Creating Electronic Portfolios using

PowerPointDarina Glover-Russell

Area 7 Technology Trainer

Electronic Portfolios…

• Are selective and purposeful collections of students’ work

• Focus on students’ reflection of their work • Provide records of learning, growth, and change• Provide meaningful documentation of students'

abilities• Provide information to students, parents,

teachers, and members of the community about what students have learned or are able to do

• Represent a learning history

Why use Electronic Portfolios?

• Fosters active learning• Motivating for students• Effective instruments of feedback• Effective instruments of discussion on

student performance • Easily accessible• Can store Multiple Media• Allows cross-referencing of student

work

1. Decide on the Content Areas to be assessed

2. Decide which Curriculum/State standards the portfolio will address

4. Decide what software/hardware will be used

3. Decide how the portfolio will be organized

5. Design the storyboard and template

6. Completed Portfolio6. Completed Portfolio

Steps to Creating an Electronic Portfolio

What should I include in a Portfolio?

Personal information

Background information

Assessments

Student picturesHandwriting

samplesWork samples

Resumes Drawings Journals

Personal goals Teacher observations

Student reflections

Reading samples Video recordings

What Equipment do I Need?

Multimedia Computer w/microphone

Flatbed ScannerDigital CameraSoftware

– PowerPoint– Hyperstudio

Portfolio Samples

• Kindergarten Portfolio• Elementary Student Portfolio• High School Student Portfolio• Devin’s Portfolio

Work Cited

• Electronic Portfolios– "Creating Student Portfolios on the Alphabet Superhighway." 05 Mar 2004.

http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/teacher/portfolio.html#What%20are.

• Kindergarten Portfolio– Created by Michele Vela, Kindergarten Teacher. Pizzo Elementary.

• Sample Portfolios

– Created by Lori Hartman, Intel Teach to the Future-Master Teacher

• High School Portfolios– Doe, Sarah. "Electronic Portfolio." Barrington High School. 30 Mar 2004.

http://216.25.8.18/dp/sarah/barrington_hs/index.html

Let’s Get Started!

Sample Student portfolio[replace with student’s name]

School nameGrade

School year

Background info

ReflectionsListen to me readWriting samples

Academic profile Math samples

Teacher Observations

Background Information

• DOB:• Age:• Grade:• Address:• Phone:• Emergency Contact:• Transportation Home:• Allergies (if any):

Place student’s photo here

Academic Profile• Reading Assessment (based on Accelerated Reader/DRA)

– First Nine Weeks

– Second Nine Weeks

– Third Nine Weeks

– Fourth Nine Weeks

• FCAT/SAT Assessment

• FCAT Writes

• ESE Staffing (if applicable)

Math Work

Writing Sample

• Import a scanned writing sample here

Teacher Observations[type date here]

• Strengths

• Challenges

Books I’ve Read this Year(or you can write Listen to Me Read)

Student Reflections

• This year (or nine weeks) I have learned a lot….(have students to complete the statement in their own words)

Devyn’s Portfolio

Kindergarten

Pizzo Elementary

2002 - 2003

• Birthday: • Favorite Color: gold• Favorite Animal: lion• Favorite Game: Luggio• Favorite Activity: glittering• Best Friend: Oscar• I want to be a football player

when I grow up.

Devyn

Devyn

Devyn and his friends are exploring connecting cubes. I wonder how long Devyn’s trains aregoing to be?

Devyn

Devyn is using the felt board. I wonder what he is planning.

Devyn

Look who we found in the Home Center! Its our friendsDevyn and Jalen.

Listen to me read

Level 2 : Don’t Wake the Baby

Level 1: A Toy Box

Devyn

January 2003

Thanksgiving

Sample Student Portfolio[replace with student’s name]

School name

Grade

School Year

Table of Contents

• Letter of Introduction/Welcome Letter• Resume and/or Personal Information• Mission/Goals Statement• Internship• Skills Page• Accomplishments• Letters of Recommendations• Reflection Log

Welcome to My Portfolio!

Add a brief description of your portfolio here

Resume and Personal Information

• Resume• Transcript• Job Application Letter• Personal Values

Analysis• Additional Information

Mission/Goals Statement

Type a small paragraph of your mission or goals statement.

Internship

• Overview

• Application

• Photos

**You can hyperlink these items to actual documents or photos…or you can create additional pages for each item.

My Skills

Skills Artifacts

Basic Skills Link a sample of the student’s work to show comprehension of basic skills.

Higher Order Thinking Link a student sample that shows evidence of higher order thinking skills.

Affective Skills Link a copy of one of the student’s self reflective journals here.

Accomplishments

Accomplishments Artifacts

Perceptive Thinker: Identify, analyze, apply information / make responsible decisions

Community Service: use time to improve community, value honesty

Self Directed: show pride, personal values, set priorities and goals

Adaptable Problem Solver: anticipate and solve, adapt to changes

Letters of Recommendation

• Teacher

• Mentor

• Other

Reflection Log

Students can share reflections of their school year. This section can be typed directly into PowerPoint or the students can scan their documents into the presentation.