The Portfolio Continues

I'm on spring break this week, but in my own self interest I've been trying to move ahead with the portfolio project for my most recent class. This week I've created vision and mission statements, as well as identified standards that I will be holding myself to. The mission and vision were difficult in that I'm pretty comfortable with the values that I aspire to in my class, but finding a concise, less than cheesy way to communicate them can be hard. I spent the better part of an afternoon writing, watching a movie (Ali), then going back to do some editing, more Ali, and finally finishing up the assignment. If you want to take a look at what I finally came up with, they are here. I would appreciate any feedback. If you could care less about my portfolio you can watch a great movie intro to a period in history. Even after this exhaustive editing/movie watching experience, I'm still not 100% comfortable with the writing.


The second part of the project has been to identify standards that you work with, then supply artifacts that demonstrate your competency in them. I went with the NETS standards for both students and teachers and I'm beginning to have my doubts. The problem I'm having is I view these standards as a goal for my classroom, so as a result I don't yet have artifacts to demonstrate some portions. Or the artifacts I do have are from my class, and not so much the Stritch program. I need to get in touch with the professor to check on the status of moving forward in this manner. I'm hopeful, because as I mentioned before I really like the NETS standards and feel they offer me more guidance and support than my curricular state standards.

Finally, I'm looking forward to Easter and the end of Lent. This year for Lent I gave up sweets, with mixed success if I'm to be honest, which I think I should be on the topic. I have however done very well in giving up Cadbury Creme Eggs, which are by far, without a doubt the greatest little treat out. Needless to say on Sunday morning and throughout the day I plan on downing quite a few of those delicious little eggs.