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To register for any workshop, you will need your ULID (University Logon ID) and corresponding password. When you follow the link to the next Web page, your browser will open a box where you will need to type the following:

  • In the User Name section, type adilstu\ulid.
  • In the Password section, type the password you use to access your ISU email account.

For example, if you were Reggie Redbird, in the box that pops up you would type the text in red:

User Name: adilstu\reggie

Password: (password Reggie uses to access his ISU email account)

Note that there is a \ (and NOT a /) between adilstu and your ULID.

 

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Teacher Education student and faculty workshop

ePortfolio Update for Students & Faculty

(DOES NOT fulfill the Gateway I requirement for Teacher Education Students.) This session is designed as an introduction to the new ePortfolio interface of LiveText for the current user. Faculty and students are invited to attend this session to learn how to:

  • navigate the new site
  • understand the course-based assignments
  • submit documents and assessments
  • retrieve review and assessment information
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Teacher Education student workshops

Performance Based Assessment (PBA) Workshop

Mandatory for all freshmen and transfer students with a teacher education major.

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ePortfolio Fundamentals for Students

(This workshop fulfills the Gateway I requirement for teacher education.) This session provides an introduction to the ePortfolio tool, LiveText. The focus of this session is to familiarize students with the tools and functions of the ePortfolio and assessment system. In this workshop students will:

  • create their teacher education portfolio
  • learn how to share and submit for review their assignments and artifacts
  • review comments and assessments made to their portfolios
  • learn how to use the discussion board and announcements.
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ePortfolio for Professional Development

Take your knowledge a step further and use the ePortfolio system for all your course content and in your observation and student teaching classrooms. Begin creating an electronic Professional Development Portfolio as a compliment to your paper portfolio. Show future employers evidence of your technology skills and how you adapt and apply them in the classroom. In this workshop students will work on developing electronic professional presentation portfolios, archiving documents, and creating and managing visitor passes for viewing by potential employers. The focus of this session will be to:

  • Create an online filing cabinet for your students to access homework, lesson plans and resources.
  • Create a secure page for parents and students to access news about the classroom and share ideas and information through discussion boards.
  • Create and use multiple images throughout your portfolio.
  • Add a video teacher work sample to support knowledge, skills and dispositions.
We will also discuss using discussion boards and forms for surveys in the classroom. (Pre-requisite: ePortfolio Fundamentals for Students)

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Spreadsheet Creation with Excel 2007

This workshop is open to all teacher education majors.

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Web Page Authoring with Expression Web

This workshop is open to ONLY Elementary Education, Early Childhood Education, Middle Level Education, and Special Education majors.

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Database Development with Access 2007

This workshop is open to ONLY Elementary Education, Early Childhood Education, Middle Level Education, and Special Education majors.

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Teacher Education faculty workshops

Introduction to the ePortfolio Tools for Faculty

This session provides an introduction to the new generation of LiveText. The focus of this session will be on exploring the new interface and tools of LiveText. Participants will:

  • download the portfolio for their program
  • create an assignment, discussion board and announcement
  • learn how to add resources, references and shared documents for access by students.

Participants will be introduced to the new and much improved review and assessment process.

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Using ePortfolio for a Paperless Classroom

This session is devoted to those who want to go green! The focus will be on adding your course material, resources and assignments into the ePortfolio tool. Create:

  • different versions of your course
  • make changes on the fly
  • communicate with students
  • use the grade book to track assessments and grades for assignments in and out of ePortfolio

The improved ePortfolio tool gives more flexibility and control over submission of student work, and provides creative ways to collaborate and interact with students and faculty.
(Pre-requisite: Introduction ePortfolio Tools)

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Reviewing and Assessing Student Work

The workshop focuses entirely on reviewing, commenting and assessing student work in and out of the ePortfolio tool. The new feature cuts assessment time in half and gives faculty the flexibility of recording grades for assignments submitted outside of the PBA requirements and the portfolio. We will cover reporting and how to set up your reports for the end of the semester.
(Pre-requisite: Introduction to the ePortfolio Tools for Faculty)

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Managing Your Program Administrators Account

This session is specifically designed with the program coordinator in mind. SPA and course content, assessments and reporting will be covered in this session. For coordinators who have not created an administrators account for their program, please contact Melissa Christofero prior to registering for this session.
(Pre-requisite: Introduction to the ePortfolio Tools for Faculty)

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