Biology 100 & 101

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Portfolio Format and Requirements

Submit your COMPLETE portfolio AND all previous evaluation sheets each time you turn in your portfolio. Your final portfolio should also include your answers to the three survey questions at the end of this page.

Your COMPLETE portfolio must be turned in on December 1 for you to receive extra credit.

• Cover Sheet:

  • Student Name
    
  • Course Number
    
  • Lab or Disc. instructor's name.

• Second Page: Check-off Table of Project Activities

  Prepare a simple table that will allow us to see at a glance how many projects you have completed, of what type, and when they were posted to Web Crossing.

  Date	Type of Project
  (date of posting)	Quiz Writer
  (date of posting)	Media Watcher
  (date of posting)	Webmeister

  
  Signature: __________________________

• Project Reports:

  Each Project Report should include:

  • Your Project Entry (Your review, quiz, artwork, etc.)
    • Each project entry should be titled with the name of the project (Media Watcher, Quiz Writer, etc.).

    • Each project entry MUST include the Web Crossing response line including the response number, your name, the date, and time.

    • Each project report should be the equivalent of at least 1.5 double-spaced pages (about 500 words).

    • Project entries should include YOUR explanation of the biological concept or issue being considered. Project entries should present and explain the biological content as examples of the biological concepts currently being addressed in the lecture of Biology 100/101. Be aware of the Biology 100/101 policy on academic integritey.

    • See the project direction web pages for specific requirements for each type of project.

  • At least 3 Substantial Web Crossing Dialog Entries*
    • Dialog entries are responses that you write to others concerning their project entries or responses that others write to you concerning your project entries.

    • Each dialog entry MUST include the Web Crossing response line including the response number, your name (or the name of the person responding to you), the date, and time.

    • Substantial dialog entries should be the equivalent of at least one double spaced page in length (about 300 words).

    • You must write at least two substantial dialog entries for each of your project entries.

    • One of the three substantial dialogs may be written by someone else concerning your project or you may write a third if you have received no substantial responses to your work. (Hint - others will help you if you write good dialog entries for them.)

    • Substantial dialog entries should clearly indicate that the writer has read, thought about, and processed the information in the original project entry.

    • Dialogs may include, thoughtful questions about the content of the original report, connections to other biological ideas, links to related web sites, personal experiences concerning the topic, or any thoughts on the topic that are relevant.

    • Respond, at least briefly, to dialog entries concerning your work. Answer questions asked by others concerning your work.

      * Bio Education Journal, Tutor/Tutee, and Speech-Seminar projects do not require dialog entries.

• At the end of the semester submit a one page response to these questions following the coversheet of your complete, final portfolio:

  • What was the purpose of the extra credit project?

  • What did you feel you contributed to others?

  • What did you get out of the experience?