Digital Blog Post #J- Chapter 11

Concept 1- One of the topics discussed in this chapter is digital portfolios for students. A digital portfolio may contain all the material usually found in a paper- bound portfolio, but multimedia technologies are used to present the material. Digital portfolios are portable, so they provide students easy accessible to information. They offer connections to wider educational communities through electronic communications. This can be useful for students when communicating information about themselves. This can help teachers gain information about their students.

Concept 2 – Another concept in this chapter discusses using student participation systems. Student participation systems are handheld wireless tools that offer interactive learning options for teachers and students. In a classroom student participation systems can be used with clickers, which add a fun approach to answering discussion or review questions. This provides an opportunity for all students to answer questions which otherwise they might not have answered orally. Handheld devices offer a private way for teachers to see if students understand topics that are being taught while not publicizing the results to the entire class.

Concept 3- Another concept in this chapter discusses online surveys for preassessment.  An online survey is a poll that is delivered and tabulated online. I love that surveys provide teachers with knowledge and skills that a student has. This provides teachers with data that documents students’ progress and learning.  I love that surveys give students insight on what they should know after the topic has ended. In the classroom I would use surveys a guides to see what each student knows before I began teaching as well as after to see what students have gained through my teaching.
 

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Maloy, R. (2011). Teaching Information and Digital Literacy. In Transforming learning with new technologies (Second ed.). Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon.