Getting Started with
Digital Portfolios
By
Carolyn O. Burelson
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Do you find yourself… Scattered in too many
directions?
Bogged down with paper work?
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Do you even know where you are or where you are heading?
Take stock of your current abilities.Plan your own learning direction.
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A wired school allows us to
Collaborate and share the load.
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A Digital Portfolio is a viable means of…
Organizing and storing information about yourself
Assessing your own competencies Demonstrating your knowledge Sharing your knowledge
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Your Portfolio will help you…
Set a learning goal(Where would you like to be a year from now?)
Keep track of your progressStay on target
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Legal & Ethical IssuesDistrict Acceptable Use Policy
(signed)District Software Licensing Policy
(signed)
Formatted Disk (with saved files organized in folders)
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Proficiency AssessmentCTAP Technology Certification
Standards (for sign-off by trainers)Copy of Pre-Assessment results
YOUR Individual learning plan
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Word Processing Course Outline Letter to Parents Standards-based lesson plan that includes a
student project as a culminating task. Desktop Publishing
Class rules posterbannerTeacher-made template for student
project
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Tables, Charts, Graphs, Data analysis Student records (Electronic Gradebook)Standards-based lesson incorporating
spreadsheet applicationDatabase
Classroom equipment inventoryStandards-based lesson incorporating
database application
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Multimedia –Slide presentation of a lesson Teacher-made template for student
presentationCommunications –
Copy of message from an educational listserv addressed to the teacher
Teacher's reply post
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Internet –Standards-based lessons incorporating
Internet resources
Giving Back –Web page for sharing technology
integration lessons
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Your choice…
Stay Bogged down with papers.
Save, access and share your work electronically.
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Bottom Line…
The more teachers know and are able to do; the more we are able to grasp a vision of a
new direction; the more we are able to prepare our students
for the future.
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A future where
The Universe is the playing field, and
Cooperation is the key rule of the
game.
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Presented by
Dr. Carolyn O. [email protected]
Technology CoordinatorLincoln High School
LAUSD
Learn how to create your
Digital Portfolio