Eifel2011 monam web2

Building your E-Portfolio: Web 2.0 and social networking tools (plus mobiles)
Dr. Helen Barrett
EIFEL Conference
July 11, 2011
electronicportfolios.org/
slideshare.net/eportfolios/
Hashtag: #eportfolios
Account: @eportfolios

Key Concepts in Workshop
What? Context & Definitions
Why? Purpose
Reflection
Identity Development
Online Branding
How? Tools
Web 2.0 Tools
Mobile Devices
Q & A

What are Interactive Portfolios?
Portfolios using Web 2.0 tools to:
reflect on learning in multiple formats
showcase work online to multiple audiences
dialogue about learning artifacts/reflections
provide feedback to improve learning

Golden Circle
What?
How?
Why?
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Audio • Video • Text • Images
WHAT?
Digital Repository
Electronic Portfolio
Social Networks
Workspace
Showcase
Reflective Journal

Responsibilities
Specialty Case
Portfolio
One Word,
Many Meanings
Workspace
Showcase
Investments
Art Work
Collection of Artifacts

Who was the first famous “folio” keeper?
Definitions

Leonardo da Vinci’s Folio

What is a Portfolio?
Dictionary definition: a flat, portable case for carrying loose papers, drawings, etc.
Financial portfolio: document accumulation of fiscal capital
Educational portfolio: document development of human capital

+Electronic
digital artifacts organized online combining various media (audio/video/text/images)
interactivity/conversation/feedback

Electronic Portfolios
almost two decades (since 1991)
used primarily in education to
store documents
reflect on learning
feedback for improvement
showcase achievements for accountability or employment

Social networks
last five years
store documents and share experiences,
showcase accomplishments,
communicate and collaborate
facilitate employment searches

Boundaries Blurring (between e-portfolios & social networks)
Structured Accountability Systems? or…
Lifelong interactive portfolios
Picasa
Mash-ups
Facebook
Flickr
blogs
YouTube
Ning
wikis
Twitter

Process/Product
ePortfoliois both process and product”
Process: A series of events (time and effort) to produce a result- From Old French procesJourney
Product: the outcome/results or “thinginess” of an activity/processDestination
Wiktionary
Portfolio as Workspace
Portfolio as Showcase

Processes
Social Networking
Connect(“Friending”)
Listen(Reading)
Respond(Commenting)
Share(linking/tagging)
Portfolio
Collection
Selection
Reflection
Direction/Goals
Presentation
Feedback
Technology
Archiving
Linking/Thinking
Digital Storytelling
Collaborating
Publishing
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/damienbasile/3629544077/

Discuss!
What are the Engagement Factors in Social networks?
How can we build those factors into e-portfolios?

E-Portfolio Components
Multiple Portfolios for Multiple Purposes-Celebrating Learning-Personal Planning-Transition/entry to courses-Employment applications-Accountability/Assessment
Multiple Tools to Support Processes-Capturing & storing evidence-Reflecting-Giving & receiving feedback-Planning & setting goals-Collaborating-Presenting to an audience
Digital Repository
(Becta, 2007; JISC, 2008)

WHY?
Reflection
Assessment
Identity
Guidance
Employment
Showcase
Learning
Accountability

Lifelong Context for ePortfolios

Multiple Purposes from Hidden Assumptions
What are yours?
• Showcase • Assessment • Learning •
http://www.rsc-northwest.ac.uk/acl/eMagArchive/RSCeMag2008/choosing%20an%20eportfolio/cool-cartoon-346082.png

Digital Identity
Creating a positive digital footprint

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

Passion and Self-Directed Learning
Lisa Nielsen’s “The Innovative Educator” blog entries:
Preparing Students for Successby Helping Them Discover and Develop Their Passions (Renzulli’s Total Talent Portfolio)
10 Ways Technology Supports21st Century Learners in Being Self Directed
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/

“Know Thyself”
Temple at Delphi

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.”
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

Reflection
Source: http://peterpappas.blogs.com/copy_paste/2010/01/taxonomy-reflection-critical-thinking-students-teachers-principals-.html
Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy (Revised)

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
Captions/Journals
Blog
Mobiles
Web Sites
Blog Pages

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

The Learning CycleDavid Kolb from Dewey, Piaget, Lewin, adapted by Zull

Experiential Learning ModelLewin/Kolb with adaptations by Moon and Zull
Practice
Have an experience
Reflect on the experience
Try out what you have learned
Metacognition
Learn from the experience

