ePortfolios empower students to emphasize individual strengths, therefore, allowing them to become key players in their own learning. Join the presenter as she discusses the development and implementation of ePortfolios.

1. ePortfolios for
Authentic Assessment

2. Presenter
Director of Professional Development
972-275-9251
dbenner@tcea.org
@diben
Diana Benner
@diben
@tcea
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3. “Assessment defines what
students regard as important,
how they spend their time and
how they come to see themselves as
students and then as graduates……
If you want to change
student learning
then change the
methods of assessment.”
(Brown, G et al, 1997)

4. Goals
• Explore the use of ePortfolios to support
learning
• Identify tools to create ePortfolios
• Reflect on how your students
can benefit from ePortfolios
• Have fun!

5. Session Resources
http://goo.gl/g7ExzZ

6. Today’s Meet
Today’s Meet
https://todaysmeet.com/eport
1. Introduce Yourself
• Name, Position, Campus
2. What is your knowledge of ePortfolios?

7. What are ePortfolios?

8. ePortfolios
http://youtu.be/nOYB-vQbBFA/

9. E-Portfolios are:
• Collections of work designed for
a specific purpose
• Artifacts are the evidence of growth over time
• Highlights of how new understandings and
learning is developed
• Works that use electronic media and services
ePortfolios

10. • Personal information
• Education history
• Recognition – awards
• Reflective comments
• Teacher comments
• Goals, plans
• Personal values and interests
• Presentations, papers
• Coursework – assignment, projects
• Personal activities – volunteer work
Components of ePortfolios
All artifacts should have a purpose

11. 1. Collect items for the portfolio
2. Select items best able to demonstrate
competence
3. Reflect on the items selected in order
to demonstrate learning derived from
experiences
4. Connect various
aspects of life –
personal, learning,
work, and
community
Process of ePortfolio Creation

12. Why use ePortfolios?
"A portfolio that is truly a story of learning is OWNED by the learner,
structured by the learner, and told in the learner's own VOICE (literally
and rhetorically)." Helen C. Barrett, Ph.D.

13. Advantages of ePortfolios

14. Advantages of ePortfolios

15. Why ePortfolios?

16. Types of ePortfolios

17. 3 Types of ePorfolios

18. Accountability ePortfolio
Documents learning for achievement of
specific outcomes or standards
Focuses on administrators’ need for data

19. Process ePortfolio
Supports students in achieving
their goals
Focuses on student growth

20. Showcase ePorfolios
Celebrates learning outcomes & shows
the highest level of achievement
Focuses on best samples of work

21. Showcase ePorfolios
Celebrates learning outcomes & shows
the highest level of achievement
Focuses on best samples of work
http://electronicportfolios.org/balance/

22. ePortfolio Tools

23. http://sites.google.com
 Easy and free website/wiki
 Templates are available for your site
 Allows you to upload your materials into your
page including, files, PDFs, videos, pictures and
HTML codes
ePortfolios with Google Apps: https://sites.google.com/site/eportfolioapps/online-tutorials-sites
Google Tools meet ePorfolios https://sites.google.com/site/googlioproject/home

24. http://foliofor.me/

25. http://pathbrite.com/
 Allows users to create academic digital
portfolios using different media
 Offers different templates for users to choose
from
 Import materials such asPDFs, Docs, Pictures,
Videos and more

26. Dropr
http://dropr.com/
 Provides you with a space where you can create an
online portfolio
 Each of these pages has its own unique URL
 Dropr editor is very easy to
use and with just drag and
drop you can upload and
share all types of content:
pictures, videos, and more

27. Silk
https://www.silk.co/
 A web tool that you can use to
create beautiful webpages
where you can create, edit, and
share your digital portfolios
 Comes in with a variety of
themes to choose from for each page
 Gives you more ways to structure and visualize
your content

28. http://www.weebly.com
 A platform that lets you set up a web page in a
matter of few clicks
 provides pre-set themes and templates to use
with your webpage
 provides you with powerful authoring tools to
add materials and content on your pages

29. https://evernote.com/
 A platform designed for notetaking and archiving
collections of items
 A "note" can be a piece of formatted text, a full
webpage or webpage excerpt, a photograph, or
a voice memo
 Notes can also have file attachments

30. ePortfolio Examples

31. ePortfolio Templates
What differences and similarities do you see between the templates?
Durham Middle School
Lewisville ISD
Griffin Middle School
Lewisville ISD
http://goo.gl/G2Wi3I http://goo.gl/SCTdo1

