Tuesday, March 22
11:30 AM-12:30 PM
EDT
Harborside Center

Building cloud-based, relational, digital portfolios for concurrent developmental and showcase purposes using flexible academic or professional frameworks

Roundtable ID: 48426
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    Matthew Stuve
    Center for Technology in Education
  2. Megan Noel
    Educational Informatics
  3. Katharine Otolski
    Ball State University

Abstract: Digital portfolios in teacher education have evolved over the past decade. Even with changes in accreditation, the core concepts of portfolio assessment remain viable and powerful. In this workshop, educators will learn how to construct longitudinal, web-based portfolios using a relational methodology and off-the-shelf blogging tools (WordPress). The Relational Portfolio Model (RPM) uses simple blogging techniques to construct more sophisticated portfolios in which artifacts and other evidence are organized in a relational structure using categories and tags as alignment devices. Upon completion of the workshop, educators will ready to continue development of professional portfolios for themselves and with their teacher education students or K-12 teachers. Assessment options will be demonstrated and models will be provided for implementation of the RPM model in teacher education programs.

Objectives

Objectives 1. Educators will learn about the RPM model and its relevance to developmental portfolios. 2. Educators will create at a WordPress-based portfolio using the RPM technique 3. Educators will upload at least one digital artifact to their portfolio 4. Educators will practice assessing the portfolios within a rubric-based assessment technology. 5. Educators will learn about implementation options in teacher education programs and in other professional development options.

Topical Outline

1. Overview of common digital portfolio models • Discuss reflective and developmental portfolios • Discuss portfolio components: Framework (standards), reflections, artifacts, and rationales 2. Overview of relational portfolio model (RPM) • Show relational database conceptual diagram • Discuss blog architecture as appropriate and sufficient approximation of relational design • Discuss blogging technique as easy method for high-frequency construction of artifact rationales 3. Examples of recent RPM portfolios • Students in teacher education programs will show their current portfolios. 4. Building RPM portfolios with WordPress (on BYO PCs or Macs or Macs provided) • Creating a WordPress blog site • Creating framework pages for standards and reflections • Creating rationale as blog posts • Adding categories and tags to organize artifact relationships • Linking framework pages to blog categories 5. Assessment options • Logging and creating a course • Working with sample portfolio rubrics • Assessing an RPM portfolio within an online rubric system 6. Next steps: • Work time with portfolios • Sharing portfolios • Strategies for implementation

Prerequisites

This workshop is intended for teacher education faculty, students, teachers or K-12 technology coordinators or professional developers. Attendees should have general awareness of digital portfolios in teacher education or K-12. All attendees are encouraged to bring their own laptops or tablets. Other requirements: • WordPress.com account (free)

Experience Level

Beginner

Qualifications

The lead presenter is an Associate Professor of Educational Technology and the Director of a center for educational technology at a mid-sized public university. The lead presenter developed the RPM model with the second presenter and other undergraduate teacher education students in 2006-08. From 1999-2003, the lead presenter was co-principal investigator of a $3M PT3 project funded by the U.S. Department of Education. That PT3 project involved campus- and school-based technology initiatives that included the implementation of digital portfolios in teacher education. The lead presenter’s research interests include assessment technologies, digital and representational literacies, and technology in teacher education. His Ph.D. is in Educational Psychology with emphases in learning, cognition and technology. The second presenter was a Kindergarten teacher for ten years and is now an educational consultant, professional trainer, and freelance writer. She has conducted training on assessment and portfolios for teachers in Indiana and Virginia. She holds an early childhood teaching license with a concentration in educational technology. She also holds a master’s degree in educational leadership. She holds a Ph.D. in Elementary Education. The third presenter is a teacher education candidate from the same university as the first author. She is a junior in special education where she maintains a digital portfolio.
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