Presentation at the Schools of the Future Conference in Honolulu, October 24, 2012.

1. Mobile
ePortfolios
planning/goal setting,
capturing the moment,
reflecting on change over time
Dr. Helen Barrett
SOTF Conference electronicportfolios.org
October 24, 2012 Twitter: @eportfolios
Slideshare.net/eportfolios

2. EDMODO.COM
• Join this group: 11i2lj
• Use like Twitter (add tags)

3. Resources
• http://slideshare.net/eportfolios/
(these slides)
• https://sites.google.com/site/mportfolios/
(resources & links)
• http://electronicportfolios.org/
(further information)
• https://sites.google.com/site/reflection4learni
ng/
• Twitter hashtag: #mportfolios

4. Simon Sinek’sGolden Circle
product
process
motivation
4

5. WHAT?

6. Mobile Web is becoming the
Personal Learning Environment
of the “Net Generation”
Learning that is…
oSocial and Participatory
oLifelong and Life Wide
oIncreasingly Self-Directed
oMotivating and Engaging
o… and Online all the time!

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

8. 2012 Horizon Report – Higher Ed
Higher Ed Time-to-adoption: K-12 Time-to-adoption:
• One Year or Less • One Year or Less
– Mobile Apps – Mobiles and Apps
– Tablet computing – Tablet Computing
• Two to Three Years • Two to Three Years
– Game-Based Learning – Game-Based Learning
– Learning Analytics – Personal Learning
• Four to Five Years Environments
– Gesture-based computing • Four to Five Years
– the Internet of Things – Augmented Reality
– Natural User Interfaces
New Media Consortium http://www.nmc.org/

10. 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

11. 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 code
of the present
generation...
and it works.”

12. Lifelong Context for E-Portfolios

13. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/201
Digital Birth: 01006006722/en/Digital-Birth-Online-World
Welcome to the Online World
• Mothers with children aged under two (N=2200) that have
uploaded images of their child (2010)
• Overall – 81%
– USA – 92%
– Canada - 84%
– (EU5 - 73%)
UK - 81% France - 74% Italy - 68% Germany - 71% Spain –
71%
– Australia – 84%
– New Zealand – 91%
– Japan - 43%
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sailbit/3329477282/
The research was conducted by Research Now among 2200 mothers with young (under two) children during the week of 27
September. Mothers in the EU5 (UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain), Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Japan
were polled.

14. WHY?

15. Digital Identity
• Creating a positive digital footprint

16. No More Resumes

17. 5 Reasons Why Your Online Presence Will
Replace Your Resume in 10 years
1. Social networking use is skyrocketing while
email is plummeting
2. You can’t find jobs traditionally anymore
3. People are managing their careers as
entrepreneurs
4. The traditional resume is
now virtual and easy to build
5. Job seeker passion has become the
deciding factor in employment
http://blogs.forbes.com/danschawbel/2011/02/21/5-reasons-why-your-online-
presence-will-replace-your-resume-in-10-years/

18. Dan Schawbel, Forbes
“personal branding guru”
• “Your online presence communicates,
or should communicate, what you’re
truly and genuinely passionate
about… I firmly believe that you won’t
be able to obtain and sustain a job
without passion anymore.”
• http://blogs.forbes.com/danschawbel/2011/02/21/5-reasons-why-your-online-
presence-will-replace-your-resume-in-10-years/

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

20. Brain-Based Learning (Zull) &
Experiential Learning Model (Kolb)

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

22. http://www.systemswiki.org/index.php?title=Ex
periential_and_Double_Loop_Learning

23. Single & Double Loop Learning
Reflecting
http://simbeckhampson.com/2010/10/12/doing-things-right-vs-doing-the-right-things-rainerfalle/

24. Self-Regulated Learning
Abrami, 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

25. Learning/Reflection Cycle
blog
Why?
(double-loop learning)
Now What?
What?
So What? website

26. Balancing the Two Faces
of ePortfolios
Process Product
Story of Documentation
Learning of Achievement
Workspace Showcase

27. Some Basic Concepts
 “ePortfoliois both process and
product”
 Process: A series of events (time
and effort) to produce a result
- From Old French
proces(“‘journey’”)
 Product: the outcome/results or
“thinginess” of an activity/process
- Destination
 Wiktionary

28. http://electronicportfolios.org/eportfolios/index.html

29. 1. Purpose
• Purpose. Decide on the purpose for the
portfolio. What are you trying to show with
this portfolio? Are there outcomes, goals, or
standards that are being demonstrated with
this portfolio? In this example, steps 2-4
represent an iterative process, using a blog to
provide formative feedback on student work
on a regular basis.

30. Reflection
• What is your purpose
for implementing
ePortfolios in your
classroom this year?
• How will you help
students conduct
student-led
conferences with their
ePortfolios?

