All students at Cal Young will have ePortfolios using WordPress as the web based software to do this. Returning 7th and 8th graders should all have theirs set-up, some in better shape than others. Please reference the ePortfolio section of this blog to meet student ePortfolio set-up expectations and assignment posting requirements. Students will be give instruction on how to do this.
I’m looking forward to another great year working with students developing their creative and technology skills. We’ve added 6th graders to the mix of students taking electives at Cal Young – I love it! We’ve also added 3D Design classes taught by myself and Rick Bliss.
As with any start to the school year, things can move very quickly and the ramp-up can get a little hectic. I have lots of updating to do to this instructional blog – please hang in there as I get classes, assignments and resources updated. Check back often!
I’m really looking forward to leading an ePortfolio workshop for 4J faculty. We’ll cover basics on how to work with students to set up ePortfolio blogs using WordPress – all 4J students and staff have WordPress blogs, so the mechanism is in place, just need to show folks how. I’ll also make a pitch for teachers to create instructional blogs using WordPress. Fun!
Had a great time showing CY staff the ease and utility of using WordPress instructional blogs, and the benefit for students of using WordPress ePortfolios.
Check Julie’s instructional blog that she set up the after the workshop! Excellent.
http://blogs.4j.lane.edu/hohenemser/
Welcome Parents!
You’re in great hands with Leslie. She knows my curriculum very well, and knows many of your students as well. I teach Arts Management graduate students in the A&AA School at the University of Oregon on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Hence, the reason I am not here to meet you. There will be other opportunities.
Leslie has given you a handout that has all of my contact information on it along with descriptions of the courses I am teaching. Please know that I am accessible anytime either by phone, email, my blog, or making arrangements to stop by.
Best regards – Eric
I hope everyone had an opportunity to rejuvenate, and play at least a little bit this summer. I’m excited for the coming year. and look forward to meeting new students and reconnecting with CY 7th and 8th graders. My courses and resources can be found on this blog, and I encourage students and parents to visit this site regularly. Students can also access the 4J District iPortal site where my students post their assignments and can check for feedback and grades.
Students in my Period 1 Digital Media class have created orientation videos for incoming 6th graders. They can be viewed on our CY Vimeo Channel here.
Cool Stuff!
I’ll be showing colleagues 4J’s WordPress MU blogging opportunities and the iPortal site today during our staff development inservice.These are two excellent utilities that really do deliver. Fun times ahead!
I am now using the 4J iPortal Course site for all of my courses. Students need to LOGIN using their 4J username and password to check in daily. Weekly class activities, assignments and due dates, grades, samples of student work, and other important class and general CY information is accessed here.
Students are expected to upload their assignments to the iPortal site unless specified otherwise. All students in my classes have been instructed on how to do this. The iPortal site is a secure site to ensure privacy, and can be accessed from school, home, and virtually anywhere students have access to the Internet and a Web Browser.
Click on the following link to access the iPortal Site.