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Digital Portfolios…..why? March 18th, 2008

Digital Portfolios…..why? March 18th, 2008. Jill Reading – Teaching & Learning Consultant, eLearning Western Metropolitan Region reading.jill.z@edumail.vic.gov.au. What are your experiences?. Have you seen digital portfolios? Have your students constructed any type of digital portfolio?

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Digital Portfolios…..why? March 18th, 2008

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  1. Digital Portfolios…..why?March 18th, 2008 Jill Reading – Teaching & Learning Consultant, eLearning Western Metropolitan Region reading.jill.z@edumail.vic.gov.au

  2. What are your experiences? • Have you seen digital portfolios? • Have your students constructed any type of digital portfolio? • At what year level? • For what purpose/audience?

  3. What are digital portfolios? • Collections of student work that richly represent the learner • Provide experience of learning • Typically include some student selected material • Include evidence of student self-reflection and goal setting

  4. Assessment with the following purposes in mind • Assessment for learning • Assessment as learning • Assessment of learning This approach is recommended in the Blueprint for Government Schools and has benefits for both students and teachers

  5. Digital Portfolios - Why? • Purpose - Why are we doing this? • Are the tasks authentic? • Pedagogy - What opportunities are there for higher order thinking and engaging students in conversations about learning? • Assessment - What is the best way to capture and provide evidence of what learning took place? • Technology - What new things are the digital portfolios enabling us to do? • Learning - What learning did we value? What unexpected or unanticipated learning occurred?

  6. Effective purposes • Capturing and explicitly showing student learning over time • Provide a structure to set and track progress towards learning goals • Develop students’ ability to reflect on their learning • Promote a conversation about learning

  7. Purposes…cont’d • Represent what, how and why a student is learning • Assist and inform transition between year levels by communicating where students are at to new teachers • Enhance assessment • Provide evidence when reporting to parents or conducting 3-way reporting

  8. Portfolio considerations • Student privacy • What equipment will you need? • How regularly can you access this equipment? • What type of data will you include in the portfolio?

  9. Tips for Teachers • Clarify the purpose • Start small • Develop focus areas • Include opportunities for goal setting, reflection & feedback • Develop classroom management strategies • Provide opportunities for students to communicate to interested audiences

  10. Resources • Digital Portfolios CD & DVD sent to schools in 2006 • On WMR wiki - http://wmrict.wikispaces.com (Digital Portfolios section) • ePotential Showcase - http://epotential.education.vic.gov.au/showcase/ • Digilearn - digital learning resources - https://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/dlr/Pages/default.aspx

  11. Questions you might ask • What worked well? • What needed improvement? • What would you change next time? • What management tips would you highlight? • Did you start with a template? (Student or teacher created?) • How do you coach students to reflect on their work?

  12. Some examples • Essendon North PS - Helen Otway • Parkwood Green PS - Martin Jonas • Wedge Park PS - Rebecca Woodward • Kings Park PS - Jodi Park • Deer Park West PS - Michelle Thompson • St. Albans SC - Mark Micallef (Jill) • Digital Portfolio disk exploration

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