Student Page (personal page-ELGG)
Protected, inclusive environment
With the exception of the public slice version of student page accessible to the public, student pages are protected within the school’s network.
Customizable
Similar to myspace in terms of colors, interests, pictures, friendlists, etc.
Full media portfolio
- Essays
- Audio from Chorus Concerts
- PowerPoint presentations and videos from school projects
- Video of drama performances and sports highlights
(The student can toggle materials through a public/private slice, deciding what portfolio materials can be viewed by the public (colleges and community) and which can be seen only by the school network)
Student Blog
- Including both personal and academic entries
- Allowing student tagging, commenting
- RSS feeds to other students/teachers
Student Dashboard – Student daily workspace
Student Feed aggregator
- recent activity, course announcements, homework assignments fed from course sites
- school, club, team announcements fed from school page
- feeds from friends’ blogs
Personal Calendar
- Personal events
- Event feeds from school, course, team, and club calendars
Bookmarks (school wide del.icio.us)
Student social bookmarking that would also feed into a full school bookmark aggregator
Course Sites – Course Management System (Moodle)
Complete collection of fully digitized course materials
- Notes, PowerPoint presentations, study guides, unit outlines, etc.
- Course Forum
- Wikis
- Podcasts, Webcasts, etc
- Teacher’s class blog
Announcements, calendar, forums, wiki
- all RSS fed to student dashboards
- Teacher choice toggle of Public Slice of course web site materials to provide parents/community with course information and examples of student work
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