This website is a final portfolio for the Fall 2018 semester in EDUC 353: Teaching Science K-8 at the University of New Mexico.
Type of Material:
ePortfolio
Recommended Uses:
This portfolio can be used to guide other teacher education candidates as they develop their own portfolios. It could be used in-class or as a tool for individual, self-paced work.
Technical Requirements:
Browser
Identify Major Learning Goals:
This site offers an example of a teacher education portfolio. It could be used in a science methods course to demonstrate to students what a portfolio should include. It could be used by educators to develop assignments for students in a science methods class.
Target Student Population:
College General Ed, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Knowledge of Google Sites is useful
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
This portfolio has key areas that a teacher education portfolio should contain (Interviews, reflections, project, etc). It models items that could be included in an education portfolio, for example a lesson with modifications and reflections, sample activities, and projects.
Concerns:
The portfolio is developed for a particular course at one university. Use of this portfolio would require educators or students to adapt it to their own situations.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
This could be used in any class (middle school through higher education) to discuss design, organization, and items to include in a reflective portfolio. Master teachers might use this to help preservice teachers to develop a portfolo in their chosen content area.
Concerns:
None
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
Navigation components are labeled and easy to use. The portfolio is colorful and attractive.
Concerns:
none
Creative Commons:
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