Jul 06 2009
Serendipity via Twitter
There must be a mistake. I’m a Virgo. Virgos are meticulous, neat, well organized and especially fastidious when it comes to finances. Ahmmm…that is –unfortunately– SO not me!
I’m a teacher. Another mistake somewhere? After all…teachers relish and excel at multitasking. I dread it and am less than stellar at it. I love a morning when I can think about ONE thing.
Why am I writing this? Well, I’m at it again. Doing fourteen things at once and feeling like I’m not quite covering the bases… The new course is coming out soon. And therefore when a little serendipity comes my way, it is most welcome!
I’m still working on a way to incorporate LinguaFolio into the plan. I was so excited about the prospect of being part of the LinguaFolio online pilot. It was the answer to my prayers I was sure. How much more manageable an online option would make incorporating LF in K12 Distance Learning courses! How difficult a paper-and-pencil LinguaFolio would be to monitor over the miles and miles that separate me from my students.
Well, I just learned today that the online LF is not gonna happen this year. And for the whole afternoon I was trying to figure out how I was going to make this work. Then I checked my twitter page and behold the following Tweet from Mandy Lindgren appeared before my eyes.
E-portfolios! That’s it! That’s what I need! I clicked the link and eventually found materials by Helen Barrett. Check out her blog entry on e- Portfolios here. She’s got an AWESOME slide show with step-by-step instructions on how to create an e-Portfolio. To access it, go here.
By referring to Helen’s instructions, I was able to develop a thinking guide (using Exploratree) that is helping me feel quite a bit more at ease with all of the concepts to consider when dealing with LF. The guide is still quite rough and definitely not finished (see below). But I’m beginning to feel like I can do this.
hmm, well I’m right there with you regarding multi-tasking and not getting anything done. trust me. i’m just as much of a victim as i’m an offender.
don’t worry about LFO not being ready yet. it really isn’t about LF right, it is more about the shift if teaching/learning LF teachers are making. the concept of goal setting for me is the most important piece and that can be implemented even without LF (although it would make it a lot easier).
did you see the Warlick blog post (http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/?p=1792) that I sent the other day for the next “Killer App”? I thought he had some very interesting feature suggestions, many of which are very much embedded into the LF concept.