Welcome

Welcome to The Wikispace for Early Childhood Education Towson University at USG! ==Congratulations and welcome to the wiki designed to help you through the E Portfolio journey. This site is dedicated to provide support and guidance as you document your learning experiences in the Early Childhood Education program. Below you will find some introductory information for you to review: ==

How Students Will Use This Wikispace:

 * ===We want you to use this as a place to ask questions, raise issues, share "discoveries" and other things that would be helpful to both the other students in the ECED e-portfolio group and the ECED faculty who are assisting students. Please feel free to add new threads to the Discussion tab of this space. ===
 * ===We would like for you to use this space to find guidelines on developing the e-portfolio. Much of what you will prepare will be like the traditional portfolio. However, we anticipate that there will be significant differences. We do not expect that this will simply be an electronic version of the traditional portfolio. We would like for this to be an interactive document that includes, but is not limited to, videotaped lessons, videotaped reflective narratives, podcasts, and links to external documents that will help support your demonstration of professional growth and development. ===
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How Faculty Will Use This Wikispace:

 * ===We will learn how to manage a wiki so that we can help the students in your cohort. ===
 * ===Students will invite you to their wiki as new members. ===
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What Students Can Expect of the ECED Faculty During this Process:

 * ===You can expect us to support you as you move through this process. This includes technological support as well as support in developing an effective portfolio. We fully understand that this process is new to both you and the department, so we want to assure you that we will provide the proper guidance along the way. ===
 * ===You can expect us to be available over the course of the next three semesters as you build your portfolio. ===
 * ===You can expect us to learn and grow along with you. ===

‍What the ECED Faculty Expect of You:

 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We expect that you will participate. What we mean by this is that we need you to be available to meet with us on a regular basis. This may include whole group or individual meeting time. ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We expect that you will contribute to this process by asking questions, making suggestions, and/or sharing new ideas. ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We expect that you will routinely back up your portfolio information from your wikispace onto a flash drive. ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We expect you to think of the final product as any student who is creating a traditional product would. That is, we want you to take this quite seriously, to be proud of your work, and know that this is an integral part of the teacher preparation experience in the College of Education, Department of Early Childhood Education. ===