Digital Portfolios

Standards for Elementary Level

Summary

Below are the anticipated outcomes of the elementary Digital Portfolios. They are based on the New Mexico's Standards and Benchmarks, the National Educational Technology Standards, and the New Mexico Teacher Competencies.

Teacher Notes

The sample student portfolio is set up in a folder format, where students choose and save their best work samples. The folders are set up with heading titles to correspond with NM State Standards and Benchmark content subject areas. This is by no means a comprehensive list of every standard or benchmark that may be addressed but depends on teacher interpretation of the student lessons and assignments within each individual classroom.

Sample work may address the following standards at the K-4 Benchmark level.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, the learner will

• Have begun a collection of personal works
• Have reviewed or learned some basic technology skills
• Capture an image using a digital camera
• Use a scanner and accompanying software to digitize printed images

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Content Standards

National Educational Technology Standards

1) Basic operations and concepts
2) Social, ethical, and human issues
3) Technology productivity tools
4) Technology communications tools
5) Technology research tools

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New Mexico's Standards and Benchmarks

Language Arts
1) Students will understand and use Language Arts for communication.
2) Students will understand and use Language Arts as a learning tool.
5) Students will speak clearly and write effectively for a variety of audiences and purposes.
6) Students will speak and write clearly, effectively, and correctly.
7) Students will respond personally, analytically, and critically to written and spoken language and other media.
8) Students will appreciate and respect their own language, culture, and literature, and will learn about the languages, cultures, and literature of others.
9) Students will use state-of-the-art computer and other technology to gather, use and synthesize information, and to create and communicate knowledge.

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Art
1) Students will learn and develop the essential skills and technical demands unique to dance, music, theatre/drama, and visual arts.
2) Students will use dance, music, theatre/drama, and visual arts to express ideas.
7) Students will demonstrate knowledge about how technology and invention have historically influenced artists and offered new possibilities for expression.

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Science
5) Students will acquire the abilities to do scientific inquiry.

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Social Studies
1) Students will use knowledge and cultural understanding to explain how the world's people cope with ever-changing conditions, examine issues from multiple perspectives, and respond to individual and cultural diversity.
3) Students will know, understand and apply the language, tools, and skills or social studies.
4) Students will know and understand the ways in which human beings view themselves and others over time.
11) Students will know and understand the diverse, dynamic, and ever-changing nature of culture.
14) Students will know and understand the role of global connections and interdependence between and among individuals, groups, societies, and nations.

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