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Digital Portfolio

Portfolio PagesClass assignments demonstrate individual examples of achievement, but collecting your body of work into a portfolio can demonstrate the breadth of your knowledge and skills. Creating a portfolio requires you to examine your projects as well as reflect upon the process of creating them.

A digital portfolio provides a richer and more interconnected format than the traditional notebook (printed) portfolio. Your digital portfolio can be easily updated. It can be dynamically linked to a variety of multimedia and easily shared with a global audience via the World Wide Web.

The greatest obstacle to creating digital portfolios can be the practitioner's perception of the technology itself. The technology, however, does not need to be complicated. This assignment simplifies the process by using Google Sites and providing you with templates as a framework for creating your own digital portfolio.

Assignment
Using the templates provided, collect the projects (artifacts) you have developed in class this semester to create your own digital portfolio. Integrate samples of your Ed Tech & Design projects and the reflections you wrote which align your projects with the INTASC Standards.

Requirements

  • Portfolio home page includes your picture and a brief description related to the three required elements:
    • Who I am
    • Why I am going to be a teacher
    • What I hope to achieve through teaching
  • Artifacts Matrix page aligns projects and standards (see the Reflection Guidelines page for the correlation of projects and standards)
  • Five individual artifact pages each provide a description, screen capture, link to the actual project, and your written reflections (copy and paste the written reflections that you previously submitted with these projects)
    • Inspiration (or Kidspiration)
    • WebQuest
    • Spreadsheet (learning tool)
    • Video project
    • Blog
  • Six individual standard pages align your artifacts with related INTASC+1 Standards. A brief description is provided for each of the artifacts listed on each individual standard page.
  • Internal navigation is provided (observe the diagram above)
    • Artifacts matrix links to individual artifact pages and individual standard pages
    • Standards overview page links to individual standard pages
    • individual artifact pages link to corresponding standard pages
    • Individual standard pages link to corresponding artifact pages

Resources

Sample Student Portfolios

Note— These examples were created in previous semesters and therefore do not necessarily reflect the current project requirements described on this page.

Points: 60

INTASC Standards 9 and 11

Point Structure:

Content

  • Home page includes your picture and the three required elements described above.
  • Artifacts Matrix page accurately aligns projects and standards.
  • Five individual artifact pages each provide a description, screen capture, link to the actual project, and your written reflections.
  • Six individual standard pages align artifacts with required standards. A description is provided for each of the artifacts.

42

Visual Design

  • Consistent use of colors, fonts, graphics, and other visual elements
  • Consistent layout design (color scheme, text alignment, table properties, etc.)
  • Strong color contrast (easily readable)
  • Images support the text content
  • All images display properly & are not distorted

4

Navigation

  • Internal hyperlinks are included, including links between pages and to artifacts
  • All hyperlinks are labeled descriptively
  • All hyperlinks function as they indicate
  • URL to portfolio home page is submitted to the Assignments area of eLearning

14

Spelling/Grammar

(up to 10%)

Special Notes:

  • Test your portfolio on multiple computers to confirm that all pages are accessible, images display properly and all hyperlinks work correctly.
  • Apply the CARP design principles to create an effective, consistent visual design throughout the pages of your digital portfolio web site.
  • Copy & paste the web address to your portfolio home page to the Assignments area of eLearning. There are no files to attach to your submission.
  • Test the address you submitted in eLearning to make sure your webquest displays without requiring you to first login. If there is a problem, confirm that your site is public (Go to More Actions > Manage Site > Sharing > check “Anyone in the world may view this site”
  • If your instructor cannot access your site as a result of you submitting an incorrect URL or your site not being public (viewable by anyone in the world), then 10 percent will be deducted from the points earned after you resubmit the correct URL.

 


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UNIPage updated: November 19, 2009
Educational Media Team, Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Northern Iowa