Documentation+Workshop

=Using Technology to Document Student Learning in Early Childhood Education=

Agenda
1) Introductions and purpose of the presentation 2) Context:

Documentation provides value by
//[|Creating Early Learning Environments]//
 * ====Provides multiple ways for students to represent and describe their learning====
 * ====Allows for ‘documentation’ from student representations/communications====
 * ====Allows students to choose from a range of possibilities to communicate new ideas====
 * ====Allows students to revisit and share experiences====
 * ====Engages other educators and parents in conversations about student learning====
 * ====Encourages new questions generated by the documentation====

[|Can Six-Year Olds Really Demonstrate Their Learning?] [|Why My Six-Year Olds Have Digital Portfolios] [|Primary Digital Portfolios Video] (10:34) Primary Digital Portfolios Wiki
 * Blog posts from Kathy Cassidy on documentation:**

3) THE TOOLS

 * 1) ===Print Options - using //Word -// Private, One-on-one, Books to be shared===
 * 2) //[|Designing in Word] (PDF)//
 * 3) //[|Applying Style Sets in Word] (video: 55 sec)//
 * 4) Examples - //[|Creating Early Learning Environments]//
 * 5) Demonstrate and time to experiment
 * 6) ===Online Options - Open, visible, public, networked, conversations===
 * 7) Containers – blog, wiki, web site
 * 8) [|Mrs. Yeaman's Classroom Blog](Blogspot)
 * 9) [|Mairtown Kindergarten] (Blogspot)
 * 10) [|Grasslands Kindergarten] (Blogspot)
 * 11) [|Connaught Pre-Kindergarten] (Classblogmeister)
 * 12) [|Mrs. Cassidy's Classroom Blog] (Edublogs - grade one/two)
 * 13) [|Kinderkids Blog] (Classblogmeister)
 * 14) [|I Teach with iPads] (Kindergarten)
 * 15) Exploration Time
 * 16) Note the ways in which the blogs provide value - based on the context above -[[file:Value Provided by Documentation.docx]]
 * 17) View the navigational items - what is included in the 'best' documentation sites?
 * 18) Note the different tools that are used to capture pictures, audio and video
 * 19) [|Smilebox]
 * 20) [|PhotoPeach]
 * 21) [|AudioBoo]
 * 22) [|Vocaroo]
 * 23) [|YouTube] - create your own channel (Example: [|Kathy Cassidy's YouTube Channel)]
 * 24) [|Weebly]as a container - demonstrate
 * ===iOS options (iphone, ipod, ipad) – easy for students to handle to create their own documentation===
 * 1) [|ShowMe] (example)
 * 2) [|EduCreations]
 * 3) [|PhotoCard]
 * 4) [|SonicPics]