National-Louis University

Workshops, October 28-30, 1999

Suggested WWW sites to review prior to workshops

Electronic Portfolios = Multimedia Development + Portfolio Development - a brand new article under development for SITE 2000 and a chapter in Dr. Barrett's book. Electronic portfolio development brings together two different processes: multimedia development (assess/decide, design, develop, implement, evaluate) and portfolio development (collection, selection, reflection, projection). These two processes compliment each other and both are essential for effective electronic portfolio development.

Create Your Own Electronic Portfolio - an article under development for ISTE and a chapter in Dr. Barrett's book. Describes seven different generic software packages or strategies. In this article, I will discuss the structure of each program, the advantages and disadvantages of each strategy, the relative ease of learning the software, the level of technology required, and other related issues.

Electronic Teaching Portfolios - an article published by Dr. Barrett in the 1999 Proceedings of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE). As we move to more standards-based teacher performance assessment, we need new tools to record and organize evidence of successful teaching, for both practicing professionals and student teachers. This paper will provide an overview of different electronic portfolio development tools and will introduce a strategy for using Portable Document Format (Adobe Acrobat PDF) files to store and organize Electronic Teaching Portfolios.

Feature Article-Learning & Leading With Technology (Oct. 1998) - Strategic Questions - What to Consider when Planning for Electronic Portfolios. Covers the questions to ask when planning.

Electronic Portfolios - A paper written by a student at San Diego State University that defines the meaning and use of electronic portfolios.

Preparing a Teaching Portfolio - From the University of Texas at Austin. A very nice guide to preparing a teaching portfolio.

Technology & Assessment - This set of web pages will describe and discuss the use of technology to support alternative assessment from a number of perspectives. Developed and maintained by Dr. Helen Barrett, Assistant Professor, Educational Technology, School of Education, University of Alaska Anchorage. Includes links to many other sites on electronic portfolio development.

The Digital Portfolio: A Richer Picture of Student Performance

http://www.essentialschools.org/pubs/exhib_schdes/dp/dpframe.htm

Something to think about: What standards do you want your portfolios to demonstrate?

The process I advocate involves organizing your electronic portfolios around a specific set of standards or goals. In my university, we use our Alaska State Teaching Standards. Here is a sample in PDF (7 MB!) of a student portfolio from our MAT program that demonstrates those standards (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader). For my undergraduate ed tech class ( ED 320 Self-Assessment ) I have my students assess their own competency using the ISTE/NCATE foundation standards (link below). You can see by the ED 320 link above, my students reflect on each performance indicator, identify artifacts that demonstrate that they have met the standard, and set goals for future learning. I will bring examples of how my students can use a word processing, PowerPoint, HyperStudio, or a database program to organize their portfolio reflections, artifacts, and projections. Below are links to some national standards as well as the latest Illinois Core Professional Teaching Standards. You also have program standards that you want your students to demonstrate.

National Board of Professional Teaching Standards NBPTS: Five Propositions
INTASC Core Standards
ATE Standards for Teacher Educators
ISTE -- Projects: Tech Standards (Recommended Foundations)
Illinois Core Professional Teaching Standards

Agenda for Thursday, October 28, 1999

Audience: Ed Tech faculty
Time: 9:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00
Focus: How to implement an electronic portfolio in the program. What are the options available for producttion? How to use Adobe Acrobat to publish the portfolio.
Bring: Documents that you want to convert to Adobe Acrobat.

Agenda for Friday, October 29, 1999

Audience: Elementary Ed faculty
Time: 9:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00
Focus: How to integrate an electronic portfolio into the Elementary Education program. What are the benefits for doing an Electronic Portfolio? What are the strategies students can use?
Bring: Examples of student "paper" portfolios, word processing or other electronic documents to be converted to Adobe Acrobat.

Agenda for Saturday, October 30, 1999

Audience: General
Time: 9:00-1:00
Focus: Intoduction to the benefits of creating an Electronic Portfolio. Hands-on opportunities for creating and publishing Electronic Portfolios using Adobe Acrobat
Bring: Documents that you want to convert to Adobe Acrobat.