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Welcome to Web Portfolio Design

This site is to help you prepare to teach or to mentor students working on their electronic portfolios using Netscape. The lessons are divided into four categories indicated by the buttons to the left. Click on the button you wish to review. During the course you will have the opportunity to practice using Netscape to build a webpage, as well as to learn one way to teach these skills to your students. Feel free to copy and modify this webpage to assist you in your teaching or mentoring.

Before we begin playing with the software, let's briefly discuss the best way to approach working with students who are learning new technology skills. Your approach to teaching these skills can make a significant difference in the student's retention of the skills after they leave Freshman Inquiry.

Learner Characteristic	Teaching Strategy
Expect to be treated as mature, thinking individuals	Use your students as resources for yourself and for other students; use open-ended questions to draw out students' knowledge and experiences
Take a problem centered approach to learning, desire application to the real-world environment in which they live/work	Show immediately how new knowledge or skills can be applied to current problems or situations; use participatory techniques such as problem-solving groups.
Great variation in learning styles (Individual differences among people increase with age, as does the desire to use a variety of styles to comprehend)	Use a variety of teaching materials and methods to take into account differences in style, time, types, and pace of learning (e.g., text, graphics, discussions, projects, simulations)
Established values, beliefs, and opinions	Take time to clarify student expecatations of the project; show sample pages from previous student projects; permit debate and the challenge of ideas.

REMEMBER: The more you have your students discovering the process, the more they will remember in the future.

April 20,2001