Dual Language Presentation

Today, I did a presentation as part of a panel on Electronic/Digital Portfolios in Latin America. I prepared the presentation in English. Thanks to Dra. María Elena Chan Núñez of Universidad de Guadalajara, the presentation was translated into Spanish. In Zoom, I presented in English and listened to the English translation of the other two presentations in Spanish. 

English Version


Spanish Version

It was my first ePortfolio presentation since the pandemic began. I was beginning to wonder if the interest in ePortfolios was killed by the virus and remote learning! One of my regular newsletters, the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA), published this 57th Occasional Paper, which discusses "the history, use, and attributes of high-impact ePortfolio practice at IUPUI, as well as the development of an ePortfolio taxonomy, and concludes with a case study from its Philanthropic Studies B.A. program." They also referenced a few new ePortfolio books for higher educators that are great contributions to the field:

• Eynon, B., & Gambino, L. (2017). High-impact ePortfolio practice: A catalyst for student, faculty, and institutional learning. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC. 

• Eynon, B., & Gambino, L. (2018). Catalyst in action: Case studies of high-impact ePortfolio practice. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC.

• Yancey, K.B., ed. (2019). ePortfolio-as-curriculum: Diverse models and practices. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

Electronic Portfolios in Pakistan

I just finished the first of two electronic portfolio presentations for a group of educators at National University of Modern Languages in Islamabad, Pakistan. We used Skype for Business for my presentation, where I shared my screen with the audience. Here is my presentation, with links to the supporting website:

Intro pakistan2018 from Helen Barrett

Twitter comments :

• @helenberrett "the grandmother" of @eportfolios live for Pakistan sessions #blteae project
• Interested in eportfolios? then follow Helen Barrett here on twitter where her handle, appropriately enough is @eportfolios !
• educational portfolio captures intellectual capital - it gathers over time what we have achieved, says Helen Barrett @eportfolios during our first live session on #eportfolios in Pakistan #bltpakistan
• here is what students should consider in preparing their ePortfolios, What? so what? now what? says Helen Barrett @eportfolios  #eportfolios in Pakistan #bltpakistan
• how do you ensure there is quality in an #eportfolios ? same as in assessing students work says Helen Barrett @eportfolios during our session on #eportfolios in Pakistan #bltpakistan
• How to select relevant resources for @eportfolios? Read more  in https://electronicportfolios.org/index2.html   #blteae
• multiple purposes for @eportfolios showcase, assessment and learning says Helen Barrett during her session on #eportfolios in Pakistan #bltpakistan
• look at out attentive audience during @eportfolios presentation  #eportfolios in Pakistan #bltpakistan

• Life long learning, meaning, critical reflection: "if student don't see it, it will be hard to be a reflective learner". @eportfolios
• 'Portfolio is a laboratory where students construct meaning from their accumulated experiences' says Helen @eportfolios  #eportfolio #bltpakistan
• Helen Barrett @eportfolios says eportfolios should allow choice and voice during her session on #eportfolios in Pakistan #bltpakistan
• Voice in the portfolio: individual identity to make meaning. A digital story about deep learning @eportfolios #blteaepakistan
• Great resource on #eportfolios mentioned by Helen @eportfolios just now https://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/publications/effectivepracticeeportfolios.pdf …  #bltpakistan
• developing an eportfolio is both a process and a product says Helen @eportfolios #eportfolios #bltpakistan
• Helen @eportfolios talking about assessment and the difference between assessment for continuous improvement vs assessment for accountability #eportfolios #bltpakistan
• use portfolios to document the mastery of students says Helen Barrett @eportfolios  #eportfolios in Pakistan #bltpakistan
• Discovering @padlet as eportoflio tool? https://padlet.com/  #bltpakistan @BLTeae_  Discussion with @eportfolios

ITB Teleconference Recording

I provided an online presentation for ITB (Ireland) on June 14, 2016.
The link to the recording of the session is here: (flash plugin is required) https://itb.adobeconnect.com/p1s7nrarafx/

Itb2016 from Helen Barrett

ePortfolios in Ireland - Day 3 workshop

On the last day of the ePortfolios in Ireland conference, I provided my favorite workshop on digital storytelling.

