Portfolio+for+E.J.+Sorensen

E. Jean Sorensen Educational Technologist Boston, MA

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 * //Week 1 Wordle Assignment - 7.5.11 - I used my delicious tags and linked them to wordle to generate this cloud. //**


 * //Week 2 Voice Thread Assignment - 7.12.11 //**

// I used VoiceThread as one of my Master''s Capstone tech projects that I assigned to the students. Their topic was to select to research US Consumption in Comparison to Global Consumption, relating to either oil, food or computer consumption. The lesson corresponded to their Geography curriculum. Issues which surfaced using VoiceThread included: // //I created a websiteusing Weebly.com to capture my Master's Capstone - Technology Integration Project. If the link is not working properly, the URL is: //
 * // lack of sufficient recording equipment (we only had 5 headsets with microphones for the computer lab), //
 * //different O/S the computers caused varying issues with the students completing their VoiceThreads, //
 * //additional time was needed to finish the projects in order for the students to be ready to share out their VoiceThreads. //

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//The website shows the different VoiceThreads that the students created. The Web 2.0 tool provided all students an opportunity to be able to produce their research better than the traditional type of report (using a display board, gluing pictures, etc.) and developed their presentation and digital literacy skills. //

//I worked on a culminating VoiceThread highlighting what we worked on during Edutopia's New Teacher Bootcamp. // media type="custom" key="10153979"


 * //Week 3 Storybird Assignment - 7.19.11 //**

//I used Storybird for the very first time. I created my project entitled Las cosas que mas me encantan which translates into The things I love. My project was written in Spanish and gives a little boy's perspective. The tool was relatively easy to use and I will consider using it in the future. //

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 * //Week 4 Wetoku Assignment - 8.1.11 //**

//I used Wetoku for the very first time. I invited my American friend who lives in Europe to partic ////<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">ipate in an interview in Spanish. I felt the tool would be great in helping educators have their students share a discussion in a foreign language or to share and learn about different cultures relating to our global economy. The tool was relatively easy to use and I will consider using it in the future. //

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 * //<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week 5 Blogging - 8.2.11 //**

//<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">I have been blogging for several years now. However, I have maintained my blog on The Yard which is a social network for EdTech graduate students enrolled at the Harvard University Extension School. I have kept my blog limited to logged in users. The (PreK-8) school where I conducted my Master's Capstone project did not consider student blogging. The school is at the beginning of technology integration. I have captured a screen shot of my blog on The Yard. I do intend to continue blogging and I am currently exploring using Edublogs. I do feel that student blogging is important, but would be dependent on the school's environment. //