Web 2.0, Literacy and ePortfolios

Cindy Cummings, Ed.D.Diane Mason, Ph.D. Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D. Kay Abernathy, Ed.D.

Lamar UniversityCollege of Education

Educational LeadershipBeaumont, TX

Web 2.0/Literacy• K-12 & higher ed are huge consumers of dynamic user-

centered Web 2.0 resources. • K-12 classrooms & higher ed students using a wealth of

Web 2.0 resources across subject areas. • Web 2.0 resources are available to students and

teachers to create engaged interactive learning environment.

• King (2011) observed students’ culture has dramatically changed

• To align with student’s world, educators have altered their pedagogical approaches.

Web 2.0/Literacy• New pedagogical approaches are student centered and

are in response to the cultural and literacy demands of the information age.

• Solomon and Schrum (2007) defined literacy today “acquiring new skills, including those of using technology, understanding science, having global awareness, and most important, having the ability to keep learning” (p.20).

• Consequently, we have seen huge strides made in contributing to the growth of literacy with the use of Web 2.0 tools.

Questions: Web 2.0 Tools

• What Web 2.0 tools and resources impact the way you learn, communicate, and assess growth?

• How are you currently using Web 2.0 personally and/or with students?

Web 2.0 Research

• Enables interaction and collaboration (Parker & Chao, 2007; Tapscott & Williams, 2008)

• One-fifth of US higher education students actively contributing content to blogs, wikis, photo or video websites and 18% contributed regularly to at least three of these (OECD, 2009)

• Relatively new paradigm which enables contributions and communication (Mills, 2007)

Web 2.0 Promising Practices

• Collaboration• Project-based Learning• Personalized Learning (Choices)• Standards-based• Critical Reflection• Authentic Assessment• Mentoring, Coaching, and Peer Review

Web 2.0 Tools

• EdShelf• Google Tools, Slideshare, AudioBoo• DropBox, DropVox, & MediaFire• Web Conferencing, Skype, Google Talk/Chat Hangouts• Animoto, Podcasts, Stykz, Audacity, Wordle, Tagxedo• Assistive Technologies• YouTube, TeacherTube, SchoolTube, YouTube Education• WikiSpaces, Blogger, WordPress• EdTech Toolbox• Best Web 2.0 Tools

edshelf

Edshelf is a directory of digital tools for educators

• www.edshelf.com• Discover new tools• See what other educators use• Rate and review your favorite tools

DropboxWhat is Dropbox?• Any file you save to Dropbox also instantly saves to your computers,

phones, and the Dropbox website.• 2GB of Dropbox for free, with subscriptions up to 100GB available.• Your files are always available from the secure Dropbox website.• Dropbox works with Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad, iPhone, Android

and Blackberry• Works even when offline. You always have your files, whether or not

you have a connection.• Dropbox transfers just the parts of a file that change (not the whole

thing).• Manually set bandwidth limits — Dropbox won’t hog

your connection.

Evernote

Great tool for teachers and students to:• capture notes• save research• collaborate on projects• snap photos of whiteboards• record audio • everything you add to your account is automatically

synced and made available on all the computers, phones and tablets you use.

Mangahigh

• adapt in difficulty to the ability of the student in order to aid the student to stay in their zone of proximal development

• overlaying the game mechanic with the core learning concept

• develop students' ability and curiosity to observe, hypothesize, test, evaluate, conclude and refine ideas

• provide powerful contexts that often bring out the 'real-world' application of the topic at hand

Meet your DriveMy Drive is the home for all your files. With Google Drive for your PC, you can sync files from your computer to My Drive.

Download Google Drive for PC

https://drive.google.com/#home

Google Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Forms, Drawings and Folder

• Google Docs is one of many cloud computing document-sharing services in Google Drive.

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uoJp40K3FRYjxnJHVm8uW01Lb10skpxVmSUUI7htDB4/edit

• Its popularity is growing due to enhanced sharing features and accessibility.

• Google Docs has enjoyed a rapid rise in popularity among students and educational institutions

Questions: Using Eportfolios

• What is the purpose for having students develop electronic portfolios?

• What are three types of student eportfolios?– Storage– Workspace– Showcase

• https://sites.google.com/site/eportfolioapps/overview/levels

Dr. Helen Barrett: http://electronicportfolios.com/

Questions: Considerations for You• What ages are the students?• What content areas? • What is your current technology infrastructure (i.e., will

your network keep up with GoogleDocs network traffic?)?

• What is your computer-to-student ratio? • How many students will be implementing portfolios? • Will you use some type of Internet/cloud/Web 2.0

system?

Dr. Helen Barrett: http://electronicportfolios.com/

Questions: Eportfolio Answers

• What? (The Past) What have I collected about my life/work/learning? (my artifacts)

• So What? (The Present) What do those artifacts show about what I have learned? (my current reflections on my knowledge, skills and abilities)

• Now What? (The Future) What direction do I want to take in the future? (my future learning goals)

Dr. Helen Barrett: http://electronicportfolios.com/

e-portfolios PK-12• Web-based or electronic portfolios (e-portfolios, ePortfolios, efolios,

digital portfolios, etc.) are a relatively new, but quickly expanding, component of teacher education programs (Strudler & Wetzel, 2005).

• e-Portfolio templates in teacher education programs range– highly structured(e.g., foliotek) to those that are– loosely defined by rubric where students

independently organize and construct format of their own entries using website design program (e.g., Google Sites).

• Electronic portfolios (ePortfolios) basically operate as a "content-management system" (Jafari, 2004, p. 40).

e-portfolios PK-12• Chen and Light (2010) observed, ePortfolios allow students to select a

variety of digital artifacts and assemble them in one place in order to exhibit presentation skills or reflect, inquire and analyze material

• ePortfolios require students to reflect on their learning. • Richards and Guilbault (2009) contend that reflection has become as

essential way for students to speak in their own voices.• Critical reflection at strategic points in the development of the

ePortfolio creates a pathway for the formative examination and demonstration of learning

Contact Information

Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D.sheryl.abshire@lamar.edu

Diane Mason, Ph.D.diane.mason@lamar.edu

Cynthia Cummings, Ed.D.cdcummings@lamar.edu

Kay Abernathy, Ed.D.lkayabernathy@lamar.edu

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