1 Making Classroom Connections Waimarino Cluster - 20 June 2008 Ian Fox and Lenva Shearing Bucklands Beach Intermediate 1 ePortfolios A Personal Space for Learning ePortfolios A Personal Space for Learning

Vision with action can change the world Joel Barker Action without vision just passes the time Vision without action is merely a dream

Do we have a clear vision for learning for our students? Do we have a clear vision for learning for our students?

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“The illiterates of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.” Alvin Toffler 2003

7 “The problem with education is not that schools aren’t what they used to be.” Gerstner, Semerand, Doyle and Johnson Reinventing Education Americas Public Schools (1994) “The problem is that they are what they used to be!”

8 “A yawning chasm, (with the emphasis on yawning), separates the world inside the schoolhouse from the world outside.” Wallis and Steptoe, 2006

‘Windows on the Future’ Ted McCain and Ian Jukes Corwin Press

NZ Curriculum Students will need 21 st century skills to enable them to be “confident, connected,actively involved, lifelong learners” (Ministry of Education, 2007, p.7.) Vision statement

Having students learn a specific set body of content in a subject area. a stronger focus on the skills and qualities required to facilitate independent life-long learning. A shift in emphasis away from:- Towards:-

13 Engage Students in their 21st Century Learning

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16 Where to now? ePortfolio

A move from this to this. WWW

18 Discuss with the person beside you what it is you think that makes an ePortfolio different from the more traditional ‘Paper Portfolio’.

What is an e-Portfolio? What is an e-Portfolio? “An organised collection of digital and/or analog artifacts and reflective statements that demonstrate growth over time.’ Helen Barrett

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22 Why keep an ePortfolio? What is its purpose?

23 In what ways do you think an ePortfolio could benefit student learning?

24 Evidence based Dr Helen Barrett Evidence = Artifacts + Reflection (Rationale) + Validation (Feedback)

ePortfolios help students tell their stories : - They can COLLECT more than text documents. - Pictures - Audio - Video They can focus on REFLECTION over time They help students to make CONNECTIONS They support MULTIMEDIA formats

“The principle task of education is to create men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done before.” Jean Piaget

"Do we need war to maintain peace?" Original music compositions Original music compositions Music

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Dr Helen Barrett Reflection

35 Reflection ✤ What have I done well? ✤ What difficulties did I have ✤ What can I do next time to improve?

36 What are some of the things you could put into an ePortfolio?

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39 An ePortfolio can help students move from.... ExtrinsicIntrinsic Motivation

So much of what happens in schools is top down! So much of what happens in schools is top down!

41 A question to ask..... “Is this ePortfolio about my teaching supported by student evidence?” or.... “Is this ePortfolio about student learning supported by my guidance?”

 We are the last generation of teachers who will have a choice whether or not to use or not use the new technologies in the classroom.   Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach 2007  We are the last generation of teachers who will have a choice whether or not to use or not use the new technologies in the classroom.   Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach 2007

43 Getting started What is the purpose for the ePortfolio? What do I do first? Collection Selection Reflection Direction Presentation Dr Helen Barett

We must face facts! 1We live in a new and very different world, one that is constantly recreating and redefining itself. 2Changing our schools is absolutely essential if our children are to be properly prepared for the world. 3We need to create schools that will teach the new skills that will be necessary to prepare students for the new world.

We must face facts! 4We should recognise that just throwing more technology at the problem will not really solve the problem. 5The real issue is the paradigm paralysis of teachers, principals, parents and politicians who have a rear-view mirror mentality when it comes to what schools should be. The issue is not a hard-ware issue. It is a head-ware issue.

George Bernard Shaw Some people see things as they are and ask; Some people see things as they are and ask; Others see things as they could be and ask; Others see things as they could be and ask; "Why?" "Why not?"