Deb Norton Tech

This past week I've been working hard to update my professional ePortfolio.  I first made this ePortfolio two years ago and it amazes me how many of my pages were out of date in such a short time.  I feel it is my obligation to keep my portfolio current since it took a lot of time to start it up.  Another bonus is that it gives me a great reflection on all that I have accomplished as an educator over the past two years.  If I do say so myself, I have integrated some really impressive technology into our classroom.  My portfolio centers around the ten Wisconsin Educator Standards and is based on technology, since that is where my passion lies.   I would like to share my ePortfolio with all of you in hopes that perhaps you will start one of your own.  My ePortfolio is in the format of a wiki.  Other options might be a Prezi, Google Site, Google Presentation, video, blog or even a three ring binder. Click here to view my ePortfolio. Ev...

Yesterday I tried out a new app called Three Ring on my iPad.   Three Ring is used to quickly and easily digitize student work and keep a portfolio of student work or classroom resources. Here is how it works.  First I signed up for an account at www.threering.com .  Once I had an account, then I set up my classes (math, reading, etc.) and entered my students' names.   Then I downloaded the app onto our ipad.  It is FREE! Once I had opened the app, I chose a subject    and student.   Then I clicked on Capture Student Work.   The iPad's camera opened and I took a picture of the student's work.  I also took some pictures of students working together to help keep a record of assigned partners. I could then view the work I had captured by going to the website on my browser.  From the website I could add more students to the work that was captured and I could add a note like the one you see in the above ca...