The portfolio is, in a sense, a representation of us, the students, and the university as well as the profes. Because it is new, it is important to define what it is. Accordion files can also be a great way of creating a homeschool portfolio. These student portfolio pages were created for students to record and present their progress in their math standards aligned to common core. While well established in higher education, its becoming a part of the k12 classroom as well. A case study about the use of eportfolio assessment for. But today, accordion folders are being replaced by eportfolios engaging electronic showcases of the users best work put together with software and services that help with the collection, collation and organization of work highlights. I have been exploring the many uses of digital stories in electronic portfolios. Transitioning from paper to electronic portfolios in.
In the second group, we have tools that focus on the autonomy of the portfolios owner. Second, adoption is more successful when the pilot. Great for new teachers, student teachers, homeschooling and teachers who like creative ways to teach. Compared to other second graders, jerome is well above the national average in second grade reading. This site contains information about digital portfolios and samples of student portfolios at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Group a was the experimental group, in which the students used the electronic portfolio eportfolio and group b was the control group, in. E portfolios can hold almost any type of file, including report cards, transcripts, art, class projects, parent letters, awards, pictures, and sound and movie clips of a students recitals, plays or speeches. Teach them to use various technology equipment like scanners, digital photo capture, etc. Electronic portfolios are a creative means of organizing, summarizing, and sharing artifacts, information, and ideas about teaching andor learning, along with personal and professional growth. Using technology electronic portfolios in the k12 classroom.
A jerome can read as well as a fourth grader in the second month of school. Computer assessment of second language l2 learner outcomes is a. Only fourthyear portfolios will be accepted as public web sites. The reflective process of portfolio development can be as important as the final product.
Shop school zones 2nd grade educational software, trusted by teachers. Provide directions and additional explanatory text so that another teacher could duplicate this example. How to select the right eportfolio platform campus technology. It is a vital component of nurturing children as the individuals they are, a way to teach that accommodates the different learning styles, needs and speeds of our students. Digital stories in eportfolios electronic portfolios. Most of the research on the implementation of electronic portfolios has been in higher eduction. Contents of the portfolio the portfolio is most definitely an authentic assessment of candidates. Using eportfolios for authentic assessment and measuring growth. Student portfolio apps and websites common sense education.
Both are bringing home everything they need to grade their students final portfolios. A digital portfolio is a computerbased collection of student performance over time. I just blogged about my 2nd grade student portfolios and was asked by many to adjust the content to for 1st graders. As a paperless alternative, some parents even choose to keep electronic homeschool portfolios for student record keeping. Also, include sample artifacts and reflections similar to what one of your students might submit. Time4learnings online math software curriculum provides 120 lessons for elearning. The benefits of eportfolios for students and faculty in. Join kevin kelly for an indepth discussion in this video using eportfolios for authentic assessment and measuring growth, part of teaching with technology. An overview of eportfolios tufts selfserve blogs and websites. One year after completion of the first eportfolio unit, the second. Our second grade portfolios offered just this sort of differentiation, becoming living documents of the unique interests and styles of each of our second grade children. Portfolios can offer a look at development over time, helping one see teaching as on ongoing process of inquiry, experimentation, and reflection.
Program requirements, virtual technology and design. Kevins an 8yearold secondgrader who started with a gift from grandma and a few hints from his father. In turn, electronic portfolios eportfolios have become a viable institutional. Student eportfolios are now most prevalent in college of education programs. Electronic portfolios have been around for years, but the advent of powerful new technologies makes building, maintaining, sharing, and archiving student learning in digital form easier than ever before. Compared to other second graders, jerome is well above the national average in secondgrade reading. Using adobe acrobat for electronic portfolio development society for technology and teacher education site, orlando, march 9, 2001. This makes it easier to grade the paper portfolio and see the online work without having to type a long hyperlink in. Teaching portfolios capture evidence of ones entire teaching career, in contrast to what are called course portfolios that capture evidence related to a single course. In how a second grader beats wall street, youll follow the story of kevin roth, an eightyearold who was schooled in simple approaches to sound investing by his father, seasoned financial planner allan roth, and discover exactly how simple it can be to become a successful investor. Technology, teacher education, and electronic portfolios continued on page 2 skills to teaching is best established by direct demonstration.
At the broadest level, student and teaching eportfolios can be aggregated into an institutional. As i wrote this unit, i collaborated with my second grade teacher from elementary school in order to determine reallife situations that would be appropriate for students. Link paper and electronic portfolios how will you relate online and offline portions of the portfolio. Students generally use e portfolios to collect their work, reflect upon strengths and weaknesses, and strive to improve. Portfolios have long been used in education to represent a students or educators best work. Examples of online eportfolios the iteachered project student electronic portfolios university of regina, faculty of education, view examples of electronic portfolios created by student teachers enabling them to share their work with a larger audience and other helpful links. A guide to understanding student e portfolios page 2 a guide to understanding student e portfolios 21 teas education agencythe uniersity of teas system introduction professionals and students around the world are using electronic portfolios, or e portfolios, to demonstrate their capabilities. Students in about fourth or fifth grade sometimes younger are capable of. Principles and practices in electronic portfolios ncte.
