Creating Eportfolio As A Technology Tool

Creating ePortfolio as a Technology Tool
Lesson Outcomes
1. Explore the use of a platform such as a google site
2. Constructed an e-portfolio to document learning
Introduction
In 21st century instruction where independent learning is encouraged, the documentation of a personal learning journey
is a must. Such documentation can help the teacher monitor the process and assess the product of learning. Doing this
requires proper organization through portfolio.
Explore
Portfolios may come in many forms. It can look like an album or scrapbook or even a filter where the documents and
evidences are kept. However nowadays, it is possible to have online portfolios by creating sites. This is also called the e-
portfolio or digital portfolio. This can be used as a digital archive that can contain the same materials as a physical
portfolio but can have more such as multimedia productions, relevant online links or references, digital stories or video
blogs, PowerPoint presentations, photographs and other ICT materials. The e-portfolio can be private or can be
published and shared publicly to stakeholders like parents and friends.
1. Students e-portfolios can evaluate students’ academic progress. They can inform the teacher to adapt and use
instructional strategies when pieces of evidence that they are either learning or not.
2. Monitoring students’ progress can be highlighted in a portfolio. It may not only contain finished products but also
several versions on how the students improved their work based on the feedback provided by mentors.
3. Portfolios documents students learning growth. Hey actually encourage the students sense of accountability for their
own learning process. This may lead them to see that the learning process is theirs and not anybody else. This can make
learners reflect from where they have begun to how far they have developed.
Creating an online Portfolio Using a site

There are many sites that can be used in creating an ePortfolio. One of which is the google site if you have a google
account, you can start using available applications. You can also try weebly or wix, among others.
Steps in constructing an e-Portfolio

1. Enter your gmail account and look for sites. If it is the first time that you have done this, you need to read the
directions.
2. You scroll down and read further until you see the icon sites
3. When you click it, it will lead you to another section. This will create a site that you can use as an ePortfolio.
4. Consider a good label or a title for your e-portfolio and prepare the texts, links, multimedia outputs, images or jpeg
files that you want to upload in the pages of the e-portfolio.
Parts of an e-portfolio
1. Homepage-the first section is the Home or your cover page. This is the first thing that your readers will see. So you
need to introduce yourself and the objectives of your e-portfolio. Usually, there are templates available and each
provides sections. You can add personal touches such as images or a change of color themes.
2. Pages- the pages that you can add depend on how you would like to organize your ePortfolio. What is important is
that you need to construct your eportfolio at the start of the class. In that way, you can have a fresh start as you try to
be conscious in documenting the activities and learning that goes with each session.
3. Reflections- a major element in a portfolio whether it is online or not, is the writing of the reflection. It is thinking-
aloud, a way of documenting what they are thinking. How students are processing the input and the applications of
what they have learned into an activity or a project needs to be captured.
Gibb’s reflective cycle has six stages.
Description- this initial phase in writing a reflection is very simple since you just need to describe the activity or the
experience to the reader. You can write a little about the background on what you are reflecting about by including
relevant and to the point details.
Feelings- learners are involved in learning and an activity or perhaps a lesson can trigger certain feelings. So at this point
you can consider and think about how you feel at that time when you were doing the activity or having the experience.
Evaluation- when evaluating, discuss how well you think the activity went. Recall how you reacted to the task or
situation and how others reacted. Was the experience a pleasant on or otherwise? This is also a possible part where you
can perhaps incorporate related readings of other author’s principles or theories.
Analysis- this part of the write up includes your analysis of what worked well and what have facilitated it or what may
have hindered it. You can also discuss related literature that may have brought about your experience.
Conclusion- now, you can write what you have learned from the experience or what you could have done. If your
experience is a good one, you can probably discuss how it can be ensured or how you will further enhance a positive
outcome. On the other hand, if the experience is frustrating eliciting other negative feelings, perhaps you can discuss
how those can be avoided in happening as this leads to the next steps.
Action Plan- at the end of your reflection, you can write what action plan you need to take so that you will improve the
next time such as consult an expert for some advice or read a book that will provide answers to your queries. You make
plans on how you can address what went wrong so that you can take the right step to succeed in achieving the task. If
you did well and feel good about it, then you can plan out how you can further enhance a good work.
Activity no. 1: Create a ePortfolio
1. Create an ePortfolio. Students are free to choose any sites to create their own ePortfolio.
2. Introduce the page and upload materials as well.
3. Share your ePortfolio with your classmates and instructor only.
Activity no. 2 Examine what you have constructed
Using a rubric assess your own ePortfolio and answer the following questions.
1. What score did you give yourself?

2. Do you think you can still enhance your work?
3. How will you improve your work? What plans do you have to enhance what you have created so far? ( minimum of 1
paragraph)

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Creating an online Portfolio Using a site

Steps in constructing an e-Portfolio

Activity no. 1: Create a ePortfolio

2. Introduce the page and upload materials as well.

3. Share your ePortfolio with your classmates and instructor only.

Activity no. 2 Examine what you have constructed

1. What score did you give yourself?

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