CEDO555 Blog Post 2

So I've been listening to comments and reflecting some more about the project proposals and I think I've decided on creating all of the training information and support materials in order to phase in e-portfolios and senior exit interviews. So many of our teachers will (hopefully) be excited to see the implementation and use of the myriad of technology tools available. What has influenced my decision is partly because I can see that I may have to do this anyways for the district professional development (I'm the only "teacher" on the committee - the rest are involved in additional projects) but moreover I see this as a way of impacting the most. Not only will this be something the students use, but the teachers will also get a taste of it. I hope that with the appropriate trainings that the teachers will not feel pressured to "do" anything, rather, they can play with the tools and become familiar with helping students use the tools to create. What do you think?
In other areas, I have to say that I really struggled writing my mission and vision but I'm very pleased with the outcome. Then when I was searching for standards that I wanted to use, I discovered that the NETS*T were perfect for accomplishing my mission (gee - maybe this stuff is really sinking in after all!) I feel that I'm on the right track because I feel passionate about what's in my portfolio so far. Now I'm in the midst of organizing all of the artifacts created in the various classes and making sure I have working links. Most of this has been done in my binder with all of my classwork, so my portfolio hasn't seen many changes in the past week but I hope to get that going next week!