Powerpoint presentation given at the NJMEA/TI:ME Conference in East Brunswick, NJ, February 20, 2010

1. Student Portfolio Creation Using iWeb Susan Thomas, Presenter New Jersey Music Educators Association State Conference And TI:ME National Conference East Brunswick, New Jersey February 20, 2010

3. Students have created websites based on a template using Dreamweaver.

4. Students work on their portfolios throughout their college careers, with instruction at three levels - freshman, sophomore and senior.

6. Students get very frustrated with the mistakes they make, no matter how thorough the explanations.

7. Because of the difficulty, students work from a template with very limited customization.

9. With new Apple computers, we could switch our portfolio development to iWeb ‘09.

11. There are few technical problems – iWeb is exceedingly user friendly.

15. Categories align to the Graduation Portfolio Evaluation form which the faculty complete online. Data is collected through submission of the evaluation form.

18. Summary…. Students love the creativity and flexibility iWeb allows them. When I asked seniors this semester to email me with their preference for switching to iWeb or sticking with Dreamweaver, these are some of the responses I received:

20. Student Portfolio Creation Using iWeb Susan Thomas, Presenter New Jersey Music Educators Association State Conference And TI:ME National Conference East Brunswick, New Jersey February 20, 2010