eScrapbooking
Posted by Abbey on October 15, 2007 in English Language Learners, Foreign Languages, Language Arts, Math, Photo Story 3, PowerPoint, Science, Social Studies
Scrapbooking is more than organizing a collection of pictures, words to document important memories. It is a selection process to capture details where powerful personal insights are revealed. eScrapbooking is the digital version of that process which can aid students in sorting through all the scraps of information they are bombarded with and in capturing snapshots of their own learning. It is also a useful tool for teachers to reflect on their practice.
Reflecting on your professional development experience is vital because it helps transfer new skills and knowledge into practice. It also reinforces your learning. It’s my belief there is an equally essential need for students to be more involved in reflecting on their own learning.
To focus on this belief, I have put together this training module to simulate an experience where teachers create an eScrapbook using their own learnings as content. I have been told by Teacher participants that this simulation can be easily adapted for students in the classroom. The idea is to help students synthesize and analyze in a technology rich learning environment.
Resources are listed below. I would love to hear how you have expanded on this idea and how you have adapted these templates to make them better.
Storyboard for Scrapbooking
Teacher Example:Targeting Process
Scrapbook of Reflections Handout
To read more information on this topic from author Annette Lamb click on this Link.
November 2nd, 2007 at 9:02 am
Is there an alternative program to http://www.smilebox.com for teachers wanting to do some cross-cultural communication ? It has eScrapbooking, slideshows, ecards, etc. but requires downloading software.
March 25th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Hi Abby,
I am looking forward to learning how to use the scrapbooking techniques in my art class.
Barbara