“metacognition lies at the root of all learning”
“…self-knowledge, awareness of how and why we think as we do, and the ability to adapt and learn, are critical to our survival as individuals…”
James Zull (2011) From Brain to Mind:Using Neuroscience to Guide Change in Education (Stylus Publishers)

Action -> Discovery -> Joy
Action and Exploration lead to Discovery
Discovery leads to Joy
“The ultimate outcome of the journey is to understand our own understanding.” (p.15)(metacognition)
“Emotional links generate motivation… The brain rewards itself with joy.” (p.17)
Zull (2011) From Brain to Mind: Using Neuroscience to Guide Change in Education. Stylus Publishing

HOW?
“Telling My Story”
Digital Storytelling
Reflective Journal
Blogging
“Capture the Moment”
Mobiles
E-Portfolios in
Evidence
Multimedia Artifacts

Balancing the Two Faces of E-Portfolios
Presentation Portfolio(s)
Working Portfolio
Docs
Digital Archive (Repository of Artifacts)
Collaboration Space
Reflective Journal
Portfolio as Process
Workspace
The “Story” or Narrative
Multiple Views (public/private)
Varied Audiences & Purposes
Portfolio as Product
Showcase
Sites
Blog

Japanese

Structure of E-Portfolio Types
Portfolio as Process/ Workspace
Organization: Chronological – Documenting growth over time for both internal and external audiences
Primary Purpose: Learning or Reflection
Reflection: immediate focus on artifact or learning experience
Portfolio as Product/ Showcase
Organization: Thematic – Documenting achievement of Standards, Goals or Learning Outcomes for primarily external audiences
Primary Purpose: Accountability or Employment or Showcase
Reflection: retrospective focus on Standards, Goals or Learning Outcomes (Themes)
blog
website
mobiles

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fritzon/4711241023/

Tools?
Expressive vs. Structured Models
Purpose Drives Choice

Is the Future ofe-Portfolio Development in your pocket?
“Capture the Moment” with iOS, Android devices

Categories of Toolshttp://electronicportfolios.org/categories.html

Matching Portfolio Purpose to Portfolio Tools

Mobile Touch: A Guide to Implementing Mobile E-learning in Your Organisation

Mobile Year in Review 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mCkbrYKQyI

Capture the Moment with Mobile Phones
SMS messages
Twitter posts
Facebook updates
Camera
Still
video

Why Mobile is a Must
Kids today are captivated by the personalization and socialization of online tools--the ability to build large networks of friends; share their thoughts, feelings, and goals; and communicate as they wish. …And not only is it possible, it's possible anytime and anywhere, via a plethora of devices and widely available cellular and WiFi networks.
The upshot is, these digital natives now have in their hands the tools to shape their own education in once unimagined ways. They have the ability to interact with other learners at their convenience, with differences in time and place presenting no hurdle. They can research, on the spot, any topic of interest. And they can capture the moment, whether it's in a picture, a video, or a blog entry.
-- Mary McCaffrey “Why Mobile is a Must” T.H.E. Journal http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/02/08/why-mobile-is-a-must.aspx

Posted on ePortfolio Conversations Google Group:
Question: How to collect evidence of informal learning rather than formal education.
Response: "Start with SMS [on mobile phones] - it’s the morse codeof the presentgeneration...and it works.”

What functions can be achieved with mobile phones for each of these processes?
Capturing & storing evidence - this evidence of learning can be in the form of text, images, audio or video
Reflecting - “the heart and soul of a portfolio” - this reflection could be captured in real time in different formats: writing, voice capture (and voice-to-text conversion), video capture and digital stories
Giving & receiving feedback - one of the most effective uses of a portfolio is to review a learner’s work and providing feedback for improvement
Planning & setting goals - a very important part of the portfolio process is personal development planning and setting goals for achievement
Collaborating - learning is a social activity - technology provides new forms of collaboration
Presenting to an audience - at specific points in the learning process, a learner may put together a presentation of their learning outcomes for an audience, either real or virtual

Mobile Web is becoming the Personal Learning Environment of the “Net Generation”
Learning that is…
Social and Participatory
Lifelong and Life Wide
Increasingly Self-Directed
Motivating and Engaging
… and Online all the time!

