Paperless Classroom? ePortfolios? Easily Accomplish Both with Google Docs! » Clint's Tech Integration Resources

Permalink: UEN Faculty Lounge PPT or PDF versions Google facilitated the Education On Air Conference, a virtual conference for educators focused on and around Google Apps for Education, featuring their master teachers. I sat in on a few sessions – Managing Digital Portfolios w/ Google Tools from Kern Kelley, and The Paperless Classroom with Google Docs from Eric Curts. I have a few teachers that have gone down this road of using Google Docs exclusively for student work, and their Docs/Drive inboxes have exploded with student work – and has been a struggle for them to manage. This session will assume that you are familiar with using Google Docs. Here’s the bullet points for success, and then I’ll explain each in detail below: With this workflow in place, it’s fast and seamless for students to turn in their work, and for teachers to manage and grade the mountain of student work. Digitize Student Work Student Folders TeacherFolders Assignment Hand-In Form Assignment link/URL?

11 Essentials for Excellent Digital Portfolios A portfolio for learning is often a short-term capstone project that will be assessed summatively. At the end of the year, students put selections of their work into a portfolio so a teacher can assess their learning. This is often a showcase portfolio, or a sample of students’ best work. A portfolio as learning typically has an extended timeframe. On blending elements of positivism and constructivism, Barrett says, “In order to approach a balanced solution, we must envision a solution that makes it easy for students to maintain their own digital archive of work, where they can capture a large number of examples and add their reflections and notes in an ongoing way.” The answer can be found in using different portions of the portfolio for different purposes, or in having students keep separate portfolios. 2. Adding to the portfolio should be easy. Personal website: My older students select from Weebly, Webs, Wix, or Google Sites to build their personal portfolio website. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

CristinaSkyBox: ePortfolios for Creative Learners I have been participating on a MOOC on Visual Literacies, and because of that, my memory has been jolted back to the need for learners to have their own spaces for their art, photography, digital design and more. There are the blogging options, as well as other types of ePortfolios, but why not introduce learners to portfolios designed more specifically for graphic and artistic work? imcreator (also known as XPRS) is a website which is designed for creatives (among others). Steps are simple, as you can see from the video below: Another option is PortfolioBox. PortfolioBox builds websites for people who create and who would like to have a portfolio of their photography, videos and artistic work. Students can develop pages or a whole site to their art. Last, but definitely not least, is Dropr - a space where you can can drop a whole range of different kinds of files, follow streams of others' work. What ePortfolios do you use for creative arts? Further Suggestions: