ePortfolios can be described as:
“An e-portfolio is an electronic format for learners to record their work, their achievements and their goals, to reflect on their learning, and to share and be supported in this. It enables learners to represent the information in different formats and to take the information with them as they move between institutions.” (Banks, 2004. p.3) (Taken from ePortfolios – Celebrating Learning, Ministry of Education 2009)
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Aspirational descriptors in the empowering phase of the e-Learning Planning Framework (Teaching: Assessment) reads,
TEACHER CAPABILITY: Technologies are assimilated as part of evidence-based inquiry, providing ubiquitous access to learning, to engage whānau/family and connect to wider networks.
IMPACT: Students use technologies appropriately, in a continuous cycle, to support the way they set their learning goals, manage life-long portfolios and work towards becoming self-regulated learners.
So, what could this look like if secondary students are using MyPortfolio?
This coming Wednesday (24 Oct), we are lucky enough to have Heath Sawyer from Edconnect and Jon Bowen DP from St Peter's College leading a discussion around the implementation, use, and benefits of MyPortfolio in a secondary school context. The discussion will cover:
There will be an opportunity to ask questions, share your own practice, and discuss how you are using e-portfolios to individualise student learning.
Other resources include:
e-Portfolios l School stories The school stories in the e-portfolios section of Enabling e-Learning provide useful information on how primary and secondary schools are using e-portfolios to share students' learning with parents.
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This afternoon we welcomed Heath Sawyer, Edconnect and Jon Bowen, St Peter’s College to talk to us about MyPortfolio.
Heath Sawyer, Edconnect, began by giving us the background on MyPortfolio and eportfolios,
http://myportfolio.school.nz/user/heheboy he started by reassuring us that we already know how to do much of what you need to know to make use of MyPortfolio.
Heath began using MyPortfolio as a way to organise the vast quantity of work the children were completing and to deal with the problem of there being no easy way for the students to share their work with their parents.
MyPortfolio allows self directed learning and uses journals for student reflection to allow students and teachers to negotiate next learning steps. Eportfolios can provide life long learning links. They are a process and a place/thing. but the process is really important to ensure that they are long lasting.
Jon Bowen, St Peter’s College,
http://myportfolio.school.nz/user/view.php?id=43918
shared examples of using MyPortfolio to enable learners and to enhance learning.
He talked about the process as being one of gathering work, collating the ideas, sharing it with others and seeking feedback. He also talked about the importance of the school having a vision behind the eportfolios, not rushing into it and taking the time to introduce the idea slowly with good professional development around it. Jon shared his own portfolio and some student portfolios and talked about the shift in practice that the eportfolio model has brought about by enabling him to share the teaching role with his students. He also talked about how they are working with NZQA towards submitting digital portfolios for NCEA credits.
More resource links provided during the webinar are here.
http://sync.in/ZaYeqeRraj
http://myportfolio.school.nz/artefact/file/download.php?file=733571&view=32108
Tauranga Intermediate e-portfolio journey.
Software for learning snapshot.
Getting started with MyPortfolio
My career portfolio
St. Peter’s College elearning vision
Music moderation for NZQA using eportfolio
Roadmap to eportfolio implementation - Dr. Helen Barrett
and the recording of the webinar is here.