32. ePortfolio Template
Creek Valley Middle School – Lewisville ISD
What differences and similarities do you see between the templates?
http://goo.gl/Q5Jr32

33. ePortfolio Template
What differences and similarities do you see between the templates?
McAuliffe Elementary School – Lewisville ISD
http://goo.gl/fQUP00

34. Lewisville ISD Sample
Student ePortfolios
https://sites.google.com/a/staff.lisd.net/lewisville-isd-eportfolio-design-quick-link/
Abigail's ePortfolio Lillia's ePortfolio

35. More Student Examples
Fourth Grade - https://sites.google.com/a/s.dcsdk12.org/pce-4th-kayla-blair/
Fifth Grade - https://sites.google.com/a/s.dcsdk12.org/pce-5th-andrew-feghali/
Sixth Grade - https://sites.google.com/a/s.dcsdk12.org/emma-portfolio/
Kindergarten - https://sites.google.com/a/s.dcsdk12.org/pce-k-lillian-rayburn/
First Grade - https://sites.google.com/a/s.dcsdk12.org/pce-1st-jake-blair/home
Second Grade - https://sites.google.com/a/s.dcsdk12.org/pce-2nd-emily-tucker/home
Third Grade - https://sites.google.com/a/s.dcsdk12.org/pce-3justin-nguyen/
Secondary Student Examples-
https://sites.google.com/a/staff.lisd.net/tcea_eportfolios/what/secondary-student-samples

36. ePortfolio Resources

37. Where to Begin
https://sites.google.com/a/staff.lisd.net/tcea_eportfolios/how
Assistant Principals Present e-Portfolio Research Project
http://goo.gl/IpYSsO

38. Where to Begin
How do individual campuses begin?
http://goo.gl/ICsGjx

39. Tips for ePortfolio Success
TIP #1
STUDENTS HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE
STANDARDS
• Arrange the portfolio by standard and/or
expectations of what the student needs to know and
be able to do.
• In order to "pass" the student needs to understand
what they need to demonstrate
• Students then need to connect their artifacts to the
standards

40. Tips for ePortfolio Success
TIP #2
STUDENTS NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT
MEANS TO REFLECT
• Need to move beyond just the commentary that they
are use to through Facebook, Texting, etc.
• Consider oral reflections (video...)
• What went well? What was challenging? Most
Proud of?
• Establish a "goal" for next time
• Consider/Develop a method for achieving that goal

41. Tips for ePortfolio Success
TIP #3
STUDENTS NEED TO THINK ABOUT ADDITIONAL
AUDIENCES
•Beyond the teacher and the classroom grade
•Must create a portfolio worthy projects

42. School Culture Can Change To
Incorporate Student Work
Essential questions a school needs to ask:
• VISION: What do you want a student to know and be able
to do
• PURPOSE: How do you intend to use a student's portfolio?
• AUDIENCE: Who will be the primary viewers of the
student's portfolio?
• ASSESSMENT: How do we decide what's good?
• TECHNOLOGY: What tools will we use? Who will support
it?
• LOGISTICS: How do we build on what we already have?
• CULTURE: What else needs to change in order to
effectively implement digital portfolios?

43. Introduction to K-12 ePortfolios
https://sites.google.com/site/k12eportfolios/home

44. Challenge
“Learn Today, Use Tomorrow”
With a partner, reflect on the following
questions:
1. What evidence of value is there in ePortfolios?
2. How do we ensure that technology is not the
center of the eportfolio process?
3. How do we get teachers to "buy-in"?

45. Now What?
What will you take back to your campus
after this session and how will it be used?
Share:
• Twitter - @diben or @tcea
• Today’s Meet https://todaysmeet.com/eport

46. Questions

47. Session Resources
1. Student Voice in ePortfolio
https://sites.google.com/a/staff.lisd.net/tcea_eportfolios/home
2. ePortfolios and Reflection
http://www.slideshare.net/georgeroberts/eportfolios-and-assessment
3. Digital Portfolios: A Beginner Guide
http://myportfolio.school.nz/artefact/file/download.php?file=2638076&view=24719
4. 5 Terrific Web Tools for ePortfolios
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/03/5-terrific-web-tools-to-create-
academic.html
5. Digital Age Teaching and Learning
https://sites.google.com/a/dcsdk12.org/etil-academycadre/resources-1/jan-20-plc-
resources/eportfolios
6. Primary ePortfolios
http://primaryportfolios.wikispaces.com/
7. K-12 ePortfolios
https://sites.google.com/site/k12eportfolios/home

48. Thank You!
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