McGee+-+ePortfolios

Welcome to Dan McGee's ePortfolio Presentation!
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**Part II: Components of an ePortfolio**

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**Part III: So, what** // **is** // **it?**

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**Part IV: What can be done with an ePortfolio?**

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=View the presentation at your own pace (UAkron Google Apps Account Required):=

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=Example: ePortfolio template using Google Sites:=

= Here are some articles/blogs/resources that support the use of this technology: =
 * [|ePortfolios with Google Apps]
 * EduCause - [|An Overview of E-Portfolios]
 * [|Dr. Helen Barrett’s ePortfolio Reources]
 * [|Digital Storytelling in ePortfolios]
 * [|Haiku (Commercial LMS - we use at my school)]
 * [|ISTE’s ePortfolio Templates]
 * Research - [|The influence of portfolio media on student perceptions and learning outcomes]

= Content uses of this technology: =
 * ePortfolios are appropriate for all grade levels and disciplines. Students can:
 * Compile journals or student writing samples to show growth.
 * Include their artwork, audio, or videos.
 * Collaborate with teachers or even other students.

= Pedagogical Considerations for this technology. =
 * The cross-curricular and cross-disciplinary nature of ePortfolios prepares students for project-based learning.
 * It is project-based itself.
 * ePortfolios provide:
 * evidence - It shows that students are making connections in their work and making progress as students and individuals.
 * a conversation - It provides an opportunity for a linear dialogue across time and space.
 * a document of life (like social media) - ePortfolios are documents similar to time capsules. Information is stored in them for a past time for archival purposes.
 * mobile potential - It is easy to view a video from an ePortfolio on a tablet or other mobile device.
 * an assessment tool - As qualitative and skills-based assessments become increasingly more important, an ePortfolio can serve as an important tool in this process. Information is compiled in a summative manner, culminating simultaneously in a finished project that has the opportunity to evolve.

= ISTE Standards: = ePortfolios have the potential to reach all six of ISTE’s student standards in the following ways: 1. Creativity and Innovation: Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students must use these skills in compiling their portfolios - evaluating content, self-assessing, and creating content would directly touch on the spirit of this standard.

2. Communication and Collaboration: Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students can communicate and collaborate with others on their portfolio.

3. Research and Information Fluency: Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. In order to create meaningful content and assemble their portfolio, students must be fluent in research and information.

4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making: Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. As ePortfolios are at their very core project-based, a project-based lesson or curriculum answers most directly to this standard.

5. Digital Citizenship: Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. A simple way this standard comes into play with student ePortfolios is that the student must properly understand issues of digital citizenship in order to protect their own academic integrity.

6. Technology Operations and Concepts: Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations. A comprehensive understanding of technology and the interplay of technology tools must be had to properly create an ePortfolio.

= Where to purchase or acquire: =
 * ePortfolios can be created using commercial software solutions, but can also be easily created through the use of free tools and sites. Open source software can aid content creation.
 * Google Sites is an excellent medium in which to create an ePortfolio. The flexibility of this service allows for near limitless possibilities.

= Discussion question: = How might the use of ePortfolios in education directly transfer to “real world” knowledge and skills? Link to discussion: @http://springboard.uakron.edu/d2l/lms/discussions/messageLists/frame.d2l?ou=3857157&fid=47996&tid=101273&isShared=False