Students created an electronic scrapbook of their work which documented highlights of the school year. This “portfolio” includes photographs, creative and expository writing entries, and scanned artwork. The particular content of each lesson is adaptable to curriculum or special events appropriate for individual classrooms.
        Computer generated templates were created for each lesson.  These templates were then loaded onto the computer and the children inserted photographs, artwork  and text. Completed pages were stored in individual student folders located on the computer desktop for easy access.
        Each lesson required the students to observe the demonstration of a particular IT tool (or actually use it if capable), add brief written commentary relevant to the page theme, edit, embellish and publish their work. The use of templates was intended to focus the student's learning on the technological tool rather than the theme of the scrapbook page. The templates provided backgrounds and layouts so that the students could easily complete the page utilizing the tool or technique they were learning about (i.e. adding text by typing entry into a preset text box or adding a scanned image into a preset image box). If necessary, the teacher added digital and scanned images into each student's folder to simplify the process for younger learners. Students worked in groups, individually or with the teacher depending on what was appropriate for the particular class.