This document discusses the challenges of managing paper documents in a classroom and presents e-portfolios as a solution. It outlines the traditional process of passing physical documents between teachers and students and the frustrations involved. The document then proposes an electronic workflow using apps like Showbie, Type on PDF, and Printopia to allow teachers to send assignments digitally, grade student work electronically, and store documents online. It concludes that e-portfolios provide a more organized, effective and efficient system compared to physical paperwork.

1. IPAD & PAPERLESS
The e-portfolio Challenge Solved
23 NOVEMBER, 2013
EMIRATES COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
ABU DHABI
MS. SAFWA ABDUL-AZIZ
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER
SAFWA.AZIZ@STS.ADVETI.AC.AE

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Why E-portfolios?
THE CHALLENGE: A Teacher’s document process
E-portfolio Advice
THE CHALLENGE SOLVED
CONCLUSIONS
RESOURCES
DEMONSTRATION

3. BEFORE E-PORTFOLIOS
FRUSTRATION

4. AFTER E-PORTFOLIOS
CONFUSION

5. Why E-portfolios?
With Flipped
and e-learning
classrooms, or
classrooms that
promote anytime
anywhere
learning…
Then the
workload must
keep up!
More organized,
More effective,
More efficient.

6. THE CHALLENGE:
A TEACHER’S document PROCESSteacher to student
student manipulate (work)
student to teacher
teacher manipulate (grade)
teacher to student
document stored
THE CHALLENGE

7. E-portfolio advice:
EACH STAGE MUST HAVE AN ELECTRONIC
SOLUTION
- Find the process that best suits the classroom. Be
willing and flexible enough to change the process as
technology grows.
E-PORTFOLIO ADVICE

8. THE CHALLENGE SOLVED
A TEACHER’S DOCUMENT PROCESS
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Teacher to student- Email, itunesu, edmodo, LMS,
schoology, showbie,
Student manipulate (work)- Adobe, type on PDF,
showbie
Student to teacher- Adobe, type on PDF, Showbie
Teacher manipulate (grade)- Type on PDF, Showbie
Teacher to student- Type on PDF, Showbie
Document stored- Showbie, printopia

9. CONCLUSIONS:
Find and keep multidimensional solutions.
App use mantra should be MINIMALISM.
Find fewer aps that do MANY things
vs.
MANY apps that do MANY things.
CONCLUSIONS

10. RESOURCES-APPS
1) Showbie
2) Type on PDF (free)
3) Printopia (for mac or dropbox)
4) Schoology
5) Edmodo
6) Itunesu
7) Adobe Acrobat
RESOURCES-APPS