Jennifer's+EP+Work

Status report one:

1. When I began, all I had done was the sidebar. Essentially, the things we did in class. By the end of the workshop, I had begun to fill in my sidebar with my artifacts. I currently have most of my artifacts in. I am now working on creating my two new categories and collecting/editing artifacts to go inside.

2.The two categories that I have chosen are exceptional students, and interacting with all ages. For exceptional students, I will include artifacts from our class and my volunteer with SPED children. I think this is important to show competency in because special needs students are becoming more common in the classroom, and general ed teachers are not getting enough training with them. For interaction with all ages I will include my work with k-4 students, middle, high school, and now college age. I chose this topic because I think it show my diversity in teaching and that I can reach children on whatever level they may be.

3. My theme for my portfolio is "from bud to bloom." In this I show how I was once a bud as a teacher, but my education causes me to "blossom" into a teacher. I show pictures of buds, and the flowers begin to bloom and transform as you move further into the portfolio.

Status report 2:

1. I have added a lot to my portfolio. A lot of my artifacts are being put up. I added videos and now I am working on putting quotes and organizing it.

2. For my two categories, I am adding artifacts an explanations to that.

3. To follow my theme, I am still following it and adding in quotes and pictures. My greatest challenge is to find quality quotes to match the theme.

Status report 3: 1. I used this as my skip day, but I still worked on my portfolio. I am working on my reflections at this time. I have added photos and more artifacts on my portfolio for my own tabs. The one thing that I need to focus on now is putting up my reflections. 2. For my two categories, I am uploading information from my high school work and work overseas. I hop to have that finished soon. 3. For my theme, I am struggling to find strong quotes to follow my theme... I'm hoping I can find some from well known educators. That is still a work in progress.

https://sites.google.com/a/ncsu.edu/jennifer-m-cranford-senior-ep/

Seminar reflection:

What i like most about my portfolio at this point are the artifacts that are in it. I think they are really good and I love the pictures are that are in it.

What needs work:

After seeing how organized and laid out everyone is, I see that mine needs a lot of work. It is not as clean as everyone nor is it as well organized. I know that I need to make sure that things are well connected and look good. I also think my theme might be a little immature and may not make me seem very desirable as a teacher.