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//a. Where you are in your process of creating your portfolio (e.g., digital folders and related artifacts, tool choice, etc.) // Currently, I have all of my folders set up on my EP Google site. I have began selecting artifacts for my folders as well and storing them on my home computer to soon be placed on my electronic portfolio.

//b. Your additional categories for what you feel will best represent your identity as a beginning middle grades ELA / SS teacher (at least 2 more than the 5 required ones: content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, impact on student learning, 21st C technologies and skills) // Global Awareness and Diversity

//c. Your initial ideas for a theme and related design considerations (e.g., layout, color scheme, images, quotations, video, etc.) // Years ago, a very good friend gave me a book of inspirational teaching quotes. This was probably around my sophomore year of college and I stored it away hoping to have an opportunity in undergrad where I would actually be able to put the book to use. Here is the perfect chance! Therefore, I will be placing a quotation on each page to help capture the essence of my passion for teaching adolescents.

In regards to my picture theme-no matter the day, month, or year, students will enter my classroom, be taught in every innovative way possible, and hopefully leave a better person even if they learned very little content. Similarly, the sun with always rise and set, allowing for new opportunities and chances to impact lives Ultimately, the possibilities of what one does with the light and dark of their days are virtually endless.