Sample of  TPE 14:  Please only use this as a guide.  Remember your portfolio is about you, not Ms. Hendricks
TPE(14) 1.
I am extremely confident in displaying my knowledge of technology operations and concepts in a classroom setting. My strengths in Microsoft Office are mirrored in many of my lesson plans that I have created from the use of advanced word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.

My competency in advanced word processing allows me to perform skills like inserting graphics and wrapping text. I can use advanced features like mail merge and create my own custom envelopes, mailing labels and letters. I am able to create borders, insert columns, rows, tables, text boxes and use word art. (See: Ms. Hendricks' Newsletter) I can even grade student's work on the computer and voice record commentaries and insert comments.

With spreadsheets, I can produce graphs, make simple calculations, and organize information.(See: File Management Organization below) I can produce graphs from the data that I included in the spreadsheet. (See: Earthworm Activity below)

The implementation of internet, video production, email, and Powerpoint presentations are a standard that I promote in my classroom. (See: Great Depression Inspiration Sheet) Use of web based activities keep my class attentive and brings life to history. I am able to go online and evaluate websites and software that will better serve my students with factual evidence and reliable information. I am able to create presentations and activities by making work sheets that correspond with the web activity or research activity on the internet. (See: ALT Presentation, Hopeless Romantics Web Activity, WWII Remembered, Lisa's Web Page below) I can also use email to converse with students, colleagues and parents.
 

TPE-14 2.
Environment and experience are goals when integrating technology into my classroom. I have used the internet displayed through the use of projectors and tv monitors for students when showing presentations or introducing them to online activities and research. (See: ALT Presentation, WWII Remembered, Atrocities of War, Dia De Los Muertos Video, History Channel below) I have used software to help students with citing sources, familiarizing them with plagiarism, state standards and for looking up research. (See: California State Standards, Don't be a Copycat, Copycat) When reviewing lesson materials for tests, I play games that require the computer for role playing. (See: Jeopardy Power Point, Hollywood Squares, Weakest Link, How to Become a Millionaire below)

TPE-14 3.
Students engage in computer based activities on the web that include methods and strategies on how to improve their understanding of history. I take the time to research web sites, software & evaluate them for use in my classroom. (See: Software evaluation form) My knowledge of the internet has led me to create a web page of my own. Students can email me, and visit links that I have set up as points of interest or precursors to our next lesson. (See: Lisa's Web Site)

TPE-14 4.
I have learned how to utilize grading programs such as Making the Grade and My Gradebook.com to monitor students throughout the year. I can sort and filter information within the system and make necessary changes. I can make progress reports & generate letters to parents. By carefully reviewing progress from the reports generated, I can thoughtfully plan lessons that cater to students needs and abilities especially students that are not performing well. (See: Making the Grade)

TPE-14 5.
Taking Education 422 opened my eyes to how we can continuously improve our skills in technology to improve our teaching style. I have subscribed to task stream and ISTE. (See: Task Stream, ISTE below) Creating an online portfolio has motivated me to create lesson plans that go in adjunct with technology standards. I have been reading online journals about technology in education to help me prepare for teaching and have used a lot of the web sites that the articles have touched upon. I have started bookmarking important web sites in Yahoo Bookmarks so that I can organize my information to apply towards future lesson plans. (See: Yahoo Bookmark Activity)

I will continue to take computer classes that will help me in designing thoughtful and useful lesson plans. I will converse with fellow colleagues about how technology is used in their classrooms in hopes that we can all exchange and share ideas about how to make our classroom technologically challenging and exciting. I became extremely fascinated with the use of Movie Producer and have planned a project of filming East coast historical sites with my commentary. (See: Movie Producer below) I will keep these films in my own personal archive so that they may assist me when discussing history in my classrooms.

TPE-14 6.
I have a firm understanding of the social, ethical, legal and human issues surrounding the use of technology in schools. Having taught English in Japan to students of Japanese, I am very aware of social issues not only in Japan but in the U.S. as well. There are students in classes that do not speak English as a first language and I can better assist them with online software that helps translate their native language into English. (See Babelfish Web site).

