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Electronic Portfolios By Lyle Roberts and Alaina Campbell. What is an electronic portfolio? http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/pedagogy/portfolio/. Background. AISI project Reggio Amelio at I. F. Cox School Requirement – Electronic Documentation of student achievement (Portfolio)
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Electronic Portfolios By Lyle Roberts and Alaina Campbell
What is an electronic portfolio?http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/pedagogy/portfolio/
Background • AISI project • Reggio Amelio at I. F. Cox School • Requirement – Electronic Documentation of student achievement (Portfolio) • Must be able to archive video, audio, graphics, or any type of computer file • Informal assessment of work by self, peers, teachers, and parents • School Board member – education conference in Eastern Canada • Brought information back to the senior admin team
Technology Coordinator researched out the software available • Online demo with staff from Concordia University in Montreal and Principal from I. F. Cox as well as Assistant Superintendent • Proposal from Concordia for research into electronic portfolios • Requirement for obtaining the software - Training
Montreal training/information session for • Technology Coordinator • Principal • Teacher • Aide (responsible for electronic portfolios)
Implementation • Installation on centralized file server • Runs on Mac, Windows, or Linux web servers • Choose as robust a server as possible • Requires enough storage space (hard drive space) on the server. Currently each user has a maximum limit of 75 MB. • Server must have PHP and MySql installed • After installation, you just need a web browser to make it work along with any other software that you currently have available for student use. • Currently being piloted in I. F. Cox School since October • Sample student work ….
Important Sites • http://grover.concordia.ca/epearl/en/epearl.html • http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/pedagogy/portfolio/tools/ • http://cjournal.concordia.ca/journalarchives/2006-07/sept_28/007661.shtml • http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/pedagogy/portfolio/ • Example from Manitoba • http://www.hmk.bpsd.mb.ca/Heschuk/epearl.htm
ePearl Contact Information Anne Wade, Project Coordinator • Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance • Email: wada@education.concordia.ca • Tel: 514-848-2424 x2885
Try it for yourself! • Go to http://prrd.net • Scroll to the bottom and click on ePearl • Login names and passwords