Digital storytellingdublin2016 from Helen Barrett

ePortfolios in Ireland - Day 2 workshop

On the second day of the ePortfolios in Ireland conference, I led a workshop on Reflection as part of the theme for the second day, Process.

Dublin2016 reflection from Helen Barrett

ePortfolios in Ireland -Day 1 Keynote

 I am in Dublin, Ireland, providing the keynote address for a national conference sponsored by the Dublin Institute of Technology. Here are my slides.

Dublin2016 balancing from Helen Barrett

Fresno State University Keynote & Session

I had the privilege to provide the keynote address at a faculty development workshop at Fresno State University on August 20:

Fresno2015 balancing from Helen Barrett

My colleague and fellow ADE Otto Benavides, took this photo where I am showing the Google Site that I set up for the workshop:

 After the keynote address, I provided one of my favorite presentations on digital storytelling and reflection (Know Thyself):

Fresno2015 reflection from Helen Barrett

I really enjoyed the opportunity to meet new and old friends, and to continue to share my knowledge and passions for ePortfolios, reflection, and digital storytelling.

Hamilton, NZ Keynote

I am in Hamilton, New Zealand, presenting the keynote address at WCELfest2015. These are a great group of educators and it has been fun to share my ideas and see what they are doing with both ePortfolios and digital storytelling. Here are my slides:

Waikato2015keynote from Helen Barrett

It is fun to follow my Twitter feed of comments. Here is a sample and a few images:

