Digital Portfolios In the Classroom

Digital Portfolios for Students  [Interactive Notes]

What experiences have you had with portfolios? 
What technology is available for students to use in class?
How can we make the next 2 days work for YOU?

Livebinder Digital Portfolio Examples

Six Tools to Explore:

Evernote

• Evernote.com
• Screencast: How to use Evernote to create Student Portfolios.
• Evernote for Student Portfolios

Educlipper

• Educlipper.net
• Creating Portfolios with Educlipper
• Getting Started with Educlpper Portfolios

Weebly

• Weebly.com
• A Weebly Example "EPortfolio"

VoiceThread

• VoiceThread.com
• Using Voicethread as Student Led Conference 

Google Sites

• Creating Interactive Portftolios with Google Sites
• Managing Portfolios with Page Level Permissions

KidBlog

• KidBlog.org
• Video: How to Use KidBlog for Digital Portfolios
• A Prezi on getting started

Integrating the Tools

How would digital portfolios work in your classroom?

What would be the goal for student portfolios?

What challenges might you face in implmenting digital portfolios?

Additional Resources

Edutopia Article "5 Ways to Use Digital Portfolios In the Classroom"

iBooks as Portfolio Tools

Comparing Professional Portfolios

What resources would you add?  Please share your favorites!

Building Your PLN

12:45   Afternoon Session Begins

• Greetings
• Are you ready to embrace the power of connecting with the world?
• Today's Notes [Interactive Notes]

What if you could? A video showing the power of a PLN.  Created with one tweet, asking people to share a photo with the Twitter name of one person who has helped them. A video made through global collaboration.

A Personal Story of Why My PLN Means the World To Me: The Mock Election that started with one tweet and grew to over 30,000 kids.  All run by students. #KidVote

Hashtag for Today: #PLNPower  Tweeted out and asked for tips for those building their PLN's. Click the hashtag to sort Twitter for tweets labeled with the tag.

1:00 Discussion "How do I get a PLN?"

• What do you need from a PLN?
• What can you give back?
• What collaborations could benefit your students?
• How can the next two afternoons work for you?

1:15 Exploring the Tools To Build With

• What tool works for you?
• Apps vs. Desktop
• Making Time for PLN Building
• Teacher Challenge: Creating a PLN

Twitter

Twitter Basics

• What's a hashtag anyway? Twitter Vocabulary
• Hashtag Tools (http://www.steamfeed.com/21-best-hashtag-tools/)
• Hashtags #PLNPower (https://twitter.com/hashtag/PLNpower)
• A list of popular hashtags: http://www.teachthought.com/twitter-hashtags-for-teacher

Chats

• Twitter Chats for Educators [complete list]
• Tool to Make Chatting Easier [http://tweetchat.com/]

Finding People

• People to Follow (#edufollow)
• Search Content Specific Hashtags
• Read Bios - look for common edu-interests

Other Social Media...because it's not just about Twitter!

• Educlipper.net
• Edmodo Groups
• Google Apps
• Pinterest
• Blogging
• Skype
• Google Hangout
• Facebook Pages (Edutopia) (WeAreTeachers)

Tools

• TweetDeck 
• HootSuite

2:45 Wrap Up Discussion   

• What challenges do you face in building your PLN?
• What questions do you still have?
• Exit Interview - Shape tomorrow's learning with today's reflection.

3:15 Afternoon Session Ends