ePortfolio Assignment KINE 3300 Spring 2015

Read the following article from the Auburn University Office of Communications & Marketing: Featured Story - Students demonstrate experiences, interests through Auburn’s ePortfolio project

Why create an ePortfolio? ePortfolios are websites created by individual students at Auburn to communicate to an audience outside the university what the student has learned and is able to do. ePortfolios include a variety of documents organized to showcase skills and experiences. These documents are purposefully introduced, contextualized, and arranged so that the target audience can assess the student’s suitability for graduate study or employment.

What are Professional ePortfolios? Websites created by individuals to: Synthesize learning experiences Showcase skills and abilities

What are Professional ePortfolios? Continued… Includes multiple artifacts of different kinds Purposefully selected and arranged for an audience of the student’s choosing

ePortfolio Examples

KINE 3300 ePortfolio Assignment This assignment is intended to be the initial step of developing an extensive Professional ePortfolio of your experiences in the Physical Education Teacher Education program at Auburn University. Specifically this semester you will create a cover webpage and link four artifacts (see Grading Rubric). You will add to this portfolio during the next two semesters to document your skills and experiences to present to potential employers. Grading Rubric

Resources Auburn University ePortfolio resources (includes Wix, Weebly, WordPress, Google Sites platforms) How to Build a Website Using Google Sites ~You can use any platform to create your ePortfolio~

Designing and Sharing Webpages in “Google Sites” View the following video concerning Google Sites https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVrZWPql8UU)  Read the following link concerning Google Sites http://www.google.com/sites/ Choose a template and begin designing your page Additional help: http://support.google.com/sites/answer/97520 Your page will be the introduction page with links to the various modules you will include in this course. Create a link from the introduction page to other webpages that at this point contain the relevant tasks for that module. Send your Google Sites URL to the instructor. Hastie, 2015