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Portfolio Entries For Illinois Professional Teaching Standard VIII

The competent teacher understands various formal and informal assessment strategies and uses them to support the continuous development of all students.

Item One: WebQuest Rubric (view entry)

A WebQuest is a new way to communicate with students using the internet as a key resource. It allows the student to really explore the content, and to collaborate with other students to find the answers to a problem or to create a project. As such, a WebQuest also requires set standards, so that the student is aware of what is required of them. Because the instruction is exploratory, a WebQuest gives the student's ownership of their learning, and so, they must know from the beginning what they are required to do, and how that will affect their score.

Item Two: Discussion Questions (view entry)

These are discussion questions to be used after a lecture on Tara Donovan's sculptures. Her sculptures are made up of everyday objects, and so, some have found them to be controversial. Asking the students these questions will help them to develop their own opinions about the work.