This document discusses conceptual models and methods for monitoring student development, upbringing, and professional readiness. It describes using a portfolio system to track student progress over time based on criteria like intellectual development, attitude, and independence. The portfolio includes test results, assignments, self-reflections, and feedback from teachers, parents, and classmates. Challenges in implementing these progressive methods include the need for clear structures, standards, teacher training, and storage for student portfolios. Diagrams are proposed to track developing abilities and levels of upbringing and professional readiness.
The document lists various gadgets and technologies that can be used to learn English, including laptops, MP3 players, YouTube, Skype, podcasts, e-books, online tools, virtual classrooms, and social networking. It was created by Eugene Gordienko, a teacher at a secondary school in Odessa, Ukraine, and provides their contact information and links to audio files, blogs, and other online resources for learning English using technology.