And increasingly, colleges and universities are using eportfolios as an alternative assessment tool at the class and program level. Examples of online eportfolios the iteachered project student electronic portfolios university of regina, faculty of education, view examples of electronic portfolios created by student teachers enabling them to share their. While perusing the international coalition for electronic portfolio. The 40 subjects formed two groups of twenty people. Pdf version of presentation 344k standardsbased electronic portfolios for aspiring teachers florida educational technology conference fetc, orlando, january 12, 2001. I am exploring the capabilities of using this system to maintain electronic portfolios as part of my research on implementation of online electronic portfolio systems. Software blockquote i would like to develop an electronic portfolio. Heres how ive used portfolios in my writing classes. Eportfolio software electronic and digital portfolios for. Kevins an 8yearold second grader who started with a gift from grandma and a few hints from his father. Students generally use eportfolios to collect their work, reflect upon strengths and weaknesses, and strive to improve. D jerome can do the fourthgrade reading curriculum. Which of the following represents a correct interpretation of jeromes grade equivalent score.
C compared to other second graders, jerome is well above the national average in secondgrade reading. Using the strategies presented in class, develop an assignment that uses students portfolios to assess their understanding of the unit content. May 23, 2015 i just blogged about my 2nd grade student portfolios and was asked by many to adjust the content to for 1st graders. Consequently, the use of portfolios has been mandated within the elementary. In this workshop, participants will explore effective principles of classroom assessment at all grade levels and subject areas and a range of assessment methods supported by technology.
The link above displays a second grade math unit about money that i wrote in the spring of 2010. Electronic portfolio resources this site, created by a professor of education at the university of vermont, provides links to resources about online portfolios for k12 students, online portfolios in higher education, selection of portfolio software, and online articles about electronic portfolios. Use technology to create portfolios of students work. Most of the customized eportfolio tools, both commercial and open source, have been created in and for higher education, whereas the paperbased portfolio process itself began in k12 schools. These second grade math lessons are broken down into the following categories. Calleigh, a 2nd grader, sits down with her teacher, janice heyroth, to prepare. B jerome should be advanced to the fourthgrade reading class based on the test score alone. In education, eportfolios are mainly used to improve students learning. This makes it easier to grade the paper portfolio and see the online work without having to type a long hyperlink in your web browser. This site, created by a professor of education at the university of vermont, provides links to resources about online portfolios for k12 students, online portfolios in higher education, selection of portfolio software, and online articles about electronic portfolios. Mar 03, 2008 software blockquote i would like to develop an electronic portfolio. An introduction to electronic portfolios in the language.
This is a very simple portfolio of 3 noload index funds for a new investor with a little. Students and teachers can learn to better manage their digital lives via this comprehensive organizational tool. Emergent research on implementation and impact cambridge, darren, cambridge, barbara, yancey, kathleen blake on. When followed by carefully guided practice, exciting demonstrations of technology tools can build interest and motivation for independent exploration and learning. Using electronic portfolios for second language assessment. Eportfolios can hold almost any type of file, including report cards, transcripts, art, class projects, parent letters, awards, pictures, and sound and movie clips of a students recitals, plays or speeches. You can supplement your childs education with challenging, fun computer learning. At week 10, id offer the students the option of rewriting three papers of the 10 theyd written, receiving a second grade on the assignment to average in to their score. Teaching portfolios center for teaching vanderbilt university. For more explanations, examples, and grading tips, visit mrs.
Jul 09, 20 portfolios have long been used in education to represent a students or educators best work. A guide to understanding student eportfolios page 2 a guide to understanding student eportfolios 21 teas education agencythe uniersity of teas system introduction professionals and students around the world are using electronic portfolios. But today, accordion folders are being replaced by e portfolios engaging electronic showcases of the users best work put together with software and services that help with the collection, collation and organization of work highlights. Equally beneficial are the data that faculty, departments, and institutions derive when they assess the work in portfolios, reflect upon it in curricular contexts, and use the data and reflections to plan for improvement. I have my students do their eighth grade portfolios over a sixweek period after they learn the keyboard. Straightforward strategies from a successful young investor. Now, electronic portfolios have begun to enter the world of k12 education as well.
The portfolio is not only a collection of the work completed, but it represents what we are capable of doing and what we have learned. My high school students built their personal portfolio website in ninth grade and updated it again in tenth grade. This web page provides information on common software tools available on personal computers andor the internet to facilitate assessment for learning classroombased assessment in electronic portfolios. Can educators help students meet standards without falling back on the lowbar, onesizefitsall mechanism of standardized assessments. For ios, android, kindle fire, chromebooks and computers with chrome or firefox. If your school uses the marzano framework or iobservations for teacher evaluations, this product is for you. Homeschool portfolios student record keeping time4learning. Electronic portfolios teachers can use electronic portfolios to record student progress. Teach your students how to create a web page where they can display there works, be it writing products, drawings, projects that they completed, etc. Teaching portfolios capture evidence of ones entire teaching career, in contrast to what are called course portfolios that capture evidence related to. Each students portfolio becomes an important part of their educational record. In many cases, they are used as part of faculty and. Ideas consulting is a rhode islandbased group headed by david niguidula that consults on technology, assessment, and portfolios for students, educators, and schools. Authentic assessment with electronic portfolios using common software and web 2.
Jan 25, 2011 straightforward strategies from a successful young investor. The digital story for 2nd grade is her autobiography written as part of a school project. Contribution of the eportfolio to the improvement of. The most common portfolio is a threering binder with subject dividers that make organization and record keeping relatively straightforward. For students in the masters program bed a special form of portfolio was. An eportfolio is not a specific software package, but more a combination of process. Group a was the experimental group, in which the students used the electronic portfolio eportfolio and group b was the control group, in which students used the traditional printed portfolio.
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