Digital Professional Portfolios for Change

by Hartnell-Young, Elizabeth; Morriss, Maureen

• ISBN13: 9781575171654
• ISBN10: 1575171651
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

Formerly a SkyLight publication. Digital Professional Portfolios for Change Join the growing number of educators who are harnessing the potential of digital portfolios. Whether you are an administrator or teacher, Digital Professional Portfolios for change provides you with the conceptual framework and tools needed to effectively utilize this powerful medium. AS CD-ROM and internet technology become more accessible, teachers are in a unique position to use multimedia to describe their experiences and reflect on their growth and professional development. Digital Professional Portfolios for change shows how to construct a portfolio in the traditional sense and goes beyond, demonstrating the feasibility and effectiveness of digital interactivity.        Learn how to devlop portfolios that make full use of the special flexibility and potential of emerging digital technologies. Digital Professional Portfolios for change offers focused analysis and relevant, practical advice. Featuring rubrics and guidelines to assess completed portfolios, this book is a valuable tool for professional and technological growth in the Digital Age.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(4)
Professional Portfolios and Today's Technology	5	(14)
Teaching in the Digital Age	6	(3)
Purposes for Portfolios	9	(5)
Multiple Intelligences and the Multimedia Portfolio	14	(2)
Researching Portfolio Development on the Internet	16	(3)
Why Use Multimedia?	19	(8)
Teachers and Digital Technology	19	(2)
Examples of Multimedia Portfolios	21	(2)
Benefits of Digital Portfolios	23	(4)
Integrating Your Personal Vision into your Portfolio	27	(12)
Focusing Your Vision	28	(1)
Using Self-Knowledge to Define Your Portfolio	29	(3)
Gathering Material for a Personal Archive	32	(3)
Reflecting on Your Portfolio	35	(4)
Ten Steps to Producing a Multimedia Portfolio	39	(16)
Establishing a Personal Archive	41	(1)
Clarifying and Articulating Values and Vision	41	(1)
Identifying Purposes and Contexts	42	(1)
Listing the Elements That Form the Framework	43	(3)
Selecting Evidence from the Personal Archive	46	(1)
Developing a Concept Map	47	(1)
Translating into Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)	48	(2)
Writing an Introduction for Each Element	50	(1)
Reflecting on Each Element	51	(1)
Reflecting on Vision and Values	52	(3)
The Technological Aspects of Digital Portfolios	55	(10)
Determining Your Audience	55	(1)
How to Present Your Digital Portfolio	56	(2)
How to Store Material in Digital Form	58	(7)
A Living Portfolio	65	(16)
Developing a Plan for Your Portfolio	65	(3)
Producing a Multimedia Portfolio	68	(10)
Developing Your Portfolio Further	78	(1)
Copyright Issues	79	(2)
Evaluating a Multimedia Portfolio	81	(10)
Assessing Your Portfolio	82	(1)
Rubrics for Portfolio Assessment	83	(1)
Audience Assessment	83	(3)
Assessing Learning through Portfolio Development	86	(2)
Public Presentation of Your Portfolio	88	(3)
Sharing the Learning: Global Networking	91	(8)
What Teachers Have Learned from Portfolio Development	92	(2)
Collegial Learning Opportunities Provided by Portfolios	94	(2)
Websites about Portfolios	96	(3)
Professional Growth through Portfolio Development	99	(8)
Implementing a Portfolio Approach	100	(2)
Engaged Learning through Technology	102	(2)
Using a Portfolio for Marketing Purposes	104	(1)
Linking Individual Ambitions with Organizational Objectives	105	(2)
Glossary	107	(2)
Bibliography	109	(5)
Index	114