This document contains a portfolio by Yenis Martinez about her use of technology in education. It includes personal information about Yenis, her education and work experience as an English teacher. It then summarizes various digital tools and strategies she uses, including Gmail, Google Drive, blogs, rubrics, web quests, personal learning environments, social media for professional networks, blended learning, and SlideShare. The portfolio provides examples of how she incorporates these technologies into her teaching practice.

3. FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
TECH IN EDUCATION MODULE 4
YENIS MARTINEZ
JULY 4 2014

4.  In this portfolio I make a brief collection of my electronic
evidence that I manage during the process of this module,
including all the important sites that I have used during the
development of it. All those things that have helped me in my
learning process as a student and as a teacher in order to
create a different way of learning through the use of
technology.

5. PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Yenis Esmeralda Martinez Cueva
Age: 25 years old
Place of birth: La Union
Profession: English Teacher
EDUCATION
She studied Technical Bilingual in English-Spanish
Place: at Gerardo Barrios University in San Miguel.
She graduated from it and got her first Diploma in 2008.
After that, she continued with her bachelor degree in English were she learnt a lot about different ways of
teaching in the classroom including how to use technology in the classroom for having better result in the
learning process of students. Also, she has participated in trainings such as “BETTER TEACHERS BETTER
STUDENTS”, “FUN FLUENCY ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE COMMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCES AND FIRST ANS
SECOND CONGRESS OF ENGLISH”.
WORK EXPERIENCE
She has been working as an English teacher at EPITUR since 2012.
With students from age 12-24.

6. My Gmail account is an
important tool because it allows
me to read my messages, reply
right away, apply all relevant
labels to message.
Also I can have the mails saved
for the projects in which I am
working in. My Gmail account
help me to have access to other
important websites that help in
my learning process.

7. Google drive is a file
storage and
synchronization service
provided by google.
I use this to edit
documents,
spreadsheets,
presentations and
more. At the same time
at storage and share
documents

8. My blog has been helpful in
the development of this
module.
In my case I am going to
use in education. It is going
to be use as instructional
resource. For sharing
documents and information
with my students and
colleagues.

9. Rubrics have become popular
with teachers as a means of
communicating expectations
for an assignment, providing
focused feedback on works in
progress and grating final
products.
I will use this document for
an assignment by listing the
criteria that I am going to
evaluate in my students. At
the same time I will evaluate
their levels of quality from
excellent to poor.

10.  Web Quest is one of
the most interesting
because it increases
students motivation.
When students are
motivated, they are
likely to put in more
effort, and their
minds are more alert
and ready to make
connections.
I use this to make my
lesson plan and to
assign task to my
students.

11. My PLE are systems that help
learners to take control of and
manage their own learning.
In my PLE I set my own learning
goals, and I manage my own
learning, also, I can
communicate with others in the
process of learning.

12. My Personal Learning Network is very
effective for me as educator to grow
professionally.
It is personalized and based on my
professional interests and goals . I like
it because is a free means of
professional development available 24
hours from anywhere. In this picture I
provide some of the most important
social media tools that I used in order to
create my PLN.

13. Blended Learning is a fruitful
effort in integrating live
classroom activities including
face-to-face instructions along
with online learning and
instructions by utilizing the
best elements of all through
effective planning. It helps us
to change our traditional way
of teaching.

14. SlideShare is a web 2.0
based on slide hosting
service. I use to upload
files in format such as PDF,
Power Point an others.
Then, I embed to my blog in
which I published and share
with friends.

15. I used it for
publishing my
articles and share
files.
Such as, power
point presentation,
pictures, and other
stuff.