Quality+ePortfolios

//Enhancing your Online Portfolio with Google Apps - Advanced session//



 * Date & Time**: January 31, 2011 from 8:30-3:00


 * Location:** IS 228 Brooklyn, room 109


 * 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.

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"
 * Common Core Standard:** "College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening

To provide teachers with the necessary skills to enhance their digital space beyond the basics For teachers to provide students with a strong framework for choosing and reflecting on their own eportfolio.
 * Objectives:**


 * Agenda:**
 * Welcome
 * Open Chat Room
 * Big Idea - 21st Century Skills discussion
 * tools and resources
 * Adding the "Wow" factor
 * Adding Calendars
 * Adding Forms
 * Adding content specific media
 * Advanced navigation features
 * How do we guide students with development?
 * Student e-Portfolio Breakdown
 * As a Collection
 * As a Showcase for Thematic Projects
 * As an Assessment Piece
 * Share out
 * Evaluation

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Skills for the 21st Century:
Our goal is for all students to exhibit these skills through the use of innovative web tools (Web 2.0) and e-Portfolio Development Maximizing the Impact: The Pivotal Role of Technology in a 21st Century Education System
 * **Critical thinking and problem solving **
 * **Communication **
 * **Collaboration **
 * **Creativity and innovation **

Tools for Learning in today's environment: Curriculum 21 Clearing House OITLIVE Resources Twitter-OETSBSI

Adding the **"WoW" ** factor to your //e //-Portfolio:

What we will be covering: __**Resource: **__ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Google Sites Interactive Training Module <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Google Apps Training Courses
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Integrating Google Docs can provide your space with key documents, eye catching presentations, and amazing data collection tools. //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Google Gadgets offer an amazing amount of add-on features that can provide your portfolio with the content it needs to stay ahead //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">//The importance of embedding multimedia content//
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Behind the scenes of GSites-There are many amazing features that can make your portfolio unique and stand out. //

__**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Google Docs as a Tool to enhance e-Portfolios **__ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Available creations:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Doc
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Presentation
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Spreadsheet
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Form
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Drawing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Table

__**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Google Gadgets **__ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Available Gadgets:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Recent Post - Pulls from an Announcement Page
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Recent List - Pulls from a List Page
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Recent Updated Files - List of updated files
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Text Box - Add content wherever you like
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Even More - Googles library of Gadgets

__**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Embedding Google Content: **__ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Available Embeds
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Google Docs
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Google Calendar
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Group Discussions - From a Google Group
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Google Maps
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Picasa Images
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Video - From Youtube or Google Docs

__**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Beyond the Basics: **__
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Site Layouts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Formatting
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Navigation Bar Features
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Header Content

__**Student e-Portfolio Breakdown**__ Student Possibilities for developing and maintaining portfolios
 * As a Collection Space
 * Biographical Information
 * Student Work
 * Multimedia
 * As a Showcase for Thematic Projects
 * ELA
 * Math
 * SS
 * Science
 * As an Assessment Tool
 * Student Rubrics aligned to Skills and standards

In order for student Portfolios to be successful, we must teach them the skills needed to carry on independently Ways we can Shift:
 * After School e-Portfolio Club
 * Use a Google site as an e-Portfolio Support Hub with multimedia Embeds
 * Public Google Discussion Group were Alumni can return with Comments or Questions

Tools used in today's workshop:

Splashtop Remote

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