• tracey morgan ‏@traceymorgan
  encouraging students to be creative taking on a persona and telling stories #wcelfest
• Nigel Robertson ‏@easegill 36m36 minutes ago
  Helen Barrett @eportfolios reflecting on the road taken. Her journey of choices in a digital story #WCELfest
• Ursula ‏@UrsulaEdg 38m38 minutes ago
  @eportfolios great keynote #wcelfest thank you! #storytelling #elearning
• Anne Robertson ‏@robeanne 40m40 minutes ago Hamilton City, New Zealand
  https://aboxofthistles.wordpress.com/2015/02/11/28daysofwriting-day-10-digital-story-telling/ … my first attempt at a digital story #wcelfest #eportfolios @eportfolios thank you
• tracey morgan ‏@traceymorgan 45m45 minutes ago
  The challenge what story will we tell #wcelfest
• Kristina DC Hoeppner ‏@anitsirk 45m45 minutes ago
  #wcelfest helen barrett: reflections & relationships are the heart & soul of an ePortfolio and not the technology.
• Teresa Gibbison ‏@gibbisons 46m46 minutes ago
      @eportfolios with an important reminder #wcelfest
• Nigel Robertson ‏@easegill 46m46 minutes ago
  The heart and soul of a portfolio is the relationships, the conversations, the interactions #WCELfest @eportfolios
• Dianne Forbes ‏@difo38 48m48 minutes ago
  Range of tools for capturing, reflecting, sharing, learning. We are spoiled for choice #WCELfest
• Noeline Wright ‏@enrite 49m49 minutes ago
  @easegill @difo38 #wcelfest yes- article still being cited 4 yrs later. Must have been one of first in education
• Anne Robertson ‏@robeanne 50m50 minutes ago Hamilton City, New Zealand
  Eportfolios or Mportfolios - capturing the learning moment using mobile devices. So powerful #eportfolios #wcelfest
• Teresa Gibbison ‏@gibbisons 50m50 minutes ago
      @eportfolios mPortfolios site https://sites.google.com/site/mportfolios/ … #wcelfest
• Dianne Forbes ‏@difo38 50m50 minutes ago
  The essence of reflection: here's what, so what, now what? #WCELfest
• Stephen Harlow ‏@stephenharlow 51m51 minutes ago
  .@eportfolios remembering meeting @arrowbound & Janice McDrury, authors of Learning through #Storytelling: http://waikato.lconz.ac.nz/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=393722 … #wcelfest
• Dianne Forbes ‏@difo38 52m52 minutes ago
  mPortfolios - reflecting in the moment #WCELfest
• tracey morgan ‏@traceymorgan 52m52 minutes ago
  Mobile the future of eportfolio capturing the moment of learning #wcelfest
• K Gilliver-Brown ‏@kgilliver_brown 53m53 minutes ago
  #wcelfest Dr. Helen Barrett: Coming to the realisation that the journey is as important as the destination.
• Nigel Robertson ‏@easegill 53m53 minutes ago
  “@robeanne Process is more important than the output, that is where the learning is #wcelfest” #waitalk
• Nigel Robertson ‏@easegill 54m54 minutes ago
  The process is much more important than the product. #learning #WCELfest
• Dianne Forbes ‏@difo38 54m54 minutes ago
  #WCELfest portfolios & stories help us to recognise impt themes & patterns, informing decisions
• Anne Robertson ‏@robeanne 54m54 minutes ago Hamilton City, New Zealand
  Who learns more in the classroom? The teacher or the students? #wcelfest #eportfolios
• Anne Robertson ‏@robeanne 55m55 minutes ago Hamilton City, New Zealand
  Process is more important than the output, that is where the learning is #wcelfest
• Nigel Robertson ‏@easegill 56m56 minutes ago
  'Making the focus of my portfolio the reality of my existence' Finding purpose in life #WCELfest
• Anne Robertson ‏@robeanne 56m56 minutes ago Hamilton City, New Zealand
  #wcelfest our students need to know why and how they are learning and where they are going. #eportfolios
• Nigel Robertson ‏@easegill 58m58 minutes ago
  Stories, ours and others, shape our memories #digitalstorytelling #WCELfest
• Anne Robertson ‏@robeanne 58m58 minutes ago Hamilton City, New Zealand
  Whole idea of learning through story telling is very powerful and exciting #digitalstorytelling #eportfolios #wcelfest
• tracey morgan ‏@traceymorgan 59m59 minutes ago
  Reflection how we learn, hold on to our stories, giving us our sense of self #wcelfest
• Dianne Forbes ‏@difo38 59m59 minutes ago
  #wcelfest Telling stories is a way to deeper learning
• Nigel Robertson ‏@easegill 1h1 hour ago
  Portfolios should be persuasive #ePortfolios #WCELfest
• Anne Robertson ‏@robeanne 1h1 hour ago Hamilton City, New Zealand
  Experiential learning and portfolios. Learning from reflecting on experiences #eportfolios #wcelfest
• Teresa Gibbison ‏@gibbisons 1h1 hour ago
      “@traceymorgan: @gibbisons capturing the moments #wcelfest ” love this pic!
• Teresa Gibbison ‏@gibbisons 1h1 hour ago
  @eportfolios Reflection4Learning Google Site https://sites.google.com/site/reflection4learning/Home … #wcelfest
• tracey morgan ‏@traceymorgan 1h1 hour ago
  @gibbisons capturing the moments #wcelfest
• Nigel Robertson ‏@easegill 1h1 hour ago
  Getting a shout out at #WCELfest is @cogdog and his elephant thanks to @eportfolios
• Anne Robertson ‏@robeanne 1h1 hour ago Hamilton City, New Zealand
  Digital stories to promote memory recall for Alzheimer sufferers #wcelfest #eportfolios
• Nigel Robertson ‏@easegill 1h1 hour ago
  Eportfolios as part of your digital identity. What do you find when you Google yourself? #WCELfest
• Dianne Forbes ‏@difo38 1h1 hour ago
  wcelfest what starts as well-being evolves into managing self and then to acting autonomously http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/var/tki-nzc/storage/images/media/images/kl-images/key-competencies-cross-sector-alignment/3717-1-eng-NZ/key-competencies-Cross-sector-alignment.jpg …
• Anne Robertson ‏@robeanne 1h1 hour ago Hamilton City, New Zealand