Students have a hard time understanding ethical and legal issues today. In my Education 422 class, I was exposed to the rules about copyright laws, citing sources and plagiarism. We also learned about the rules on how to use movies in the classroom for educational purposes. I took very detailed notes and will assure the school that I work for, that I obide by these rules. (See: CopyCat, Citation Source, Don't be a Copycat)

I am also familiar with Google as a tool to catch plagiarizers. I can help combat plagiarizers by copying and pasting parts of their paper if I feel that there is academic honesty occurring. If the google pulls up a part of the students paper, then Google will reference me to the original source. (See: Google)

One of the most important features of technology is exposing the use of it to students from all backgrounds. I want to accomodate for the students who come from lower socio-economic status so that I can advance their knowlege in technology for future years to come.

 

File Attachments:
1.    Copy Cat  This was an interactive activity about copyright laws, citing sources and plagiarism. I learned a great deal from this tutorial and took detailed notes. I will continue to use this activity for students in my future classes.
2.    Earthworm Excel Activity  This activity demonstrates my use of an excel spreadsheet. It shows that I can make simple calculations and demonstrate basic skills for the use of a spreadsheet.
3.    File Management Organization  This demonstrates my ability to create my own folders and organize my saved documents. It also shows my ability to use print screen.
4.    Hollywood Squares Powerpoint Game  The Hollywood Squares Powerpoint Game can be used in class for review or for quizzes. It offers popular culture, technology and a fun learning environment for students. Teachers are required to enter their own review lessons into the Powerpoint game so that they can customize it to correspond with what they are teaching.
5.    Hopeless Romantics Web Hunt  Students can work in groups in a computer lab to learn about Romanticism. This particular lesson was created from a program called Filamentality. Students are required to answer questions, search the internet, and present their information in front of the class.
6.    Introduction Powerpoint for Japanese Students in Ibaraki Japan (Jet Programme)  This is a presentation that I created in Powerpoint to introduce myself to my new students at Sakuranomaki Senior High School in Japan. Students had difficulty understanding introduction presentations in English. I made a visual to assist my introductory speech so that students could understand my English by looking at pictures.
7.    Jeopardy Powerpoint  I found this program from the Hillsborough School District Education Link. This program does wonders! I was able to review English lesson for upcoming tests for my students in Japan. This powerpoint program works like the real Jeopardy and creates a technologically challenging environment in which students have fun and review important information in an interesting way. This program requires the use of a computer, the internet and or a projector or tv screen.
8.    Journal Articles from Iste  These journal reflections demonstrate my continuous efforts to learn about the newest technology and how to apply them to our classrooms in order to better serve our students and teaching styles.
9.    Making the Grade  This print screen shot shows that I can input students data into the program and monitor their progress. I can enter in different assignment with point values. The program allows me to generate progress reports to send out to parents. I also monitor my students progress and make firm decisions on how to reach out to students whose grades are slipping. I continuously perform active research and informal assessment to assure my students success and progress.
10.    Ms. Hendricks' Newsletter  This newsletter shows that I have competency in using advanced word processing skills. I will continue to create newsletters in Microsoft Word and Powerpoint to distribute to students and parents in my classes. I include the direction of how my classes will be executed and insert information like joining history clubs, final deadlines and interesting information about myself. This newsletter works as a great intermediary between students, parents and myself.
11.    Software Evaluation Form  This form was downloaded from Kathleen Schrock's web site that is of great value for educators. I can use this software evaluation form to analyze software and determine whether or not the software is useful for colleagues, students and for my classroom.
12.    The Atrocities of War  This powerpoint presentation was created to introduce the Japanese American Internment of World War II. This powerpoint complies with California State Standards. Students can learn about a serious topic by viewing lots of pictures and personal accounts.
13.    The Great Depression Inspiration Sheet  This was created from Inspiration software to help as a visual aid in a presentation geared towards the Great Depression. It shows the catalysts of how the Great Depression came to be. This can be presented from a projector or be printed out for the use of a graphic organizer.
14.    The Weakest Link Powerpoint Game  The Weakest Link Powerpoint Game can be used in class for review or for quizzes. It offers popular culture, technology and a fun learning environment for students. Teachers are required to enter their own review lessons into the Powerpoint game so that they can customize it to correspond with what they are teaching.
15.    Who Wants to be a Millionaire  The Who Wants to be a Millionaire Powerpoint Game can be used in class for review or for quizzes. It offers popular culture, technology and a fun learning environment for students. Teachers are required to enter their own review lessons into the Powerpoint game so that they can customize it to correspond with what they are teaching.
16.    World War II Remembered  This Powerpoint presentation can be used to instruct teachers about the useful software that this site has to offer. I can use this as a tool to address fellow history faculty. I can also also use this as a presentation for high school students. The software on this particular site has very useful links, primary sources and secondary sources as well as many interactive online activities that are very useful in teaching World War II.
17.    Yahoo Bookmarks Activity  This demonstrates my use of organization and continuous efforts to keep myself updated with technology. I have created my own bookmarks in Yahoo so that I may reference my bookmarks for my own educational purposes and to also enhance my students knowledge.