31. 2. Collection/Classification
• What artifacts will you include in your
portfolio? How will you classify these entries?
• Students: convert all attached artifacts into
web-compatible formats (JPEG or PDF)

32. Level 1 - Collection
Google Drive

33. Share
What are a few
strategies to create
digital artifacts Google Drive
with GoogleApps
integrated into the
curriculum?
Audio, Video, I
mages, Text

34. Level 1 - Collection
Google Drive

35. Reflection
• What type of digital
artifacts will your
students create
throughout the school
year?
• How will you help
students store their
work online?

36. 3. Reflection.
• Reflection is the heart and soul of a portfolio.
Reflection provides the rationale for why
these artifacts represent achievement of a
particular outcome, goal or standard. Blog
entries provide an opportunity for reflection
"in the present tense" or "reflection in action."

37. Level 2: Primary Purpose: Learning/Reflection

38. Reflection
• When and how will
your students reflect
on their work in their
blogs?
• What type of resources
could you share to
support student
reflection and goal-
setting (prompts, etc.)

39. Students Reflect – During
– Dr. Barrett's Google Site on Reflection for Learning)
– Students: Write a blog entry with a reflection on each
learning activity or artifact (what is the context in
which this artifact was developed? What did you
learn?).
– Students: Add your own
classification using Tags
– Students: Add appropriate
artifacts (through hyperlinks)
or as an attachment to the
journal entry.

40. Resource on
Reflection
https://sites.google.com/
site/reflection4learning/
REFLECTION FOR
LEARNING

41. Reflection
• Source:
http://peterpappas.blogs.co
m/copy_paste/2010/01/tax
onomy-reflection-critical-
thinking-students-teachers-
principals-.html
• Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy
(Revised)

42. 4.
Connection/Interaction/Dialogue/
Feedback.
• This stage provides an opportunity for
interaction and feedback on the work
posted in the portfolio.
– provide feedback on the work posted in the
ePortfolio/blog entries. Guidelines should
be provided to support more effective
feedback.
• REPEAT steps 3-4 for each learning
activity or artifact,including updating
goals when appropriate.

43. Reflection
• When and how will
your students receive
feedback on their work
in their blogs?
• What type of resources
could you share to
support student
commenting (prompts,
etc.)

44. Level 3:
Level 3: Primary Purpose: Showcase/Accountability
Showcase
Portfolio
Pages organized
thematically with rationale

45. 5. Summative
Reflection/Selection/Evaluation.
• At the end of a course (or program),
students would write a reflection that
looks back over the course (or
program) and provides a
meta-analysis of the
learning experience as
represented in the
reflections stored in the
blog/journal entries.

46. Students Reflect - After
– Students: Review the blog/journal entries for that
category, and write a "retrospective reflection"
about the learning represented in the artifacts,
selecting one or two examples that best represent
achievement.
– Students: Prepare a Page for each Outcome, Goal
or Standard, and link to the selected
"best" blog entries, writing a reflection
on each page (by outcome/goal/standard)
which should also have the artifact
attached or linked.

47. 6. Presentation/Publishing
• The portfolio developer decides what parts of the
portfolio are to be made public.
– Student: Create a set of pages that highlight the best
components of the portfolio, linking to specific entries
in the blog. Add the
evidence (through hyperlinks to blog entries or artifacts)
to the appropriate sub-pages in the portfolio.

48. Students Organize Showcase
Portfolio
– Students: Create an Introduction page, which
should contain an overview of the portfolio. It
serves as a “letter to the reader” and provides an
explanation of the overall goals of the portfolio.
Provide links to other pages developed
in the portfolio.
Advertise this Introduction
page as the initial access
point in your portfolio.
– Students: Create a page with
Future Learning Goals
(reflection in the future tense).

49. Timeline
Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May
Level 1 X X X X X X X X X
Level 2 X X X X X X X X
Level 3 X XX
Level 1: Collection
Level 2: Collection + Reflection
Level 3: Selection + Presentation –
Showcase to parents – practice in fall
49

50. Reflection
• When and how will
your students prepare
to share their best
work with their
parents?
• What type of resources
could you share to
support student
showcase portfolios?

51. HOW?

52. 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)

53. 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

55. Emerging 7 inch tablets
HARDWARE IS CHANGING

56. Apple
iOS – wifi
$329 – 16 GB
$429 – 32 GB
$529 – 64 GB

57. Asus/Google
Android - wifi
$199 – 8 GB
$249 – 16 GB

58. Amazon
Modified Android - wifi
$199 – 16 GB
$249 – 32 GB

59. Google/Samsung Chromebook
Chrome OS $249 - $449
Well integrated with all Google Apps

60. Software to support ePortfolio
Development
APPS

61. Planning
Mobile Apps + Website Doing
Planning & Setting Goals
Giving & Receiving Feedback
Reflecting

62. Reflection with WordPress App

63. Post to from Mobile
Phones
• Send email to pre-arranged email address
• Blogger App (free)
• BlogPressiOS app ($2.99)
• Blogger Mobile & send SMS

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

65. With iOS
(iPod Touch,
iPhone, iPad)
Text
Images
Audio
CAPTURE THE
Video MOMENT
Doing

66. Capture the Moment with Mobile Phones
• SMS messages • Camera
– Twitter posts – Still
– Facebook updates – video

68. Twitter
micro-blogging
“tiny bursts of learning”

69. Evernote
One Account, Many Devices
evernotefolios.wordpress.com
• 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.