  Portfolios have to be formative not summative or it won't be student ownership or investment #wcelfest
• Anne Robertson ‏@robeanne 1h1 hour ago Hamilton City, New Zealand
  Fascinating cultural study of parents who upload pictures of children on social media #eportfolios #lifelonglearning #wcelfest
• tracey morgan ‏@traceymorgan 1h1 hour ago
  Scrapbooks of life experience activities of eportfolio #wcelfest
• Teresa Gibbison ‏@gibbisons 1h1 hour ago
   @eportfolios URL #jisc Effective Practice with ePortfolios http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/e-portfolios-tools-for-21st-century-learning-09-sep-2008 … #wcelfest
• Nigel Robertson ‏@easegill 1h1 hour ago
  Students need continuous personal development and we must encourage and enable that. Universities are learning institutions #WCELfest
• Anne Robertson ‏@robeanne 1h1 hour ago Hamilton City, New Zealand
  Eportfolios not just a storage space. A place for learners to find their voice #eportfolios #wcelfest
• tracey morgan ‏@traceymorgan 1h1 hour ago
  Dialogue at the centre conversation of eportfolio #wcelfest
• Anne Robertson ‏@robeanne 1h1 hour ago Hamilton City, New Zealand
  Eportfolios are laboratories where learners construct meaning #wcelfest
• Dianne Forbes ‏@difo38 1h1 hour ago
  #wcelfest [people] who manage themselves are enterprising, resourceful, reliable, and resilient ... NZC 2007 http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/The-New-Zealand-Curriculum/Key-competencies#M …
• Nigel Robertson ‏@easegill 1h1 hour ago
  “@difo38 And of course self management is a key competency in the nz curriculum #wcelfest” And should be a graduate attribute #waitalk
• tracey morgan ‏@traceymorgan 1h1 hour ago
  Students constructing meaning #wcelfest
• Anne Robertson ‏@robeanne 1h1 hour ago Hamilton City, New Zealand
  Questions for forming personal growth portfolio to help recognise learningfrom Peter Drucker #eportfolio #wcelfest
• Teresa Gibbison ‏@gibbisons 1h1 hour ago
      @eportfolios 'Know Thyself" #wcelfest
• tracey morgan ‏@traceymorgan 1h1 hour ago
  Know thyself, life long learning, the magic of reflection via the portfolio #wcelfest
• Anne Robertson ‏@robeanne 1h1 hour ago Hamilton City, New Zealand
  The starting point has to be the learner building self awareness and understanding #eportfolios #wcelfest
• Dianne Forbes ‏@difo38 1h1 hour ago
  And of course self management is a key competency in the nz curriculum #wcelfest
• Nigel Robertson ‏@easegill 1h1 hour ago
  Eportfolios are like the Blind Men and the Elephant. Stand back and understand the bigger picture of eportfolios #WCELfest
• tracey morgan ‏@traceymorgan 1h1 hour ago
  Showcase, assestment, development, personal ownership #folio #wcelfest
• Dianne Forbes ‏@difo38 1h1 hour ago
  Why? Depends on which part of the elephant we perceive #wcelfest Fundamentally about student choice & voice
• Anne Robertson ‏@robeanne 1h1 hour ago Hamilton City, New Zealand
  Eportfolios for showcase, assessment and reflection. It is all that things #wcelfest just like the blind men and the elephant
• Dianne Forbes ‏@difo38 1h1 hour ago
  Self, artifacts& reflection - digital storytelling and eportfolios with @eportfolios Helen Barrett #wcelfest
• Nigel Robertson ‏@easegill 1h1 hour ago
  “@difo38 Making thinking visible, archive of evidence, multi-purpose, multi-tools #wcelfest” The multiple facets of eportfolios
• Anne Robertson ‏@robeanne 1h1 hour ago Hamilton City, New Zealand
  Hear the learner's voice through digital stories in eportfolios #digitalstorytelling #eportfolios #wcelfest
• Stephen Harlow ‏@stephenharlow 1h1 hour ago
  "#ePortfolios make thinking visible" @eportfolios @visiblelearning #wcelfest
• tracey morgan ‏@traceymorgan 1h1 hour ago
  Hearing the learrners voice #wcelfest
• Dianne Forbes ‏@difo38 1h1 hour ago
  Making thinking visible, archive of evidence, multi-purpose, multi-tools #wcelfest
• Anne Robertson ‏@robeanne 1h1 hour ago Hamilton City, New Zealand
  Eportfolios and digital story telling go hand in hand. Possibilities for deep learning #eportfolios #wcelfest
• Nigel Robertson ‏@easegill 1h1 hour ago
      Dr Helen Barrett delivering the #WCELfest keynote at Waikato University #WaiEvents
• mel ‏@melchivers 2h2 hours ago
  Eportfolio as both a workspace and a showcase. #WCELfest
• tracey morgan ‏@traceymorgan 2h2 hours ago
  Collecting of artifacts, leonardo, making Thinking visible #wcelfest
• Anne Robertson ‏@robeanne 2h2 hours ago Hamilton City, New Zealand
  Portfolios make learning visible #wcelfest #eportfolios #davinci
• Anne Robertson ‏@robeanne 2h2 hours ago Hamilton City, New Zealand
  A portfolio has a different meaning for every walk of life #wcelfest what does it mean to you?
• Anne Robertson ‏@robeanne 2h2 hours ago Hamilton City, New Zealand
  Portfolios for lifelong learning for identity development #WCELFEST
• Nigel Robertson ‏@easegill 2h2 hours ago
  Portfolios not just for students, teachers should use them too #WCELfest
• Anne Robertson ‏@robeanne 2h2 hours ago Hamilton City, New Zealand
  Rewired rather than retired - love it! @eportfolios #wcelfest
• Anne Robertson ‏@robeanne 2h2 hours ago Hamilton City, New Zealand
  Building stories for reflection through #eportfolios recognizing how much we have learned @eportfolios #wcelfest
• tracey morgan ‏@traceymorgan 2h2 hours ago
  My hero helen barrett creates Google site #wcelfest
• Stephen Harlow ‏@stephenharlow 2h2 hours ago
  .@eportfolios tuning up the #WCELfest audience @waikato with her keynote: Know Thyself: #ePortfolios & Reflective Stories of Deep Learning
• tracey morgan ‏@traceymorgan 2h2 hours ago
  Dr Helen Barrett about to give us the lowdown on eportfolios & reflective stories #wcelfest

