In order to demonstrate your successful completion of this class, you will be expected to assemble a “portfolio” of your work. It will be due on or before the last class June 30, 2000.

Plan to submit your work in two formats:
•a printed copy 
•a clearly labeled copy on disk, in any major format available to you—e.g., Microsoft Works; Microsoft Office (Word, Excel); ClarisWorks; Word Perfect, etc. Please indicate whether it is for a Mac or a PC.

REQUIRED OF ALL PARTICIPANTS:
a) A cover page that includes, besides your name, course name, and date:
•	a graphic or piece of clip art
•	at least two font sizes (one at 36 pt. or larger, and one at 18 pt. or smaller)
•	a  “draw” element (box, line, arrow, shading/color fill, etc.);

AND an annotated Table of Contents, showing the assignment number, name, location (page # or filename) and a short description

b) A five minute “show & share” presentation of at least one of your Portfolio artifacts that demonstrates how you will connect technology to your curriculum, classroom, or other meaningful aspect of your life

NOTE 1:  If, for some reason, you cannot submit your work on disk (due to lack of adequate access to the necessary hardware or software, for example), then you will need to attach to each document a separate page that specifically explains how you created that document (by identifying the settings, procedures, etc. that you used ).

NOTE 2: For some items, it may not be possible/appropriate to present them in both formats. No problem. Just let us know, so we know where to look to find your work. The important thing is that you are able to demonstrate your competency, not attempt the ridiculous or the impossible.

Your portfolio must include at least 10 of the following 13 assignments (or their equivalents—substitutions may be allowed at the discretion of the instructor)
Although many types of documents meet the requirements for more than one assignment, a single document can only be used to satisfy one assignment.

1.	Computer terms: a list of at least 20 terms, words, acronyms, etc., and a definition or description of each in “layman’s” terms. The focus or purpose should be clear. Previous students’ lists have included:
•	“20 computer terms every student should know”
•	“How to survive a trip to the computer store—an essential glossary”
•	“Computer hardware [or software] terminology”
•	“Computer jargon—20 new (to me) examples”
•	“Computerese"—how to understand what our computer literate students are talking about”
	Note: Although it’s not necessary, this is a good place to practice the Tables function in MSWord

2.	A Word processing document, in the form of a letter, a memo, or a lesson handout, demonstrating the use of some of the following formatting elements:
•	headers/footers	•  “live” date	•  tabs
•	multiple columns	•  forced page break or section break	•  tables
•	multiple margin and/or indent settings (i.e., hanging indent, paragraph indent, bulleted list, etc.)

3.	A Spreadsheet document, of at least four columns and five rows, demonstrating use of
•	formulas 	•  row and column titles	
•	sorting	•  formatting (i.e., text size, style, justification, borders, shading, etc.)

4.	A Text document with graphic
•	add multiple graphic objects to a word processed document OR
•	show more than one method of using a graphic on a word processed page, such as anchored vs. moveable

5.	Expected Uses of the material presented in this course: a list or description of at least three ways you can/will use your computer related skills and interests in your own classroom, with your students, or in other areas connected to your profession.

6.	Create a mail merged document(s) from a database you create. 
•	the database should contain at least 5 records and 4  fields
	STRONGLY SUGGESTED (especially if this is a first effort): create a name & address file (of students, family & friends, etc.)—it will be useful later

7.	Module integration—a document that uses two or more of the following program modules: Word Processing(WP), Spreadsheet (SS), Database (DB), Draw (DR), Paint (PT), Multimedia  (HS). Some examples include
•	a WP document with a SS or a graphic imported into a frame
•	a SS document with text imported from a WP file
•	a DB file transformed into a SS document (or vice versa)
•	a multimedia HyperStudio stack

8.	Basic Netscape Skills Demonstration:
Use Netscape to find three (or more) sites useful to you in your job; add an annotated review for each bookmark; and save them as a Netscape document. The annotation should demonstrate why the site is useful, including the recommended grade level and/or subject focus. 
NOTE: This document should only include your bookmarks.

9. Email:
•	Send an email to multiple recipients (for ex., a-teacher@home.com, BBHermann@aol.com) with a CC to yourself
•	Include in the body of your message a statement of how you could use email in your personal life; how you could use email with your students; and some other way besides email that you could use the internet in your job or with your students

10. HyperStudio Tutorial Project
	•	Note: It is only necessary to print out a hard copy of the first page of your stack for your Portfolio

11. Create your own HyperStudio project, including
•	at least five cards
•	same backgrounds on each card
•	at least one example of scrollable text, or a movie, or imported graphics

12. Create an Internet lesson that supports one of your favorite classroom lessons (a simple three to five question/step lesson is fine)
•	it must include a full set of instructions
•	be grade appropriate
•	each question/step must utilize a "hot" link 
	•	it must be interactive (i.e., require some response/input/activity from the learner)

13. Create a step-by-step lesson/instruction sheet
• create an instruction sheet, tip sheet, or for a computer skill or activity
	• be sure to note the intended audience,  grade level and materials needed to complete the lesson

Remember, this is not a “test”—it is a demonstration of the type and range of computer skills you can use for job related purposes. Your project will be more meaningful to you if it is authentic, that is, if it actually does relate to the work you do, so keep that in mind as you develop your skills and your demonstration documents.