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Connecticut Technical High School System
ePortfolioPilot Presentation
Connecticut State Board of Education Meeting
May 4, 2011
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Pat Ciccone, Superintendent of School, CTHSS
Barbara St. Onge, Education Consultant, CTHSS
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ePortfolio Design Team Members
J. Greg McVerryW. Ian OByrne
University of Connecticut
Jim WalkerLower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborative
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New forms of texts require novel skills and
strategies (Rand Reading Research Group, 2002)
The Internet leads to a knowledge economy(Friedman, 2000)
The teaching and assessing of these skills
require new forms of assessment (Leu, 2004)
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21st century literacies are practices that
support life-long, reflective learning which
empower students through multimodal
comprehension and composition, critical
thinking, and problem solving with the use of
learning environments that utilize authentic,
productive, and ethical use of applications
required in todays global economy.
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Include a digitized collection of artifacts,
demonstrations, resources, and
accomplishments that represent an individual.
Can be personalized, Web-based collections
of work, and reflections used to demonstrate
key skills and accomplishments for a variety
of contexts and time periods. (Lorenzo &Ittelson, 2005)
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An open-source learning management system
used to deliver online courses and
supplement traditional face-to-face courses
using sound pedagogical principles to create
effective online, constructivist learning
communities.
Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning
Environment
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Acombination of face-to-face instruction withcomputer-mediated instruction
Learners and instructors work collaborativelyto improve the quality of learning andteaching
Educational technologies used to providerealistic, practical opportunities to makelearning independent, useful, and sustainable(Graham, 2005; Heinze& Procter, 2004)
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Of the reasons for reading Of Mice and Men
that were discussed in class, which of the
three seems the most compelling to you?
Provide a 5-sentence response explaining
your thinking.
You may (and should) take into consideration
what your peers have posted about in their
responses.
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Create a video demonstration that can be
uploaded to YouTube and can be placed in
your ePortfolio.
Work with a partner to collaboratively write
the script and film the video.
Your video must include all 3 aspects of the
BIG 3 (Resistance, Voltage, Current), and of
course..safety.
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Ninth Grade Moodle Classroom
My Moodle Page
Blended Learning
Artifact Selection
Writing Reflections
Video Creation
Tenth Grade Moodle Classroom
My Moodle Page
Blended Learning
Artifact SelectionWriting Reflections
Video Creation
Eleventh Grade Moodle Classroom
ePortfolios
Public Space to create a
sense of identity in line
with Career Pathways
Twelfth Grade Moodle ClassroomePortfolios
Public Space to create atool for higher education
and potential employment,
recruitment
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October 19, 2010 Enrolled Participants in Moodle
Learn Moodle basics
Define 21st Century Skills
January 19, 2011 Identified common portfolio elements
Create Moodle course with required elements
Conduct initial survey
February 25, 2011 Develop Blended Learning Activity
Introduce ePortfolio Tool
Basic Movie editing
March 23, 2011 Finish Blended Learning Activity
Review Reflective assessment practices
April 14, 2011 Create ePortfolio exemplarsShowcase completed learning activities
Plan Summer Institute
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Created a Moodle Classroom
Modeled Collaborative Writing Activities
Developed Definition of 21st Century
Literacies Surveyed Faculty Needs
Created scaffolded plan for 9-12 ePortfolios
Identified Common Elements required in
ePortfolios
Piloted a blended learning lesson
Created exemplar student videos
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0% 50% 100%
None at all
Some traditional portfolio assessment
Some electronic portfolio assessment
er e
perienced in portfolio assessment
er e perienced in electronic portfolioassessment
What is your experience with portfolios?
Response Percent
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The ePortfolio committee agreed that all
final ePortfolios must include the
following artifacts: Letter of Introduction (Home Page) Personal Reflection Essay
Artifacts with Reflection
Writing Samples(essays, videos, webpages, etc.)
Recommendations
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Decreased
Stayed the Same
Duri g t t r, t m unt f tim I v nt
using t Int rnet AT SCHOOL s:
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Summer Institute 2011 facilitated by members
of the first cohort
Second cohort will form and begin training
Pilot of the ePortfolio System in a full building
model
Use of Moodle to create professional
development exemplars
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Project Advisory Committee
Patricia Ciccone [email protected]
J. Greg [email protected]
W. Ian OByrne [email protected]
Barbara St. Onge [email protected]
Jim Walker [email protected]
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