This document discusses the use of web 2.0 tools to create electronic portfolios for an educational leadership program at Lamar University. It provides an overview of the online master's program and its focus on technology standards. Examples are given of various web 2.0 tools that can be used to create eportfolios, including Google tools, audio recording apps, and social media. Questions are posed about how these tools impact learning and how they are being used with K-12 students. Considerations for implementing student eportfolios are also discussed. Samples of student and professional eportfolios using cloud-based systems are then provided.

1. Lamar University
College of Education
Educational Leadership
Beaumont, TX
Leadership and Learning:
Using Web 2.0 Tools to Create
Kay Abernathy, Ed.D.
Electronic Portfolios
Diane Mason, Ph.D.
Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D.
Cindy Cummings, M.Ed.
Daryl Ann Borel, M.Ed.
Ed Tech Leadership Graduates

2. Lamar University Online
ETL Master’s Program
• 12 – Five week courses (18 month program)
– Fully online
– Over 350 graduates
• Critical components
– Focused on ISTE Technology Facilitation and
Teacher/Student NETS Standards
– 18-Month Internship in K-12 Schools
– Principal Certification Preparation
– Cloud-based ePortfolio

3. Web 2.0 Tools
• Google Tools, Slideshare, AudioBoo
• Online References. Digital Content, Social Media
• DropBox, DropVox, & MediaFire
• Web Conferencing, Skype, Google Talk/Chat
• Animoto, Podcasts, Stykz, Audacity, Wordle
• Assistive Technologies
• YouTube, TeacherTube, SchoolTube
• WikiSpaces, Blogger, PB Wiki, WordPress

4. Questions: Web 2.0 Tools
• What Web 2.0 tools and resources impact the way you
learn, communicate, and assess growth?
• How are you currently using Web 2.0 tools and
eportfolio components with K-12 students?
• How are you providing leadership using Web 2.0 tools
to support and train faculty or staff?

5. Questions: Using Eportfolios
• What is the purpose for having students develop
electronic portfolios?
• What are three types of student eportfolios?
– Storage
– Workspace
– Showcase
• https://sites.google.com/site/eportfolioapps/overview/le
vels
Dr. Helen Barrett: http://electronicportfolios.com/

6. Questions: Considerations for You
• What ages are the students?
• What content areas?
• What is your current technology infrastructure (i.e., will
your network keep up with GoogleDocs network
traffic?)?
• What is your computer-to-student ratio?
• How many students will be implementing portfolios?
• Will you use some type of Internet/cloud/Web 2.0
system?
Dr. Helen Barrett: http://electronicportfolios.com/

7. Questions: Eportfolio Answers
• What? (The Past) What have I collected about my
life/work/learning? (my artifacts)
• So What? (The Present) What do those artifacts
show about what I have learned? (my current
reflections on my knowledge, skills and abilities)
• Now What? (The Future) What direction do I want
to take in the future? (my future learning goals)
Dr. Helen Barrett: http://electronicportfolios.com/

8. Promising Practices
• Collaboration
• Project-based Learning
• Personalized Learning (Choices)
• Standards-based
• Critical Reflection
• Authentic Assessment
• Mentoring, Coaching, and Peer Review

9. Cloud Computing
Samples
• Kern Kelly interviewed by Wes Fryer http://t.co/PVQj4rt0
• Wes Fryer and Fifth Grade Daughter: Digitizing the Elementary
Writing Portfolio—Using AudioBoo, an iPad2, and an iRig
microphone.
• http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2011/05/26/digitizing-an-
elementary-writing-portfolio/

10. Samples from
Dr. Helen Barrett
• https://sites.google.com/a/brvgs.k12.va.us/chlo
emiksovic/home
• https://sites.google.com/a/brvgs.k12.va.us/hun
ter-wallace/home
• http://web-2-0byjc.wikispaces.com/
• http://nicola-eportfolio.blogspot.com/

11. Cloud Computing Student
Eportfolio
Samples
• Ashley – Student Dayton (Janette Hill, Teacher)
http://informaitonstation.weebly.com/index.html
• Hayley – Student Dayton (Janette Hill, Teacher)
http://hayleasportfolio.weebly.com/index.html
• Celeste - Student
http://celestehj.wikispaces.com/Web
• Hardin Jefferson - (Ellen Zimmerman, Teacher)
https://sites.google.com/site/hjhawktawk/
• Port Arthur – (Hope Scott, Teacher)
http://www.teacherweb.com/TX/MemorialHighSchool/HopeS
cott/apt4.aspx
• (Kim Talley, Teacher)
https://sites.google.com/site/talley2012portfolio/

12. Cloud Computing
Professional Eportfolio
Samples
• Sara Tarragona
http://www.sites.google.com/site/sarabaragona/
• Janette Hill
http://informaitonstation.weebly.com/
https://sites.google.com/site/janettehilleportfolio
• Pamela Comer
https://sites.google.com/site/visionforedtechleadersh
ip/final-comprehensive-exam
• Sarah Lopez
http://smlopez.wikispaces.com/

13. Cloud Computing Samples
• Marie Grigsby
https://sites.google.com/site/mariegrigsby/
• Matthew Kitchens
https://sites.google.com/site/gradesandupgrades/home
• Paula Brewton
https://sites.google.com/site/brewtonsinternshipportfolio/

14. Cloud Computing
Professional Eportfolio
Samples
Teacher Collaboration
• Kathy Payne, Erin Cobb, Michelle Barber
https://sites.google.com/site/science2project/home
• Stephanie Connor
http://bhsenglish2009.wikispaces.com

15. Contact Information
• Kay Abernathy, Ed.D. - lkabernathy@lamar.edu
• Diane Mason, Ph.D. - diane.mason@lamar.edu
• Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D. - sheryl.abshire@lamar.edu
• Cindy Cummings, M.Ed. - cdcummings@lamar.edu
• Daryl Ann Borel, M.Ed. - daborel@lamar.edu

16. Presentation in slideshare.net
http://www.slideshare.net/dianemason/tcea-leadership-
learningusingweb2toolscreateeportfolios2512
Tiny URL
http://tinyurl.com/6wl7s3b

17. For More Information:
Lamar University
Beaumont, TX
http://luonline.lamar.edu/ACP/graduate/med_edtechleadshp.htm
http://lamar.edu/
http://stateu.com/lamar/