflect on his or personality, awards or recognitions, letter of recommendations, and work that a he or she has done overtime to build their work experience. In addition, a professional portfolio helps one who is applying for a job. A professional portfolio can have a photo or anything that may help one in applying for jobs.

My post on smartboards

Here are some activities I found online at http://www.bristolvaschools.org/mwarren/SBActivities.htm

·         Digital storytelling

• Brainstorm
• Take notes directly into PowerPoint presentations
• Reinforce skills by using on-line interactive web sites
• Create a project calendar
• Teach editing skills using editing marks
• Use highlighter tool to highlight nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.
• Use it with Kidspiration or Inspiration
• Teach students how to navigate the Internet
• Illustrate and write a book as a class. Use the record feature to narrate the text.
• Diagram activities
• Teach steps to a math problem.
• Have students share projects during Parent/Teacher/Student conferences
• Graphics and charts with ESL learners and special ed students.
• Teach vocabulary
• Electronic Word Wall
• End each day by having students write one thing that they learned
• Save lessons to present to students who were absent
• Create video files to teach a software application, a lesson, or as a review to be posted to the server or web. Example: How to create a graph in Excel or how to burn projects to CDs
• Use the built in maps to teach continents, oceans, countries, or states and capitals.
• Present presentations created by student or teacher
• Have students create e-folios including samples of their work and narration

My post on smartboards:

Smart boards are an advanced kind of white board that does quite unique things other than that of a regular white board. The smart board gives one the opportunity to virtually draw on the projected screen with his or her actual hands or even with an electronic pen. Not to mention, it also has many features. Especially with young children; the smart board will help teachers better assess their young students through simple and easy instructions, such as draw or write with your finger the meaning of outrageous. This example can possibly be used as an assessment tool for Language arts. This board can also be used to create interactive activities that would allow students to show and recall their understanding of concepts of almost any subject. And with this being achievable; there won’t be a need for highly developed reading or writing skills, especially in the younger grades. And another way of doing something similar to this would be to probably have the students create a presentation themselves on the smart board and save it onto the computer desktop, so that they may all share and present it to their classmates to showcase what they have learned. This even gives me the opportunity to be familiar with such new technology that seems to be advancing today. A feature on the Smart board is the Smart recorder. The smart recorder records everything that happens on the board. This feature can permit students to view a recorded progression as many times as he or she wants, which can assist the teacher to work with other students in the class. These recordings may be saved and posted online, where students can access it at home for their study. In an article I read, teachers also use this recording feature as an assessment tool. By recording and even saving work that students complete on the SMART board, teachers can then compile a portfolio that reveals a student’s progress during a term. Teachers, administrators, and even parents are able to use the portfolio to compose informed conclusions about a student’s academic progress in school.  

ED 450 Personality results and Evaluation

ENFJ

Extravert (22%) iNtuitive (12%) iNtuitive Feeling (38%)  Judging (33%)

Honestly, I felt that my personality results were true. Some of the qualities that describe an extravert and an intuitive person described me. Another reason why I feel that it’s right is the fact that I can be quite outgoing and I even like meeting new people. I can also at times be perceptive and observant because of the way I was brought up as a child. Also when making decisions about things; I tend to be very indecisive and judging because I want to make sure that I make a right choice that I won’t regret.  It’s quite ironic how most of my results from previous personality tests have given me the same results; that of which are similar to these. As I was viewing what career options were suitable for my personality; I then surely knew that this test was correct about my personality. Other than a counselor, or a social worker, I read “teacher”. Instantly, I knew that it was me. Normally, I don’t take these kinds of tests seriously at all. But after comparing all my scores and a while of contemplation; it hit me! I am an aspiring teacher who is spontaneous, somewhat outgoing, perceptive, and judging. That’s when I realized that this test was right.