Academic Yearbooks: A Case for E-Portfolios

 

Proposal:

Technology has provided us with many opportunities as of late. More recently we have seen a rise in the use of social media. Social media users continue to showcase their lives through pictures and videos on the internet. Before social media was a large part of our society, people could turn to their old yearbooks to reminisce about their memories from school. However, what isn’t documented in yearbooks is what skills students have learned and how they have shown growth from year to year. Through the use of e-portfolios, students would be able to showcase their skills through uploading projects, assignments, and reflections. In order to continue to provide opportunities for students to take ownership and have their own voice in their learning, educators must provide more freedom for students to present their own learning.

 

 

August 2022 - October 2022 (3 months)

Distribution of Innovation Proposal

1. Submit Innovation Proposal to school administration team.

2. Schedule a meeting with the administration team to address any questions or concerns they may have.

3. Discuss technology and additional resources needed to fulfill the needs of the project.

4. Provide examples of student e-portfolio and teacher created e-portfolio by presenter

 

Share Literature Review with the campus administration team

1. Provide additional references and field questions/concerns about the project.

 

Create Leadership Team to Support Project

• Leadership team will be selected by the campus administration team.

 

October 2022 - December 2022 (3 Months)

Implementation into shared third grade classroom w/ Google Sites

(Two third grade classes will be trained before remaining third-fifth teachers)

• The teachers with the support of the leadership team will teach students to design e-portfolio through the use of Google Sites.

• Students will build an e-portfolio based on grade level with subpages for Math, Science, Social Studies and Language Arts.

• Third Grade students will upload files and media to their e-portfolios to showcase their work.

 

 

January 2023 - March 2023 (4 Months)

Provide professional developments to 3rd - 5th grade teachers introducing e-portfolios

• Presenter will introduce the benefits of e-portfolios through presentation of literature review.

• Presenter will showcase student examples of e-portfolios from pilot classes.

• Presenter will schedule a series of workshops to teach teachers how to create their own e-portfolios in order to teach their students how to construct theirs.

• Workshops include: uploading Google files to e-portfolio, utilizing websites to develop content through graphics, audio/video, and capturing pictures/scanning documents via phone applications to upload to Google Drive.

• Teachers will create their own e-portfolios to display to students and other teachers as guides.

• It is suggested that the administration team must set aside dedicated time to allow for teachers to work on e-portfolios.

 

March 2023 - May 2023

Students build their own e-portfolios (preparation for following school year)

• Students will begin building their e-portfolio through Google Sites.

• Templates for testing documentation are provided for students to record testing data to update e-portfolio.

• Students will construct with the goal in mind that their e-portfolio will be available to use at the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year.

August 2023 - October 2023

Students continue to add on to the e-portfolio. New students on campus will be trained by teacher with support from students with good experience

• Students will start a new section of e-portfolio to organize their new grade.

• Students will create tabs based on subjects.

• For students new to the campus: The teachers and students will provide assistance to help guide new users on how to begin constructing e-portfolio.

• Third grade teachers will begin the process of demonstrating how to construct an e-portfolio on Google Sites.

• For new students to campus: Teachers will share e-portfolio template with new students to help them begin the process of building their portfolio.