Technology Integration Form STUDENT PORTFOLIOS

GENERAL INFORMATION
Selected Technology/Resource Name:

Age/Grade
Level:
While the grade
level is not
specified Id
suggest this for
grades 7-12

Livebinder

Technology/Resource Type:
Application

Software
Website

Device

Source: (Web address, company name, etc.)

http://www.livebinders.com/ Livebinders, 2016
Associated Learning Standard(s): The resource may be generally applicable, if so, simply state that.
List any ISTE-S standards that seem to naturally align with the selected resource.
ISTE Standard 3.B: Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthase and ethically use information from a
variety of sources and media

RESOURCE DESCRIPTION
Give a brief description of the technology/resource.
Livebinders allows students to combine different documents into a virtual binder. This allows students to
have a depository of all of their past work, as well as links to other important documents and websites,
that relate to the topic at hand. This allows students to have a repository of all of their important
documents for a lesson. This can make studying much easier. It also allows a teacher to track a students
progress along the lesson and can provide a comparison between a formative and summative
assessments.

INTEGRATION IDEA - PORTFOLIOS

How might you use this resource in a lesson plan to promote student-centered learning?
Portfolios are of great use for students and teachers. Students can place their online work onto a binder.
Students can also store rubrics and other pertinent information into those folders. This is significant for
two reasons, first, because having them with other assignments provides context and second,
elementary and middle schoolers tend to be disorganized. In addition, portfolios can also be used by
instructors for evaluating. They can show a students growth over time. This can be used to more
accurately show a students performance.

Value-Added Rating Scale

3

The integration idea described:

The integration idea

described:

The integration idea described:

aligns to content standards

transforms a lesson in a way that
would be impossible or very
difficult without it; very likely to
increase student engagement and
contribute to mastery of the

aligns to content standards

enhances a lesson; likely to
increase student
engagement and support

aligns to content standards

serves as a nice supplement to
a lesson but wouldnt necessarily
play a critical role within the
lesson

concept(s)

mastery of the concept(s)

optimal in a student-centered
environment where students are
active and engaged in learning
content

will most likely be used by

the students directly

will most likely be used by the

teacher during a lesson (e.g., a
demonstration)

VALUE-ADDED EXPLANATION

Based on the value-added rating scale above, how would you rate the technology integration
you described, using the selected resource?
Explain your rating based on the rubric indicators.

Livebinder adheres to the ISTE standards, as it greatly assists in the organization and presentation of
online information from different sources. It also assists students in that it allows teachers to more easily
see and compare student performance over time. The largest issue with livebinder is that it does very
little that a traditional 3 ring bander cannot. Teachers can place student work within a binder or folder.
As a result, I cannot give Livebinder over a 2, because it does not transform the lesson in a way that
would be impossible without it.

This template has been adapted from the following resources:

Christie, A., (2007). Dr. Alice Christies 6C Model for Evaluating Apps. Retrieved from
http://www.kathyschrock.net/uploads/3/9/2/2/392267/evalipad_content.pdf
ISTE, (2012). iste.netss Advancing Digital Age Learning. Retrieved from
http://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/nets-s-standards.pdf?sfvrsn=2.
LearnZillion, Inc. (July 2014). TeachFest Guide | Mathematics. Retrieved from
http://ctcorestandards.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Math_TeachFest_SA_Guidebook.pdf.
Schrock, K., (2011-14). Critical Evaluation of a Content-Based IPAD/IPOD APP. Retrieved from
http://alicechristie.org/6C/6C.pdf.