Web Links:
1.   Babelfish Translating Software This software is truly revolutionary! I am always concerned about delivering the best lesson plans and information to students of a second language. I can assist my second language learners by use of this software. Babelfish can translate my lesson plans in many different languages from Spanish, Chinese etc.. This will assure colleagues, parents, students and myself of catering to students needs and abilities.
2.   California State Standards I use this web site frequently to keep up to standards when planning my lesson plans. This assures me and my students that I am complying with California State Standards
3.   Don't Be a Copy Cat Activity This is a useful web site activity that I partook in my Education 422 class. This informed me about plagiarism, copyright laws, and citing sources. This activity can be used in the future for my students when I teach history. The section about citing sources is extremely important, especially when students turn in papers.
4.   Google Google can be used to help combat plagiarism when it comes to academic honesty. I know how to use Google to catch plagiarizers when checking academic papers.
5.   History Channel This website works as a reference to many different periods in history. Students can use this website to help them with their homework assignment or just to use it as a reference tool for a unit that we are covering. Teachers can use this website as a starting point for a lesson plan and to also show videos. This particular website has a lot of pictures for kids who need visuals to enhance their learning.
6.   Inspiration Software This software can be used in classrooms as a visual aid. You can create a topic and brainstorm from it. This software can be used in class as a visual aid or even be printed out to act as a graphic organizer. I created a inspiration sheet geared toward teaching children the fundamental reasons of the Great Depression in the United States during the 1930's.
7.   Iste This is the official web site for the International Society for Technology in Education. I access online journals from this web site and find lots of useful information about recent changes in technology, strategies and input from educators around the world.
8.   Landmarks Citation Machine This web site assists students on how to properly cite sources when writing papers or doing research. The site helps students cite sources from the internet, primary sources, books, journals and magazines etc. This is extremely important in my class since students will be researching history.
9.   Lisa's Web Site This is a website that I created through Yahoo Geocities. This web site can be used for students, teachers, and parents. I can continuously update the page to correspond with lesson activities that comply with California State Standards. I also include lots of other links that students can access if they are further interested in world history. I include a history question of the week raffle. If students, or parents have questions or concerns, they can contact me. I also have a calendar so that students and parents can check homework assignments etc. I will include links for students and parents to check grades.
10.   Microsoft Producer This site is useful on how to capture videos to create rich-media presentations for educational use. I was able to create Dia De Los Muertos from this particular program.
11.   My Gradebook Useful software for professional educators. Used for inputting grades.
12.   Our America WWII This is a link connected to www.scholastic.com. This link is an activity geared towards teaching high school students about WWII. In this case I broke up the lesson into 4 themes and created a worksheet to guide students through this particular website and to research interesting material about WWII. It is a group project and students will go to the computer lab to participate in this project. This presentation can be shown to colleagues in the history department and also serve as an introduction tool for students. It has links available for students to visit.
13.   Task Stream This site is useful for professional educators. You can create web folios that are necessary in today's interviewing process.
14.   Trial Version Making the Grade Trial Version of Making the Grade Software. Software used for inputting students grades.

Video Network (TVN):
1.    Dia De Los Muertos  This video was created through Microsoft Producer. I created this video to introduce Mexican culture, history and tradition to students. Students can learn how to make a traditional altar to celebrate Dia De Los Muertos. Frida Kahlo appears in this short movie as a precursor to the art movement in Mexico which I would like to discuss in detail with my students.