Dynamic Digital Portfolios #SXSWedu

Notes from SXSWedu 2011 breakout session...

Carol Teitelman
Region XIII Distance Learning

Link to Prezi from presentation: http://prezi.com/xty5ijclree_/dynamic-porfolios/

Dr. Helen Barrett
http://www.electronicportfolios.com/balance/index.html

Portfolios fall into two different types. (Epsilen allows you to do both at the same time.)

• Internal (learning or reflection)
• External (showcase or accountability)

Reflection a key part of keeping a portfolio. Why is this artifact in my portfolio and why do I want to keep it here?

The showcase aspect of a portfolio can be a PR tool for yourself and what is going on in your classroom. Share what your students are doing with the world.

Portfolio Tools

• Text
  Google docs
  Word processor
  Scan - lower grade kids still do hand-produced work
• Photos
  http://www.pixlr.com/ - Allows layered editing - can pull pictures from your computer or anywhere on the Internet - great opportunity to teach about copyright - teaching "how to" you can pull in any picture - going to repost you must pay attention to copyright
  http://www.pixenate.com/ - Has icons for tools so easier to use for nonreaders or struggling readers
  http://www.picnik.com/
  Digital Camera
  Scanner
• Video
  http://www.jaycut.com/
  http://animoto.com/education
  http://www.youtube.com/
  iMovie or Windows Movie Maker
• Sound
  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
  http://www.free-sound-editor.com/

Mashups

• http://www.slidebomb.com/
• http://memolane.com/ - Just announced yesterday. Allows you to pull all of your content on the Internet into one place.
• http://www.speakingimage.com/

Examples

• Gallery of Teaching & Learning - http://gallery.carnegiefoundation.org/

Online Tools - How do we embed these in portfolios?

• www.intel.com/education/teachers
• http://www.classtools.com/ 

Portfolios need to be dynamic, living documents. The web is not a place to park stuff