Electronic Portfolios

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Electronic Portfolios
Kentucky Academy of Technology Educationhttp//ww
w.murraystate.edu/kate
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What is an electronic portfolio?
An electronic portfolio is a selective and
purposeful collection of digital samples of
student work. The portfolio usually includes the
use of electronic technologies that allow the
portfolio developer to present the artifacts in
many formats (audio, video, graphic, text).
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Why should we use electronic portfolios?
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Electronic Portfolios

• Foster active learning
• Provide instruments of feedback
• Allow for discussion of student performance
• Exhibit benchmark performance
• Store multiple media
• Are accessible

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Electronic Portfolios

• Focus on the students reflection of his/her own
  work
• Indicate records of learning, growth, change
• Provide meaningful documentation of students
  abilities
• Bring together curriculum, instruction and
  assessment
• Include varied media such as graphics, video and
  sound, going beyond paper and pencil work

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Electronic Portfolios (on the practical side) . .
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• Are less expensive and less time-consuming
• Are easy to create . . and . . . easy to access
• Never look old and worn
• Can remain current
• Allows effortless reorganization
• Show proficiency in using technology (NTS
  9)allowing the user to incorporate powerful
  multimedia) (A good or great e-portfolio may
  mean JOBS)

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What Options Are Available?

• Electronic Formats
• CD
• Web

• Equipment Needed
• Computer
• Scanner
• Digital Camera
• Video Camera

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How Do I Begin?

• Determine portfolio content
• Determine the organized format
• Establish baseline requirements
• Select specific activities/lessons
• Prepare links

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Source Bullock, Ann Adams and Hawk, Parmalee P.
(2001) Applications of Portfolio Development
Developing a Teaching Portfolio, 78.
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Electronic Portfolios

• Session 2

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Source Bullock, Ann Adams and Hawk, Parmalee P.
(2001) Applications of Portfolio Development
Developing a Teaching Portfolio, 15.
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Suggestions to Consider

• Save everything in electronic format as it is
  created
• Consider file format
• Consider file size
• Get a jump start with the legal issues
• Photos
• Videotaping
• Release of student information
• Artifacts containing exceptional children

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Additional Suggestions to Consider

• Save information in Microsoft Word or in Rich
  Text Format (.rtf)
• Scan only documents that cannot be typed
• Organize files into folders Artifacts,
  Reflections, Others

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Electronic Portfolios

• Session 3

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What Should My Portfolio Include?

• Demographic information
• Signed affidavit release form
• Table of contents
• Professional resume
• Artifact for each of the nine teacher standards
• Reflective statement for each of the artifacts

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Electronic Portfolios

• Eligibility Portfolio Example Matt Dobsons
  Portfolio

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Think About Expanding Your Portfolio for . . .

• Professional Use
• Personal visioning and philosophies
• Inventory of personal/career assets
• Personal/career goal setting
• Demonstrating professional growth and learning
• Career planning
• Peer review or collaboration
• Self-assessments
• Career initiatives

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Think About Expanding Your Portfolio for . . .

• Employment applications/job interviewing
• Teaching purposes
• Internship
• Evaluation
• Employment tenure/advancement
• Job transfer/promotion
• National Board Certification

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Creating Portfolios in the Classroom . . .

• Student-produced portfolios
• Project-based activities
• Record of activities undertaken over time, for
  example, writing
• Indicator of student growth
• Support cooperative teaming/peer reviewing
• Teacher-produced student portfolios
• Record of student work over an extended period
  of time
• Comparison of achievement across classrooms or
  schools
• Involve parents in educational support/decisions

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Student Portfolio Sites
Examples

• http//www.mehs.educ.state.ak.us/portfolios/portfo
  lio.html
• http//www.hotchkiss.k12.co.us/hhs/English/webfoli
  os/Alvey/CRA.htm

Electronic portfolio creation used in classrooms

• http//communitydisc.westside66.org/
• http//www.ed.gov/pubs/OR/ConsumerGuides/classus
  e.html

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Students become involved (stakeholders) in the
improvement of processes associated within their
daily work and routines.
Why Are Student Portfolios Useful?
They exhibit ownership!
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The role of the teacher
. . .is transformed from gatekeeper of knowledge
to facilitator and collaborator in a quest for
knowledge.
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Considerations to Remember

• The portfolio should be
• learner-centered
• user friendly
• easily updated
• accessible by students, teachers, parents, others
• portable or transferable
• able to accommodate the integration of existing
  software files

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Creation of a Basic FrontPage Web

• Open Web folder
• Import files
• Create basic links

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Benefits of Portfolios

• Provides a challenging learning opportunity
• Serves as a dynamic record of student progress
  and achievements
• Provides a unique record for the future for
  students, teachers, parents, and employers
• Motivates students to do their best work
• Offers an easy-to-maintain collection of student
  work

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Benefits continued

• Offers a format which allows for easy maintenance
  of a large collection of student work
• Allows work to be collected and presented when
  needed
• Allows information to be presented in multiple
  ways
• Can be used for self-reflection, assessment, and
  evaluation
• Provides fun and excitement for students,
  teachers, and parents

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The digital world is here!
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Enjoy the experience!
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Materials for this presentation were selected
from the following sites http//www.ash.udel.edu
/ash/teacher/portfolio.html http//www.mehs.educ.s
tate.ak.us/portfolios/why_digital_portfolios.html
http//www.essdack.org/port/how.html