Follow-up workshop on Teacher ePortfolios at Calgary Teachers Conference, February 17, 2011.

1. Teacher Professional Development PortfoliosA Lifelong Personal and Professional Learning Environment Dr. Helen Barrett electronicportfolios.org Twitter: @eportfolioshashtag: #eportfolios

2. Key Concepts Definitions Portfolios across the Lifespan Portfolios as Lifelong Learning Identity Development Online Professional Branding Reflection, Motivation & Engagement Preparing for Portfolio Careers & Portfolio Life

3. Model Intrinsic Motivation! Share with Students! Prepare for the Portfolio Life! Create a Professional Portfolio

4. Golden Circle What? How? Why? 4

5. Purpose 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, S & Ayres, L. (1994) Becoming Reflective Students and Teachers. American Psychological Association

6. Four key pillars of Lifelong Learning(Barbara Stäuble, Curtin University of Technology, Australia) http://lsn.curtin.edu.au/tlf/tlf2005/refereed/stauble.html

7. Knowing the learner (Self-awareness) Understanding prior knowledge Motivation for and attitudes toward learning Help learners understand themselves See their growth over time

8. Planning for learning (Self management) Setting goals Develop a plan to achieve these goals

9. Understanding how to learn (Meta-learning) Awareness of learners to different approaches to learning Deep vs. Surface Learning, Rote vs. Meaningful Learning Different Learning Styles Help learners recognize success Accommodate approaches that are not successful

10. Evaluating learning (Self monitoring) Systematic analysis of learners’ performance Responsibility to construct meaning Be reflective & think critically Learners construct meaning, monitor learning, evaluateown outcomes

11. Deep Learning involves reflection, is developmental, is integrative, is self-directive, and is lifelong Cambridge (2004)

12. Temple at Delphi “Know Thyself”

13. Managing Oneself Peter Drucker, (2005) Harvard Business Review “Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves – their strengths, their values, and how best they perform.” New Purpose: Use ePortfolios for managing knowledge workers' career development What are my strengths? How do I perform? What are my values? Where do I belong? What should I contribute? Responsibility for Relationships The Second Half of your Life

14. Definitions What is an electronic portfolio?

15. Lifelong Context for ePortfolios

16. ePortfolio designs/strategies for different purposes Assessment/Accountability Portfolios (Summative assessment) Organized thematically (outcomes, goals or standards) Focus of Reflection: Achievement of Standards (rationale) Tools: Assessment system with data from scoring rubrics Faculty role: Evaluation

17. 3 Levels of My Portfolio My website (where most artifacts are stored)http://electronicportfolios.org/ PDF version from 2000: http://electronicportfolios.org/samples/ My Blog = My Reflective Journal(Blogger) http://blog.helenbarrett.org/ My Professional/Presentation Portfolio(Google Sites) http://sites.helenbarrett.net/

18. ePortfolio “Mash-up” Lifetime Personal Web Space ePortfolio “Mash-up” Small pieces, loosely joined

20. Digital Identity

21. The Future? Future of Personal Metadata in the cloud World Economic Forum: potential impact on human capital development and economic implications. (Quite big picture!) (Paul Kim, Stanford University)PrPl and PCB: a new e-portfolio environment in the cloud?

22. Do Your e-Portfolios have CHOICE and VOICE? Individual Identity Reflection Meaning Making 21st Century Literacy

23. Voice6+1 Trait® Definition Voice is the writer coming through the words, the sense that a real person is speaking to us and cares about the message. It is the heart and soul of the writing, the magic, the wit, the feeling, the life and breath. When the writer is engaged personally with the topic, he/she imparts a personal tone and flavor to the piece that is unmistakably his/hers alone. And it is that individual something–different from the mark of all other writers–that we call Voice. http://educationnorthwest.org/resource/503#Voice

24. Self-Regulated LearningAbrami, P., et. al. (2008), Encouraging self-regulated learning through electronic portfolios. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, V34(3) Fall 2008. http://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/viewArticle/507/238 Goals Captions/Journals Change over Time

25. Creating a Professional Portfolio

26. Begin with a Working Portfolio Adopt social networking strategies: Maintain a blog/reflective journal (Blogger or WordPress) Comments = Conversation Create a PLN on Twitter Follow and Invite FollowersSharing ideas/links/current events – Post Collect digital copies of your work Set up GoogleDocsaccount and upload Office Docs into one place

28. About Me

29. Journal (Announcements page type)OR Blogger (when available in GoogleApps)or WordPress

30. Themes (Competencies or Goals or Standards)

33. New possibilities

34. Visualize a new life

35. Not “retirement” but “rewirement”29

36. 30

38. What really matters in life?

39. Discover or rediscover passion…

40. Create a legacy…

41. Turn careers into callings, success into significance…

42. To make a difference…

44. Tools? Expressive vs. Structured Models

45. Institutional Portfolios Social networks What happens when a learner leaves or transfers? Academic focus Institution’s server or online service Blogs Learners’ Digital Archives and presentation portfolios Guidance portfolios Employment portfolios Institutional data Faculty-generated evaluation data Class portfolios Limited Time Frame

46. Separate Systems Learner-Centered Learners maintain collection across the lifespan, institutions maintain evaluation data & links Life-wide focus Guidance portfolio Institution’s Server or Service & Purposes Social networks Class portfolio hyperlinks Learners’ Digital Archive & Blog Learner-owned Lifelong Web Space Institutional data Faculty-generated evaluation data Limited Time Frame Employment portfolio Meta-tags

47. Why Web 2.0? Access from Anywhere! Interactivity! Engagement! Lifelong Skills! Mostly FREE! All you need is an <EMBED> Code

49. Lifelong and Life Wide

50. Increasingly Self-Directed

51. Motivating and Engaging

53. WordPress/Movable Type ePortfolios

54. Creating an ePortfolio with GoogleApps or WordPress Storage = Google Docs Reflective Journal = Blogger or WordPress Presentation =Google Sites

55. Level 1 Workspace: Collection in the Cloud

56. Level 2 Workspace: Learning/Reflection

57. Showcase Level 3: Primary Purpose: Showcase/Accountability

58. Organize a Presentation Portfolio based on Themes Use Pages in Blogger or WordPresshttp://blog.helenbarrett.org/ Use Google Siteshttp://sites.helenbarrett.net/portfolio/ Use a Wiki

59. The Future of mPortfolios (m=mobile)

60. Text Images Audio Video Capture the Moment

61. Using iOS Devices

62. Reflection with WordPress App

63. iPhone App for PebblePad (U.K.)

64. More PebblePad Screens

65. Lucy – Created on an iPod Touch

66. Digital Tools for Reflection Digital Storytelling and Engagement

68. Digital Storytelling Process Create a 2-to-4 minute digital video clip First person narrative [begins with a written script ~ 400 words] Told in their own voice [record script] Illustrated (mostly) by still images Music track to add emotional tone

69. Erin

70. Name Tags

71. My Final Wish… dynamic celebrations stories of deep learning across the lifespan

72. Dr. Helen Barrett Researcher & ConsultantElectronic Portfolios & Digital Storytelling for Lifelong and Life Wide Learning eportfolios@gmail.com http://electronicportfolios.org/ http://www.slideshare.net/eportfolios