Status+Report+1+October+22,+2010

**Status Report 1:** Complete an initial status report entry for Friday, Oct. 29th that addresses the following:

//a. Where you are in your process of creating your portfolio (e.g., digital folders and related artifacts, tool choice, etc.) // I have created all of my digital folders, but all of my documents are not in their folders yet (many are).

I am using a wikispace and I have already done my initial layout, including all of my links to my different pages and artifacts pages. I worked on my home page, adding pictures and some writing about my theme.

//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) //
 * Understanding of Diversity
 * Professional Development

//c. Your initial ideas for a theme and related design considerations (e.g., layout, color scheme, images, quotations, video, etc.) //

My initial idea for a theme is "Oh, the places you'll go." I would like to come up with something a little more original or even a quote. My layout is similar to our class wiki because wikispaces doesn't let you come up with many unique schemes. I am going to use a bluish theme to represent water (?). My concentration is on traveling and how that can broaden the mind and correlate with becoming a better teacher. I included pictures on my home page of me traveling the past three years.