EPIC 2014

Here is the page that I developed to support my three presentations at the Electronic Portfolios and Identity Conference (EPIC 2014) held in Cambridge, England, on July 9, 2014.
https://sites.google.com/site/mportfolios/workshops/epic

1. Balancing the two faces of ePortfolios: emphasis on process/learning or product/evidence
2. mPortfolios (using mobile devices to support reflection)
3. ePortfolios to replace standardized assessments

This is the twelfth European ePortfolio Conference where I have made a keynote/presentation/workshop. Their emphasis is now more on Open Badges.

ISTE 2012 presentations

I'm sitting in the Bloggers Café at ISTE in San Diego. Here are my slides for my presentation that I gave earlier today.

Iste google apps2012

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I also uploaded the slides from my workshop last Saturday.
Here are my slides for my poster session on Tuesday morning.

Thanks to Jackie Gerstein for taking this picture!

Here is a sample of the tweets from my presentation:

• “@2footgiraffe: What? So what? And now what? Via @eportfolios #mnpstech #iste12” @CoachWagz
• What? So what? And now what? Via @eportfolios #mnpstech #iste12
• @eportfolios says: eportfolios are a type of "Academic MySpace" #iste12 #edtech
• @eportfolios if you were building an ePortfolio from scratch and had no limits, what would your top 3 requirements be? #iste12
• @eportfolios says: "Google believes in data liberation." Hah! #edtech #iste12
• @eportfolios says: "Why google?...It's an integrated ecosystem." #iste12 #edtech
• @eportfolios is a genius! #iste12
• E portfolio is both process and product! #eportfolios @eportfolios #iste12
• @eportfolios says "remember you are telling a story, not just any story...tell it with pride." #iste12 #edtech
• The purpose (of portfolios) drives the process and content. Via @eportfolios #iste12
• #iste12 we need a balanced outcome. Student centered and school centered. Via @eportfolios #mnpstech
• @eportfolios Helen Barrett has been working w/eportfolios for 21+ yrs #iste12
• Looking forward to hearing what Helen Barrett (@eportfolios) has to share about e-portfolios w/Google Apps #iste12
• Excited to hear from @eportfolios AKA Helen Barrett on ePortfolios at #ISTE12
• Where have I heard Dr. Helen Barrett before? It had to be another conference... #iste12 #eportfolios @eportfolios
• Me 2 #pwsd RT @hglasser: Dr. Barrett http://ow.ly/bOArU @eportfolios - Student-Centered Interactive #eportfolios with #Google Apps #iste12
• Packed room for @eportfolios interested to hear how sharing items via google in public venue- how are reflections handled #iste12
• @hglasser @eportfolios Thank you both for the link to resources! #NAISTE #iste12
• Dr. Helen Barrett http://ow.ly/bOArU @eportfolios - Student-Centered Interactive #eportfolios with #Google Apps #iste12
• Student-Centered Interactive #Eportfolios by @eportfolios #SlideShare http://ow.ly/bOAAO #iste12
• Got my seat for #eportfolios at #iste12! @eportfolios , I'm ready to learn!