70. 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

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

72. Dragon Dictation
• Voice recognition
(not small children)
• Share in many ways

73. JotNot Scanner Pro ($.99)
• Scan Multi-
page
• Send the image
documents
directly via email • Remove
or upload it to
cloud storage Shadows &
services including Noise
Evernote, Box.net,
Dropbox, or • Save as PDF
Google Docs. (not • Email, Fax and
with free version)
Share your
Scans

74. AudioBoo.fm
• a mobile & web
platform that
effortlessly allows
you to record and
upload audio for
your friends, family
or the rest of the
world to hear.
• Also Google Voice

75. iPadio
•Record on mobile device
•Publish on Internet
•Get URL when published
•Embed in website (blog, wiki)

76. Capture Store Online Capture Voice
Images &
Video Mobile Apps + Website
Storage
Capturing & Storing Evidence
now
Google Docs Google Drive DropBox

77. Google Drive
• Free app for iOS
• Edit Google Docs
• Organize files

78. Integrate file storage
with computer and
website
Hyperlink to files in
Public folder!
2 GB (to start)

79. Dropbox Apps
PlainText PhotoSync DropVox
• Creates plain  Uploads • Records audio
text file (.txt) pictures to a (.m4a) and
and saves variety of sends it
directly to directly to
websites,
Dropbox
account. Can
including your Dropbox
create folders. Facebook, account
Flickr, Dropbox.

80. Other Online Storage Apps
Microsoft Live
SkyDrive – 25GB ZumoDrive – 2 GB SugarSync – 2 GB
iOS to/from Box.net –
PicasaWeb 5-50 GB
(Google)

81. ePortfolio Tools &
Web/Blog Pages
Collaborating
Doing Reflecting Reflecting

82. Resource on
Reflection
https://sites.google.com/
site/reflection4learning/
REFLECTION FOR
LEARNING

83. Reflection
• Source:
http://peterpappas.blogs.co
m/copy_paste/2010/01/tax
onomy-reflection-critical-
thinking-students-teachers-
principals-.html
• Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy
(Revised)

84. EDMODO.COM
a private social network for education
• Set up groups with students:
• Has apps for iOS and Android
• Use like Twitter (add tags)
• Looks like Facebook

85. Apps for Online Portfolio Tools
Mahara Pebble Pad Curtin Epsilen
PortfolioUP (U.K.) University Mobile
(more tools under (Australia)
development in N.Z)

86. Mobile Phone Apps
for ePortfolios
U.K. Metacognitives
Mahara
PortfolioUP
(more tools under
development in
U Minnesota Duluth OSPI N.Z)

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

88. More PebblePad Screens

89. Curtin University

90. More Curtin University

91. Epsilen Mobile

92. Create Presentations Create Videos
Share Online
Web 2.0 Sites
Presenting to an Audience
Reflecting
Online Video Editing

93. VoiceThread
Add Add Record
text audio video
caption caption caption

94. Presenting to an Audience
Keynote Google Sites Pages
Weebly
Presentation

95. Presenting to an Audience
Prezi Viewer Zapd

96. Video Editing on iOS
Videolicious - free
Avid Studio $4.99
iMovie $4.99
ReelDirector $3.99
Splice $1.99 $.99

97. Other ideas?
Other Successful Apps?

98. A Reminder…
Reflection & Relationships
… the “Heart and Soul” of an e-
portfolio…
NOT the Technology!
98

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

100. Initial Online Courses Planned
• Overview of Student-Centered Electronic Portfolios in K-
12 Education (tool-neutral – focus on “Portfolio”
Reflection Process & Feedback)
• Supplemental courses:
– Implement Electronic Portfolios with K-12 Students using
Google Apps (Docs, Sites, Blogger, YouTube, Picasa, Digication,
Teacher Dashboard) (Focus on “Electronic”)
– Implement Electronic Portfolios with K-12 Students using
Mobile Devices (iOS, Android)
– Create Your Professional Portfolio (tool neutral)

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

102. DR. HELEN BARRETT
@EPORTFOLIOS
Researcher & Consultant
Electronic Portfolios & Digital Storytelling for Lifelong and Life Wide Learning
Founder, REAL*ePortfolio Academy for K-12 Teachers
*Reflection, Engagement, Assessment for Learning
eportfolios@gmail.com
http://electronicportfolios.org/
http://slideshare.net/eportfolios