Electronic Portfolios Juanita Harvin AWAG 2012. What the heck is an Electronic Portfolio? selective and purposeful collection of digital samples of student.

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Juanita Harvin AWAG 2012

What the heck is anElectronic Portfolio?

• selective and purposeful collection of digital samples of student work

• may be created in digital form, scanned from original hand work or photographs, or captured from a digital camera or video camera

How can a Electronic Portfolio be developed?

• can be used to profile multiple dimensions to form an authentic assessment of students' academic progress

• may be kept on a server, a CD, or the internet.

IN THE CLOUD!

OLD way…

•Traditionally, portfolios have been stored in boxes and three-ring binders.

•Although this format works fine for paper and other print-based materials, it misses many other ways of communicating ideas.

New Way – New Format!

• Over the past decade, many people have found electronic portfolios as an effective way to more clearly present information not only through text, but also through visuals, audio, and video formats

New Way!

• Documents can be stored on hard drives, Zip disks, or DVD/CD-ROM in many digital formats such as text documents, picture files, web pages, digital video, and presentation files

Benefits of Using Electronic Portfolios

Electronic Portfolio

• Serves as a dynamic record of student progress and achievements

• Provides a unique record for the future for students, teachers, parents, and employers

Electronic Portfolio• Easy to maintain a

large collection of student work

• Work can be collected as it is created and presented when needed

• Information can be presented in multiple ways

Electronic Portfolio

• Provides a challenging learning opportunity

• Can be used for self-reflection, assessment, and evaluation

Who is Served by yourElectronic Portfolio?

W h ose N e e d s a re M e t?

T e a ch er E m p lo yer P a re n t

S tud ent

What might be included in anElectronic Portfolio?

Personnel ActionsTechnology TermsYearbook Page

ChartsHandwritingSound

SpeechPhotographsNews Articles

GraphsFavorite LinksEmail

DrawingsWork SamplesAnimation

JournalResumeNewsletter

TextIndex PageVideo

Math JournalCareer MapGraphics

Personal Photo Album

Class Photo AlbumMultimedia presentation

ACTIVITY!

Class Title: ePortfolio Introduction - Getting control of personal employment history & documentation Objectives: o Establish purpose of the Outcome (New Job, Change of Position, Advancement) o Develop the plan of areas to track in your timeline o Develop the listing of paperwork you will want to make available in your ePortfolio o Pros and Cons of ePortfolio: Online vs. Hardcopy

Interactive discussion of the following: 1. What is iCloud 2. Why should you use on on-line portfolio 3. Benefits of an ePortfolio 4. Why people don’t track their life’s path 5. Summary of ePortfolio and university course availability

Go over article -- ePortfolio Explain the values Principles-of development Turning your life into electronics

Identify personal timeline and employment history • Scanning all HARDCOPIES of employment documents • Scanning Awards & Certificates • Scanning Training Accomplishments • Scanning Job action items (SF-50’s, etc.) • Scanning prior military or prior job performance apraisals

Hands-On Time• Scan Personnel files

• Scan Transcripts

• Scan Photos

• Scan Certificates

• Work on a consistent-naming scheme

• Start Category Folders

WWW• Resources

• Web sites:

• ACS Employment Readiness

• www.USAJOBS.gov

• Ebis – past employment (Forms)

• eMail connections

• www.linKEDin.com

• eNote, Wordpress, MindMeister, livebinders

Sample Electronic Portfoliosand Other Portfolio Resources

• http://seuss.wcs.sad40.k12.me.us/ep/samples/toc.htm• http://www.electricteacher.com/onlineportfolio/examples.htm• http://electronicportfolios.com/nets.html• http://www.uvm.edu/~jmorris/ep/electronicportfolio.html

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