Powerful PowerPoint Portfolios

Powerful PowerPoint Porfolios

Powerful PowerPoint Portfolios

Arielle Goldsteinwww.ariellegoldstein.com/Workshops/PPP.html

PortfolioAccording to Merriam-Webster

a hinged cover or flexible case for carrying loose papers, pictures, or pamphlets

a set of pictures (as drawings or photographs) usually bound in book form or loose in a folder

a selection of a student's papers and tests compiled

Portfolio

“Collection of artifacts that you thoughtfully select to show evidence” (Lombardi)

“Variety of artifacts, documentation, and reflections that are developmentally appropriate …includes evidence of understanding and ability” (Seitz)

“a process of collection, selection and reflection” (Kruse)

“systematic collection and focus on information that learning occurs” (Kruse)

Portfolio “Used to provide evidence and to

demonstrate accountability of meeting standards and benchmarks” (Seitz)

“A collection of items that celebrates the child” (Seitz)

shows potentiality as a cognitive organizer … draw greater "big picture" understandings of disciplinary knowledge and processes” (Kruse)

“Capture the artifacts and evidence of students learning and to help students use reflection” (Lombardi)

Common Themes

Collection of evidence and artifacts

Students become responsible for their own

learning

Reflective process

Articulate their learning

Connection between process and product

No more memorization or reproduction of

material

Why PowerPoint?

Why Interactive?

Why Portfolios?

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Conclusion

How toHow to

Why PowerPoint?

Example of SmartArt

PowerPoint is Common

Most schools have

PowerPoint

Most schools have

PowerPoint

Example of shapes

Most households too!

No Internet Access Needed

Built in Features

Layouts

Designs

Font Styles

Colors

Image Adjustments

Example of images

Freedom PowerPoint will provide you with a blank slate Complete freedom of:

Text Color Shapes Animations Layouts Imagery

Multimedia Capable

Example of videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B3tujXlbdk&feature=related

Why interactivity?

More interesting to the end-user

Allows for multiple topics and more data

Is a skill in itself

Allows for multiple connects

Why Portfolios? Tracking of learning over longer episodes is

more effective than a single observation Demonstrate and encourage the important

connection between process and product Turn collaboration, reflection, and discussion

into a norm “portable residency” Students become responsible to demonstrate

their learning Teacher and students become participants and

partners

(Lombardi)

Resources Websites www.taskstream.com www.eportfolio.org www.desire2learn.com/eportfolio/Many schools have their own websites: http://portfolio.psu.edu/ http://eportfolio.ed.sc.gov/login_2.cfm?Books Eportfolios For Lifelong Learning and Assessment-

Darren Cambridge Handbook of Resarch on Eportfolios- Catherine

Kaufman Jafari

Resources Kruse, S. D. (2001). Creating communities of reform:

continuous improvement planning teams. Journal of Educational Administration , 359-383.

Lombardi, J. (2008). To Portfolio or Not to Portolio: Helpful or Hyped? College Teaching , 7-10.

Segers, M., Gijbels, D., & Thurlings, M. (2008). The relationship between students' perceptions of portfolio assessment proactice and their approaches to learning. Eduational Studies , 35-44.

Seitz, H., & Carol, B. (2008). Powerful Portfolios for Young Children. Early Childhood Education , 63-68. 

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