Online Student Portfolios

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Online Student Portfolios

• SOAR-High
• Student Collaboration Strategies

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Creating simple web pages

• Editors
• Netscape Composer
• Frontpage
• DreamWeaver
• File Transfer to a web server (computer)
• WS_FTP

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Portfolio Page Format

• Science Projects - class assignments that
  involve information gathering, analysis, or
  creative writing.
• Lab Reports and Research - activities in which
  you test a hypotheses and report the results.
• Reflections - Students review a quarters work
  and comment on strengths, areas needing
  improvement, etc.

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SOAR-High online help

• Unit 1 Act. 1.12 Create an Online Science
  Portfolio
• What to Include and an example
• Directions for Composer
• How to FTP
• Checklist for assessment

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Portfolio page includes

• School name class name
• Students first name only
• Work category titles
• Leave room for links to each piece
• Date each piece of work
• Paragraph introducing him/herself
• Interesting background color (or image)
• Name the page cover.html
• Keep it professional looking

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Managing Student Accounts

• Class roster and passwords asap! ?
• Please do not ask to change passwords
• Keep a copy at hand for forgetful students
• Please be patient! It takes time to set up
  accounts
• Teachers can access all student accounts
• Pages are accessible by passwords
• Add link to the Toolbar on your computers.

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Types of Student accounts

• Web accounts
• GDOC accounts for Class discussion

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Discussion

• The joys and pitfalls of managing student online
  work.