Faculty+Feedback+and+Suggestions

3/30/15 (MDudiak) Thanks for the update in your plans for spring break. Sounds like a good idea. what you have in so far looks good. If you want to me to take another look at spring break...let me know.

3/28/15 (H Simmons) I have embedded the tweets I am mentioned in from Mrs. Dietz twitter and added a welcome sign to the front page. I plan to spend a significant amount of time editing my wiki and rewriting RNs during spring break. I don't feel like any of my RNs fit the criteria you asked of us when we did out RN revision and I want my wiki to represent my best work. I fixed the RN you mentioned, sorry about the delay on that! I plan to put my cycle of learning, action research project, an integrated math and science lesson and writing lessons from kindergarten in. I'm not sure exactly what standard I will put these in. I think the writing is something I could use for standard 1. I am waiting till I rewrite some old RNs to see where I need to fill gaps. When I reupload I will be more specific in the TOC. Thanks so much for the feedback! :)

3/2/15 (MDudiak) They don't pay that much attention to the information in the personal section it just needs to be there. I will look at your resume outside of the portfolio with the lens of using it to be hired vs. how it looks in the wiki. I didn't see you make this change yet: "Make sure to check dates on your RN--your ECED 361 comprehension plan says spring 14 and it should be fall 14." Careful you don't miss those errors. when they have been pointed out. If you plan to only have two artifacts for a standard go ahead and take off the third artifact label in the table of contents (TOC). What are you plans for InTASC 1 artifacts. Wherever you have a "Science Lesson" or "Math Lesson" label in the TOC you might give more detail about what kind of lesson..."Lifecycle of a Plant" Science lesson.

2/24/2015 (H Simmons) I have uploaded my new Praxis scores. I never updated my grade or gpa so it says I'm a sophmore and the GPA range is incorrect. Is this a problem? The questions were listed as optional when I registered, so I didn't realize it would be on the score report.

I also updated my resume. Can you please provide feedback on the resume that is a google doc. Thank you!

1/24/15 (M Dudiak) Thanks for moving your TOC contents--it is now easier to see everything. You might still want to adjust your intro video though the Twitter addition is interesting. Maybe you will have your own classroom Twitter account to include. Make sure to check dates on your RN--your ECED 361 comprehension plan says spring 14 and it should be fall 14. Artifacts with visuals like student work or pictures are most effective. Maybe replace some from past semesters that don't include either. Remember standard 6 will need to include a COL from rotation 1. Love your service learning night artifact. Looks like you should keep in mind areas you need artifacts when in your student teaching rotations to help fill in the blanks.

8/18/14 (MDudiak) A few logistical issues: consider moving your Table of Contents (TOC) on the left side or you will need to make your embedded docs smaller. the docs cover the TOC and make it difficult to navigate. Also, maybe put a link for your home page so someone can get back to the video if they need to. Of course, you will want to make your intro video more creative and engaging as you progress. You don't have to use the traditional "stand in front of the video camera" option--there are others we can share.

Remember that all artifacts need a reflective narrative--ie; I didn't see one for the Multicultural Literature Study. It is probably going to be replaced with another one but remember to include them going forward. Need to make your portfolio more engaging with student work, photos, and videos.

Good start to your portfolio. Obviously you are going to have more artifacts to pick from in your senior year semester. Remember to be taking pictures and saving or scanning student work to use in your portfolio. Keep it up.

1/10/14 (MDudiak) Personal section: Love the message in your video--wow, I learned about about your philosophy of education. Maybe for the future you add more visuals and creative components. Glad to see all of your personal section complete.

Professional section: Happy to see you are embedding your documents. Nice visual to your Multicultural artifact--pleasing to view. Good start on writing your reflective narrative. You should make sure the InTASC standards come before NAEYC standards on the Interactive Writing lesson RN. Nice job--your portfolio looks great.

Please make any updates or changes before the spring semester starts.

4/8/14 (L Shiffman) You said you will be changing your video at some time in the future. Your professional section is complete and you already have 6 artifacts with reflective narratives. Great job. Consider changing the title of the RN to the title of the artifact. Also be sure to left margin everything. Minor detail...on the Concept of Print artifact be sure to capitalize the S in the NAEYC standard. Consider using the grid to keep track of all your artifacts. Eventually you will find it very helpful. Keep up the great work.

5/14 (L Shiffman) All required (+1) artifacts with RNs entered across various standards Your Interactive writing needs a few little edits Try to add some more graphics (work samples, pictures. etc) in the future.