Foundations+of+ePortfolios+in+K-12+Education

**//Office of Educational Technology Presents//** **__ Building your Online Portfolio with Google Sites __**

**Date & Time**: January 24, 2011 from 8:30-3:00

**Location:** 415 89th Street, Bay Ridge Brooklyn, 4th Floor Conference room

**Description:** e-Portfolio development with google sites - how to begin your journey. An overview of how to create a Google Site and how to use it to design and deliver Common Core aligned Instructional Tasks.

**Overview:** Preparing our students for the careers of the future requires us giving them access to innovative opportunities. This workshop will allow teachers to share and experience 21st century tools to support college readiness. Teachers will also use these tools to enhance and update their own instruction and web presence to deliver Common Core aligned Instructional Tasks.

**Common Core Standard:** "College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas 5. Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations"

**Objectives:** For teachers to learn the necessary skills and tools to develop an online work space. For teachers to provide students with a strong framework for choosing and reflecting on their own eportfolio. For teachers to use it to design and deliver Common Core aligned Instructional Tasks.

**Agenda:**
 * Welcome
 * Icebreaker
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Why e-Portfolios? (The most important essential question)
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Introduction to ePortfolios
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Types of e-Portfolios
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">What is your Purpose?
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Google Sites as a Platform
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Building Your Presence
 * Share out
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Evaluation

8:30-8:45 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Welcome and Introductions** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Icebreaker** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">media type="custom" key="12146014" <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">8:45-9:15 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">"An eportfolio is a collection of work that reflect an individual's efforts, progress and accomplishments. An eportfolio is a public window for showcasing personal achievements. There are many benefits to having an eportfolio: wider knowledge, facilitated communication, and a skills assessment source for teachers.” <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Learning_e-portfolio#Portfolios])
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|What is an Electronic Portfolio (e-Portfolio)?] **

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<span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**Why should we use e-Portfolios?**

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**How can e-Portfolios benefit both learning and teaching?** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">The benefits of developing electronic portfolios for either students or teachers includes: 9:15- 9:45 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">** Types of e-Portfolios ** <span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">o Professional/Teaching <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">o Student <span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">o Working <span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">o Showcase <span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">o Assessment
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">minimal storage space
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">easy to create back-up files
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">portability
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">long shelf life
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">learner-centered
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">increases technology skills
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">through hypertext links it is easier to make argument that certain standards are met
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">accessibility (especially web portfolios) (Kankaanranta, Barrett & Hartnell-Young, 2000)
 * <span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #151515; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> An effective way for teachers to describe, and document their teaching philosophy, resources, goals, and achievements.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">collection of student work and related material that depicts a student's activities, accomplishments, and achievements in one or more school subjects
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">a collection of student work that can include everything from brainstorming activities to drafts to finished product
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">students' very best work, determined through a combination of student and teacher selection.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">collection of all work to show mastery of skills in an area


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Activity: Review ****Sample Portfolios. What is there purpose?**


 * [|Teaching Portfolio]
 * [|English Student Portfolio]
 * [|JHS 234 Student Template]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #212182; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">[|Alexandra Zarama teaching portfolio]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #212182; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">[|Alexandria Roche teaching portfolio]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #212182; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">[|Cindy Salib teaching portfolio]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #212182; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">[|Stephanie Ladner teaching portfolio]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #212182; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">[|Danielle Van Patter teaching portfolio]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">** 9:45-10:15 ** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">** Strategies for authoring e-Portfolios **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">1.**Define your purpose**: What are you trying to show with this portfolio?
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Are there outcomes, goals, or standards that being demonstrated?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">2.**Collection**: What artifacts will you include in your portfolio? > <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">3.**Develop:** How will you organize them? Online Platforms- What will be your digital space? > <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">4.**Reflection**: How do we think? What is our philosophy?
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Google Docs, Pictures, Videos, Storyboards, Curriculum Maps. PPT, Lessons, Rubrics
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Gather materials to include in the presentation and organize them into a sequence (or use hyperlinks) for the best presentation of the material, using an appropriate multimedia authoring program.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Digital Space: ( Blogger, wikispaces, google sites)
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Evaluate our work. Share successes and failures.


 * 10:15-10:30 Break**

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">** e-Portfolio Development Process ** Teacher portfolios: (2002, Helen C. Barrett, Ph.D)
 * 10:30-11:00**
 * can document evidence of teacher competencies and guide long-term professional development.
 * competencies may be national teaching standards.
 * a portfolio is not a haphazard collection of artifacts (i.e., a scrapbook)
 * it can be a reflective tool which demonstrates growth over time
 * it can be a standards-based teacher performance assessment
 * evidence of successful teaching
 * keep organized records

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Web 2.0-based e-Portfolios as Personal Learning Environments
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Creating an electronic portfolio can develop teachers' as well as students' multimedia technology skills. (Ivers & Barron, 1998)


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Activity: **
 * Select a Web 2.0 tool to create an artifact for your portfolio defining your purpose.
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 * Google Voice:
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 * [|Podcast_ Myna]

<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">Danielson and Abrutyn (1997) lay out a process for developing a portfolio > > >
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**[|Collect]:** The portfolios purpose, audience, and future use of the artifacts will determine what artifacts to collect.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Select:** Selection criteria for materials to include should reflect the learning objectives established for the portfolio. These should follow from national, state, or local standards and their associated evaluation rubrics or performance indicators.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Reflect**: Include reflections on every piece in your portfolio and an overall reflection.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Connect**: You create hypertext links and publish your portfolio to enable feedback from others.


 * 11:00-12:00**


 * Overview of Google Sites
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sample Introduction to an e-Portfolio

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 * Log into Google
 * Create a site from Template Gallery
 * Browse the Gallery for more
 * Click on Schools & Education
 * Select the below Template:
 * **[|1_24Building your Online Portfolio with Google Sites]**


 * 12:00-1:00-Lunch**

Professional/ Teaching Portfolio:
 * 1:00-2:00**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Building your Presence using a Google Site Platform **
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Home-Welcome page ( Defines Purpose)
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">About Me- ( Biographical Sketch- B-side)
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Classroom Policies
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Calendar
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Unit Projects
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Showcase
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Resources

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 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Share out
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Evaluation]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Related Agendas: <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Student e-Portfolio Implementation <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">e-Portfolio and Google Tools

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Resources:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Helen Barrett: **NYC E-Portfolio 2010** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">OET online course on eportfolios & Google sites[|: http://moodle.nycedtech.com/course/view.php?id=21] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Learning e-Portfolios] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Electronic Portfolios]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Professional/Teaching Portfolios Under Development: <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Suzanne Kelly] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Christine D'Aversa] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Lauren Tripett] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Laura Treacy] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Jennifer Bogart] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Kristen Hurley] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Maureen Farrell] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Hillary Zablocki] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Rita Delia <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Christina Regalbuto] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Marie Hall-Nesbit] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Linda Corbo] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Shelly Noel]