Robin Portnoy

Portnoy’s innovative teaching idea, “Creating Video Portfolios,” focuses on creating a language lab in her classroom where students can videotape and archive their American Sign Language (ASL) projects in a portfolio format. Since ASL is a visual language, Portnoy plans to purchase tablets that her students can use to record videos of their progress or communicate with other ASL speakers remotely. East Meadow School District has the largest American Sign Language Program of its kind in the United States, so these tablets would also give Portnoy’s students the opportunity to share their unique experience with people across the globe.