These were the needs identified by the committee members on March 11, 2009 (organized by theme) : Technology & Infrastructure - Bridgeport Elementary – need COW lab (ordered)
- A Repository – analog->digital conversion
- Digital Cameras for teachers and kids
- Recommendation for Voice recorder
- Bypass Internet – xServes in each building
- Resolving technical glitches
- Xserve needs to be accessible to teachers
- Google Video access
- Storage!!!
- Security of equipment
- Techno-frustration – barrier to ePortfolio implementation – “no excuses”
- DVD burners accessible to students via restricted/supervised access
- Access to xServe from Windows computers
Support & Assistance - Older student buddies to help younger students with multimedia **
- Step-by-step instructions needed – keep it simple
- Making portfolios “do-able”
- Talking with staff
- Set some benchmarks
- Assistance from Apple Representative (System Engineer) to make xServe usable for ePortfolios for both students and teachers
Staff Development Needed - Show how Step Up to Writing leads to ePortfolio
- Time -> expectations – timeline
- Consistent Expectations – Where do we save?
- Think differently about displaying student work – make part of daily routine – poster reminders – make part of the culture
- Focus on students
- Management Strategies: pedagogical and technological – “e” and “portfolio”
- Make the portfolio personal for the students – digital showcases – incentive system
- Teaching Digital Natives
- Using document cameras to capture artifacts
- Keywords in iPhoto – collect all photos of one students
Teacher self-assessments needed - Technology self-assessment
- Portfolio self-assessment
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