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=**Digital Portfolio** =

**Professional Library of Social Studies Assessments**
//This page was designed to exhibit projects I have developed and implemented.// //Please email me at cynthiabrown4@gmail.com for more information on the projects showcased below,// //or to obtain information on other projects I have implemented.//

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 * **VoiceThread - **Round Trip Ticket Around the World- A Closer Look at Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism
 * [[file:VoiceThread_Round Trip Ticket Around the World.pdf]]
 * Click here to view student samples!
 * **Operation Active Tiger: Evaluating a Contemporary Issue **
 * [[file:Issue Project.pdf]] [[file:Issues Project_Rubrics.pdf]]
 * **Task:** With a focus on “Evaluating a Contemporary Issue,” the Issue Project is designed to help students understand the role of local, county, state and federal government in addressing the complex issues that affect our community. In small groups, students will identify a problem that concerns them and then embark on a research investigation to clarify the issue and discover the economic and governmental institutions that can support solutions to the problem. The final product will be a digital media presentation for a public official who has the authority to address the issue.
 * **Project Wiki:** Issue Project - Operation Active Tiger

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 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">NEW! **Student Samples**

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Recycling at MNHS ~ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #00ffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">media type="file" key="Recycling_PSA.wmv" width="300" height="300"

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 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Interactive Political Scrapbook **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:Political Scrapbook Performance Assessment.pdf]] [[file:Political Scrapbook Work Schedule and Benchmarks.pdf]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Task**: Imagine you are trying to pursue a career in journalism. The upcoming edition of Tiger Times Online will feature a political scrapbook that evaluates the political leadership and public service of an elected official in the American political system. You are competing among top editors, and having your political scrapbook published may open the door to future opportunities in the digital publishing world.
 * //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Contact me for student samples. //


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Student-created Podcasts on the health of the U.S. economy**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:CNN News Anchor Podcast.pdf]] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:CNN Report_Podcast Rubric.pdf]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//Here are student samples//
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">media type="file" key="Spring 2010_Student Sample 1.mp3" width="240" height="20"
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">media type="file" key="Spring 2010_Student Sample 2.mp3" width="240" height="20"
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Making //Government// relevant using Digital Storytelling**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:Influencing Government PhotoStory.pdf]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//Here is a model I created for students//: [[file:Influencing Government Sample.wmv]]


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Media-infused Learning Center on Unemployment **
 * [[file:Media-infused Learning Center_Unemployment.pptx]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The goal of this media-infused learning center is to help students learn key concepts related to unemployment through the use of video and audio that highlights our current economic situation in relation to the Great Depression.


 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Culminating Project for //Project-based Learning// (Summer 2009) **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Collaborated with peers to simulate a project-based learning experience that inspired curiosity and inquiry, utilized digital organizational and management tools, and exhibited a culminating multi-media product that students could replicate.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__Here is a link to the project wiki__: http://pblgroupone.wikispaces.com/


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Google Earth Virtual Field Trip **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Originally developed for <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//Digital Media in the Classroom// (Fall 2009) **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:Virtual Field Trip_Types of Economic Systems.kmz]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">This virtual field trip was designed to help students develop their ethical and respectful minds. The goal is for students to make connections with economic systems around the world so they can consider the position of the U.S. in relation to the world. This will will force students to consider how life differs in countries near and far.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">To read more about the goal of this virtual field trip, click here.


 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Student-created Legislative Branch Glog **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Here is the Glog assignment and assessment rubric: [[file:Legislative Branch Glog.pdf]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Here are step by step instructions for students to use: [[file:Using Glogster_Legislative Branch.pdf]]


 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Student Learning Center: Influencing Government Glog **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The glog can be viewed below.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">To read more about the goal of this interactive learning center, [|click here].

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Professional Development Presentations
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 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Google Map embedded below reflects the virtual and in-person professional development workshops, conferences, and events I have presented at during the 2011 calendar year.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Click here to view a larger version with embedded descriptions for each location.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Education-based Research Papers

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:Fostering Creativity and Empathy of Social Studies Content Using Web 2.0 Applications.pdf]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">This paper uses brain-based research to illustrate how web 2.0 tools can be used to foster creativity and empathy of social studies content using differentiated instruction and an inquiry-based approach to make learning rigorous and relevant for all learners.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Blogs**
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 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Technology and Teaching, a Life Long Journey
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Technology Exploration Blog]


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Internet Tools for Teaching Blog

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Educational Philosophy**

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:Philosophy of Teaching.pdf]]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**R**esume

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Please contact me at cynthiabrown4@gmail.com

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