Speak-to-Tweet
SayNow.com bought by Google, January 25, 2011

Twittermicro-blogging
“tiny bursts of learning”

Level 1 Workspace: Collection in the Cloud

With iOS (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad)
Text Images Audio Video
Capture the Moment

Integrate file storage with computer and website
Hyperlink to files in Public folder!
Try it!

Dropbox Apps
PlainText
DropVox
Records audio (.m4a) and sends it directly to your Dropbox account
Creates plain text file (.txt) and saves directly to Dropbox account. Can create folders.

Dragon Dictation
Voice recognition
Share in many ways

Level 2 Workspace: Learning/Reflection

Blogging* by eMail*the act of sharing yourself
Tumblr
Posterous
Set up account on website
Send email to: myaccount.tumblr.com
iPhone App
Call in your posts for audio post to blog
Cross-post to Facebook & Twitter
Just email to post@posterous.com
iPhone App
Cross-post to Facebook & Twitter

Reflection with WordPress App

Post to from Mobile Phones
Send email to pre-arranged email address
Use BlogPressiOS app ($2.99)
Set up Blogger Mobile and send SMS

EvernoteOne Account, Many Devices
Capture Anything
Access Anywhere
Find Things Fast
Capture something in one place -- access it from another
Web page access
Emailing your memories
Email notes, snapshots, and audio directly into your account. Emailed notes will go directly into your default notebook.

Evernote
All in one recording/saving to Evernote Account (email address)
Grades 3-5, Trillium Charter School, Portland (see my blog)
iPod Touch4 $239 & Lexmark Pinnacle Pro901 $199

Case Study: Grades 3-5
Trillium Charter School, Portland, OR
http://blog.helenbarrett.org/2011/06/evernote-for-intermediate-portfolios.html
iPod Touch 4

Showcase
Level 3: Primary Purpose: Showcase/Accountability

Web Authoring Tools that can be “branded” with your own domain (annually)
Weebly.com ($40)
Webs.com ($100)
Yola.com ($100)
Apps.google.com ($10+)
Squarespace.com ($144+)
WordPress.com ($12-$17)

Why?
Integrated EcoSystem
Single Sign-On
Walled Garden
Transferable

Creating an ePortfolio with GoogleApps
Storage = Google Docs
Reflective Journal = Blogger or Google Sites Announcements page type
Presentation =Google Sites

Mobile Phone Apps for E-Portfolios
U.K. Metacognitives
Mahara
PortfolioUP(more tools under development in N.Z)
U Minnesota Duluth OSPI

iPhone App for PebblePad (U.K.)

More PebblePad Screens

Learning is a Conversation!
E-portfolios should be more Conversation
than Presentation
Because Conversation transforms!

Help students find
their Purpose and Passion
through Reflection &
Goal-Setting in
E-Portfolio Development

Social Learning
Interactivity!
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Examples
Online Portfolios & Blogs

Student examples
Hunter Park Kindergarten & Abigail's E-Profile (NZ) – Blogger
Kim Cofino’s 6th graders (Japan) - Blogger
Pt. England School (NZ) - Blogger
Ryan’s Senior Project (US) – Google Sites
My Google Sites Presentation Portfolio

REAL*
ePortfolio
Academy
for K-12Teachers
*Reflection
Engagement
Assessment for
Learning

Initial Online Courses Planned
Overview of Student-Centered Electronic Portfolios in K-12 Education (tool-neutral – focus on “Portfolio” Reflection Process & Feedback)
Implement Electronic Portfolios with K-12 Students using Google Apps (Docs, Sites, Blogger, YouTube, Picasa, Digication, Teacher Dashboard) (focus on “Electronic”)
Add Voice to E-Portfolios with Digital Storytelling
Create Your Professional Portfolio (tool neutral)

My Final Wish…
Your e-portfolios become dynamic celebrations & stories of deep learningacross the lifespan.
Thank You!
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Dr. Helen Barrett
Researcher & ConsultantElectronic Portfolios & Digital Storytelling for Lifelong and Life Wide Learning
Founding FacultyREAL*ePortfolio Academy for K-12 Teachers
*Reflection, Engagement, Assessment for Learning
eportfolios@gmail.com
http://electronicportfolios.org/
Twitter: @eportfolios
http://slideshare.net/eportfolios

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