Supporting Reflection in ePortfolios

I was up early this morning for a webinar with a group of teachers participating in a research project in a school district in Ontario, Canada (without cameras at 6:30 AM!). I spent some time last weekend updating my presentation and several websites to focus less on specific tools and more on a generic process.

http://electronicportfolios.org/eportfolios/

http://electronicportfolios.org/eportfolios/reflection.html

This presentation draws on some of my previous slides, but is more focused on a generic process rather than using Google Apps, mobile devices, etc. I also focused their independent study on my Reflection for Learning Google Site.

Generic e portfolios  

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FETC Slides

Google Apps FETC2012

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Last week, I spent two days in Orlando at the Florida Educational Technology Conference, doing a workshop on Tuesday entitled, Student-Centered Interactive ePortfolios with GoogleApps, and a presentation on Wednesday entitled, mPortfolio Development with Mobile Devices, where I used a version of the slides that I already had uploaded to Slideshare (my Powerpoint files have too many images to upload now!).

I learned a few new things at this conference:

• I can now edit Google Sites with Safari on my iPad and iPhone. I'm not sure when that change happened... but it is about time!
• The Richland2 School District, where I worked last September, was one of three districts that was highlighted in the Google Chromebook sessions. They made a very good case for adopting this device for 1-to-1 adoptions. (See Tom Vander Ark's blog entry in Huffington Post!)
• There are now at least two options for editing video online (which would include the Chromebooks): YouTube Editor and Stupeflix Studio. I will need to play with both of these options for digital storytelling.

Wednesday evening, I flew from Orlando to Anchorage (a difference of 90 degrees Fahrenheit!). I will write another blog entry about that trip, because I worked with the Languages department, and we explored a lot of strategies to help them capture student learning in their respective target languages. I am very interested in researching more strategies for documenting second-language learning.

Webinar scheduled

I will be conducting a 90-minute webinar for School Leadership 2.0 on February 15, 2012, 7:00-8:30 PM EST (4:00-5:30 PST). The title of the Webinar: Balancing the Two Faces of ePortfolios. Registration page: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2721575305 Description:

This presentation will focus on the two different approaches to e-portfolio development: workspace vs. showcase, process vs. product, portfolios-as-assessment-for-learning/improvement vs. portfolios-as-assessment-for-accountability. Learning portfolios focus on reflection and strategies to support metacognition: "capturing the moment" with mobile devices, blogging/reflective journals for in-depth reflection, and digital storytelling. We will also discuss how to use of electronic portfolios as part of a comprehensive assessment management system supporting both paradigms of assessment for continuous improvement and assessment for accountability. 

 

We will focus on maintaining student-centered e-portfolios with Web 2.0 and mobile tools across developmentally progressive levels. Educators can select a minimal level of implementation (ARCHIVE: electronic storage of artifacts); a secondary level (PROCESS: documenting learning over time using a reflective journal/blog with linked artifacts); or a higher level (PRODUCT: organizing reflections and artifacts thematically in a showcase/presentation to demonstrate specific outcomes/goals/standards).

ISTE 2012 Sessions Scheduled

Today, I received notice of approval of these sessions for the 2012 ISTE Conference in San Diego:

• Create Interactive ePortfolios using GoogleApps: Docs, Picasaweb, Blogger, Sites [Workshop : Hands-on] Scheduled: Saturday, 6/23/2012,  8:30am–3:30pm PDT.
  GoogleApps provides a comprehensive ePortfolio system: Store artifacts in GoogleDocs/Picasaweb; maintain reflective journals using Blogger; create showcase/assessment/presentation portfolios with GoogleSites; manage domain with Teacher Dashboard.
• Student-Centered Interactive ePortfolios with GoogleApps [Concurrent Session : Lecture] Scheduled: Monday, 6/25/2012,  12:45pm–1:45pm PDT.
  Create a comprehensive student-centered system supporting all three levels of ePortfolio development: Create/collaborate/store/share artifacts in GoogleDocs; Reflection/Feedback using blogging; Presentation Websites with GoogleSites.
• mPortfolios: Supporting reflection in ePortfolios with mobile devices [Learning Station Session : Poster] Scheduled: Tuesday, 6/26/2012,  10:00am–12:00pm PDT.
  Mobile devices (iOS, Chrome or Android) can support reflection through regular planning & goal-setting, capturing the learning moment, and metacognition (reflecting on change over time).

