digitalportfoliosforassessment

=Digital Portfolios for Assessment=

A portfolio is a purposeful collection of student work that exhibits the student's efforts, progress, and achievements in one or more areas. The collection must include student participation in selecting content, the criteria for selection, the criteria for judging merit, and evidence of student self-reflection. - Helen Barrett See more at: [|http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech111.shtml#sthash.HSiXiTVk.dpuf]

Agenda
Introduction to the day (format, timelines, outcomes) – Donna, Shawn, Leanne

Introductory Activity
Individually come up with three questions Group of three - generate top 3 questions and pick the one top question. We should have at least three questions that will be answered over the course of the day.

New learning
> jigsaw activity
 * Read excerpts from, //Using Portfolios of Student Work in Instruction and Assessment -//
 * Discussion
 * Large group discussion - were any of the questions answered - did any other questions arise

The Process of Portfolio Development

 * [|LucidPress Chart >]
 * [|Free Educational Accounts]
 * **Purpose**
 * **Goal setting**
 * **Audience**
 * What is a //Collection Portfolio//
 * //Activity - categories/what?//

Display Porfolios
//Purposes? Future? Fit with career?// //[|LucidPress Presentation]// > [|Student Authored Portfolios: Archiving Learning with iPad]
 * Selection
 * Criteria – purpose, goals
 * Collection
 * Audience and future use
 * Reflection – why have I chosen, added, significance of each piece
 * Hyperlinking
 * Review of reflection or future goals
 * The Display Portfolio & Student Led Conferences
 * //3 rs of SLC//
 * //Reflection//
 * //Portions of the wiki//
 * //How would this work through a portfolio - table discussion//
 * Kathy Cassidy

Tools for Demonstrating Learning – Hands on Activity - Donna

 * Audio
 * [|AudioBoo]
 * Video
 * iMovie
 * [|PhotoStory 3]
 * ScreenCasting
 * [|Educreations App]
 * [|Educreations Online]
 * Photos
 * Camera & App
 * [|SuperLame?]
 * [|PicCollage]
 * [|ComicLife]
 * Written
 * Blog
 * Wordprocessing

Complete this task

[|Example: Task Cards - adding to one's portfolio]

Assessment Portfolio – Discussion Led by Shawn, Donna, Leanne, Judy

 * How can we make a portfolio a summative assessment of learning outcomes?
 * Primarily summative tasks with the formative tasks leading up to it.
 * What would you mark?
 * Choices of inclusion – teacher starts off with outcome and rubric, students select the evidence that shows they have met the outcome with justification. Best evidence (may not be completed)
 * Reflection heavy – Formal, either written, oral, video, etc. Conversation.
 * Refection may be more important than the product.
 * Scaffold but still allow choice

E-Portfolio Self-test - preparing to plan.

Platforms and work time
Blogging Website (and blog) Online Publishing Suite iOS App
 * Edublogs
 * Kidblogs
 * Weebly
 * [|Weebly for Education] - use for students under the age of 13.
 * [|Lucidpress]
 * [|Free Education Accounts]
 * Creative Book Builder


 * Debrief - using the three top questions - were they answered? Did any others arise?**


 * Email reflections to Donna**

=A Note on Reflection= []

Portfolios provide a powerful environment in which students can collect and organize the artifacts that result from engaging in these challenging, real-life tasks, and write the reflections through which students draw meaning. Part of the reflective process is to have students tell stories about their experiences which brain research shows can help students embed these experiences into their long term memory.

The real value of an e-portfolio is in the reflection and learning that is documented therein, not just the collection of work. In fact, here are two insightful quotes from a book and a resource created by JISC in the UK:
 * The overarching purpose of portfolios is to create a sense of personal ownership over one's accomplishments, because ownership engenders feelings of pride, responsibility, and dedication. (p.10) - Paris & Ayres.(1994)
 * The e-portfolio is the central _and common point for the student experience. It is a reflection of the student as a person undergoing continuous personal development, not just a store of evidence. (Geoff Rebbeck, e-Learning Coordinator, Thanet College, quoted in JISC, 2008) From[| Electronic Portfolios.com]