Additional+Resources

[] Self Guided course on Google apps for ed (Google Drive included)

= Digital Portfolios - Reasons for use =
 * ====Just like any portfolio, serves as a collection of students' work done throughout the year.====
 * ====Shows academic and technological growth throughout the duration of the portfolio.====
 * ====Creating the portfolio online creates a larger audience for the students, which results in higher motivation.====
 * ====The use of real-world tools and resources demonstrates relevance and results in authentic and meaningful projects.====
 * ====A vast variety of applications, tools and resources are available for the creation of unique and creative portfolios.====
 * ====In addition to learning academic content, students are learning how to use multimedia and web 2.0 tools.====
 * ====Use iMovie, Keynote, PowerPoint, Prezi, and GarageBand====

Here is a list of ideas about how to use digital photo books and movies to improve student engagement and higher order thinking.
Math
 * Geometry vocabulary
 * Demonstrating steps to solving or proving answers to multistep word problems (Dan Meyer example)
 * Demonstrating how to use manipulatives (counters, protractors, rules, algebra tiles, Cuisenaire Rods)

English
 * Poetry-students choose or take pictures to depict a poem
 * Video the reading of an original poem (open mic night)
 * Creative Writing-students make characters and create a short story (Children’s book)
 * Show examples of propaganda seen on billboards, flyers, tv and the internet or create their own adds that use types of persuasion

Science
 * Students take pictures of biotic and abiotic things in their neighborhood or around the school
 * Lunar Journal-take a picture of the moon every other day for one month and create a photo journal of the phases of the moon.
 * Show steps of a procedure for setting up a lab
 * Take video clip of experiment to use as demonstration in class

Foreign Language
 * Show examples of Spanish, German influences in our community.
 * Gather pictures from the internet about a country or famous person of Spanish or German decent.
 * Translate a nursery rhyme into another language (take photos of the book and label)

Art
 * Take photos showing examples of perspective, detail, and texture
 * Take pictures of architecture around the city

Music
 * Take photos that represent a musical theme or piece
 * Show proper form, stance and finger positioning with specific instruments

Gym
 * Take pictures showing the proper form for a specific move or the correct positioning on a team

Special Education
 * Take pictures of classmates with different expressions to review emotions and/or body language
 * Take pictures of classmates following rules, sitting properly, making eye contact, actively listening, etc.
 * Make a picture book that tells a story which includes an introduction, problem, solution, and conclusion

ESOL
 * Comparison pictures showing how everyday chores may be different here in Allentown than they were in the student’s homeland
 * Narrative showing the student’s experience while transitioning to the US.