1. Creating Digital Portfolios

2. Plan! Decide on the purpose – Employment – Maintain a record – Award – Future classes – Way of keeping and organizing what you have Organize around: – Standards – Questions – Theme

3. What will you include? Educational philosophy Goals Reflective statements Vignettes Case studies Journal entries Resume Transcripts Awards, grants, and honors Research papers Samples of children you worked with References/ recommendations Teaching evaluations Classroom evaluations List of Web sites in ECE Lesson Plans Curricula Newsletters or brochures you have created Record of books read Samples of work Videos/pictures

4. How to Begin Online versus on CD Software – Special software – Word – PowerPoint Scanner Digital Camera

5. Examples of Portfolios Examples Eportfolio My portfolio

6. My portfolio with table Instructions for creating table: 1. Choose blank layout. 2. Insert table and choose 3x3. Then stretch it to fit the slide. Click inside cell and choose format, table, then fill, then fill effects, then picture and go on your computer and find the picture you want as a background. Click okay.

7. How to Hyperlink You can hyperlink by clicking the hyperlink button at top after highlighting words or pictures You can draw an autoshape around an area, then format it with no fill, then click hyperlink button You can hyperlink to another slide or to another document

8. Sites to find Portfolios and info http://www1.chapman.edu/soe/faculty/piper/t eachtech/elport.htm http://www1.chapman.edu/soe/faculty/piper/t eachtech/elport.htm Instructions for creating a portfolio: http://www1.chapman.edu/soe/faculty/piper/tea chtech/ppt/elportppt.htm http://electronicportfolios.org/portfolios/howto/P PTportfolios.pdf

9. Things to Remember Store all of your files in ONE folder. Use help when needed. Always shrink your pixels of pictures.