Documenting Children’s Learning Using Multimedia

1. Documenting:

·        samples of children's work at several stages of completion

·        photographs showing work in progress

·        comments by teachers or other adults working with the children

·        transcriptions of children's discussions, comments, and explanations of intentions about the activity

·        comments made by parents

·        examples of children's work and written reflections on the processes in which the children engaged

·        documents reveal how the children planned, carried out, and completed the displayed work

·        scanned student work

·        student PowerPoint presentations

·        video

·        photos of process and product

·        panels

·        audiotapes either transcribed or in wav. files 

·        transcriptions of children verbalizing their process and their thinking (metacognition)     

·        writing about their projects 

·        children telling about their strategies used 

·        documenting how children solved a problem 

·        having students reflect on work 

·        students make recommendations for others from their learning 

·        summations from students about what they have learned  
 

2. Documenting Young Children’s Learning - http://www.youngchildrenslearning.ecsd.net/
    

·        Reggio Emilio Philosophy

·        Assessment for Learning

·        Documentation

·        Samples of documentation in classes
 

3. Technology in K-3 Presentation -
   http://www.stmonica.ecsd.net/k-3%20technology.htm
    

·        Inquiry & Collaboration

·        Multimedia

·        Portfolios

·        Documenting

·        Building Knowledge

·        Extending Learning

·        Connectivity
 

4. Thinking Outside the Box - http://www.stmonica.ecsd.net/Thinking%20Outside%20the%20Box.htm

·        Inquiry; project-based

·        Integrating technology

·        Leading Practice

·        Collaboration

·        Student Work Adding Value