I've never done a poster session before, so it will be a challenge to present a complex topic like reflection and mobile devices in this format. But my presentation on GoogleApps is a reprise of my 2011 presentation that I thought was on of my best! The full-day hands-on workshop will give me an opportunity to provide an overview on my online Introduction to K-12 ePortfolios class with GoogleApps supplement. I'm pleased!

AAEEBL Conference Reflections

The second AAEEBL Conference was held in Boston on July 25-28, 2011. Below are the slides from my two pre-conference workshops. The first workshop was led with Eileen Brennan from Mercy College.

Aaeebl2011 monam ds

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The second workshop was lead with Cynthia Lucena from the University of Puerto Rico.

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Her story about the commercial and open source tools that they tried at UPR, followed by their current adoption of GoogleApps and Moodle to collect evaluation data, is an interesting journey through a variety of different ePortfolio tools, both commercial and open source. Their decision to adopt Google Sites reinforces the message of this workshop: adopt student-centered tools that can be maintained across the lifespan, not tools that require a lot of technical support or fees to maintain beyond graduation. 

I received some interesting feedback from one of the participants in the afternoon workshop. She told me that my presentation, which tends to take a more student-centered, personal development viewpoint, was a marked contrast with the majority of the institution-centered sessions that tended to focus on accountability and program assessment. I tend to agree; my perception is that the people who attend AAEEBL are more focused on the use of electronic portfolios in institutional contexts... perhaps that is because the membership of AAEEBL is primarily higher education institutions, not individuals. This is a real contrast with the European ePortfolio and Identity Conference (EPIC) that was held two weeks earlier in London, where there was more interest in community portfolios, individual identity development, and lifelong portfolios. The draft Proceedings of the EPIC 2011 conference are online.

ePIC Conference Keynote

Eifel2011 keynote

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Tweets from people attending the presentation:

• @shojikajita "When cloud computing meets with Semantic Web: A new design for e-portfolio systems in the social media era" http://bit.ly/rtAbps #epic11
• @isabellegonon #epic11 Helen Barrett : the future (of #eportfolio) is in the #cloud and in #mobile
• @ljanegray #epic11 Helen Barretts philosophy for e-portfolios = authenticity, choice and voice.
• @inicot #epic11 I'll certainly remember this piece of advice from Helen Barrett "Rewire, don't retire!"
• @John_Pallister the #ePortfolio challenge is to make it the 'e'asy portfolio; the 'e'ssential portfolio and then go for learner 'e'ngagement #epic11
• @isabellegonon #epic11 now I know what a #shoebox story is ! Thanks to Helen Barrett
• @kirstie_C Great presentation from helen barratt. Epf as digital document of development. it's everywhere #epic11
• @shojikajita Peter Drucker "Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves" in "Managing Oneself" #epic11
• @donpresant #epic11 Helen Barrett: family photos, videos often start building digital identity before birth...ultrasound as #eportfolio artefact
• @donpresant #epic11 Helen Barrett: 4 pillars are: self awareness, planning to learn, knowing how to learn, monitoring your learning
• @shojikajita Isaac Asimov "The day you stop learning is the day you begin decayin." #epic11
• @inicot #epic11 Helen Barrettt, "the matriarch of ePortfolios": Lifelong learning shouldn't be confused with lifelong schooling 

It was an interesting session. First there was Donald Clark, talking about his skeptical blog post about ePortfolios: 7 reasons why I don’t want my life in a shoebox. In some ways I agreed with him when he railed against the commercial ePortfolio tools and extolled the use of social software. But he made some generalized statements that did not match my experience or beliefs, especially about lifelong learners. I think this blog entry simplified a very complex process, and didn't recognize the importance of metacognition. Before my talk, Shane Sutherland talked about the design of Personal Learning Spaces, which was an interesting look at systems design.

ePortfolios and Identity Conference 2011

I am in London, providing two workshops at EIFEL's ePIC Conference. Here are my slides:

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Here are a few tweets from the sessions:

