Description: This course provides a generic introduction to electronic portfolios in K-12 schools, without emphasis on any one specific tools; it provides an overview of the different purposes/tools for developing ePortfolios, with an emphasis on collection, reflection, and direction/goal-setting. The major outcome of the course is an implementation plan that focuses on three levels of portfolio implementation in schools:
1. ePortfolio as Digital Storage
2. ePortfolio as Reflective Journal/Blog
3. ePortfolio as Assessment/Showcase

Participants will gain an understanding of: the potential for the portfolio development process to support deep learning; how to support student metacognition in an online portfolio;  how to support students to responsibly develop a digital identity through electronic portfolio development; the difference between workspace and showcase, process and product in the portfolio development process; how to help students use Web 2.0 and mobile tools to Capture & Store Digital Evidence; Reflect on Learning; Give & Receive Feedback; Plan & Set Goals; Collaborate; Showcase Selected Work; how to evaluate student online portfolios based of rubrics and clearly-articulated goals and vision.

• Participants will understand the multiple purposes for developing portfolios in K-12 schools, as well as the various processes involved in developing an electronic portfolio
• Participants will develop a plan to maintain a digital archive of all of student work to use as they develop their electronic portfolios.
• Participants will explore a variety of tools to develop and maintain an electronic portfolio, and choose the best online portfolio strategy
• Participants will create a plan to implement ePortfolios with their students in K-12 schools.
  
•  Participants will maintain a blog throughout the course (if they don't already have one), with weekly entries summarizing their learning activities for the week... It might be called a learning portfolio, as compared to the showcase portfolios they will be building by the end of the course.
• Participants will be introduced to a variety of online tools to facilitate professional collaboration (Etherpad, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc) as online professional learning communities.

Please refer to the Schedule document for details and timelines. 

1. Readings and Dialogue

   As you read through the assigned reading, explore some of the resources identified...
   Some specific tasks will be assigned during each lesson to help you develop your portfolio implementation plan.
   
   
2. Reflection in Blog - 3-5 paragraphs summarizing the week's topic, what you learned, what you still want to learn. The last reflection will be a summative reflection for the entire course.