• @inicot Dr Barrett : "Upload your videos onto youtube, vimeo... They will make sure that they are still accessible in a 100 years from now" #epic11
• @shojikajita Instant screencast http://www.screenr.com/ #epic11
• @inicot At #epic11, attending Helen Barrett's workshop,'Adding voice to ePortfolios'-"Write lousy first drafts!"- @eportfolios
• @shojikajita Tools for Digital Storytelling http://electronicportfolios.org/digistory/tools.html #epic11
• @isabellegonon #epic11 #evernote pour sauvegarder ses notes, ses enregistrements audio ou video depuis son mobile et se souvenir de tout, je vais essayer !
• @isabellegonon #epic11 Helen Barrett parle de twitter comme outil reflexif pour échanger sur ce qu'on est entrain d'apprendre
• @CnamSDTICE leonardo da vinci's folio is the first portfolio in history says Helen Barnett in #epic11 electronic portfolios since 1991 only !
• @inicot @batier Merci Christophe ! On diffuse à l'interne. A Londres pour la conference ePortfolio #epic11 can't wait i meet Helen barrett;-)

It is nice to reconnect with colleagues in the ePortfolio field. Besides a wide representation from across Europe, there is a large group from Singapore. I will be doing a short keynote in two days.

ISTE 2011 Reflections

I just finished my presentation, Student-Centered Interactive E-Portfolios with Google Apps.

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Here are the tweets I just captured about my presentation. I thought it was one of my better presentations. I really feel like the elements are aligning to make student-centered portfolios a reality: tools, philosophy, pedagogy.

• @TheHomeworkDog RT @jessievaz12: More on #eportfolios http://bit.ly/iioGvf #ISTE11
• @erinbarrett Lots of "ooohs and aaahs" when @eportfolios shows #teacherdashboard! Great tool! #ISTE11 #eportfolios
• @jessievaz12 An 'ooooo' overtook the crowd as the teacher dashboard plug in was showed from the google marketplace! #eportfolios #ISTE11
• @rgriffithjr Agreed! - RT @jessievaz12: Portfolios should be a conversation about learning, not a presentation on learning #eportfolios #ISTE11
• @cbuchanan_dasd RT @millpub: Taxonomy of Reflection http://bit.ly/5PpwuF #iste11 #eportfolios #iste11dasd 
• @RSOldring #eportfolios Lvl 1 - collection of Artifacts/ Lvl 2 - collection with reflection/ Lvl 3 - selection and presentation #ISTE11
• @RSOldring #eportfolios being built in social media tools can be a great motivator for students #ISTE11
• @Sharvey85 The power in the portfolio is the process/journey not the destination #eportfolios #iste11
• @erinbarrett My mom, @eportfolios is rocking her presentation...of course! #eportfolios #iste11
• @jessievaz12 A dad uses twitter as portfolio showing growth and experiences of his child. Started the minute she was born! Amazing! #eportfolios #ISTE11
• @Sharvey85 Give students ownership of their learning with #eportfolios
• @Tim_Yocum Social media makes portfolios easy. RT @jessievaz12: The line between eportfolios and social media is blurring #eportfolios #ISTE11
• @divatechie12 @Student Centered #eportfolios with Google Apps. Website for presentation is electronicportfolios.org/ slidesshare.net/eportfolios
• @jessievaz12 Slidehare.net/eportfolios check out all those resources! #eportfolios #ISTE11

The themes I found repeated at this conference were mobile devices (everyone has an iPad or iPhone!) and Google Apps really took off this year. I also found a lot more teachers interested in portfolios through our Birds of a Feather sessions on Electronic Portfolios and Google Apps in Education. It has been an exhilirating conference!

Presentations in Bothell & New York

Last week, I make a presentation at the first University of Washington Bothell Teaching/Learning Symposium. Presentation in Slideshare: UW Bothell Apr2011 - Slidecast version in Vimeo.

That afternoon, I flew to New York City, and the next day I made a presentation at Hostos Community College, for their EdTech 2011 Showcase. After the presentation, I had a great informal meeting with students, a more formal discussion with faculty, and a meeting with administrators, all about their implementation of ePortfolios. It was a very stimulating day! Presentation in Slideshare: Hostos Apr11

NCCE Workshop and Presentation

Here are my slides for my hands-on workshop this morning (Creating ePortfolios using GoogleApps) and presentation this afternoon (GoogleApps ePortfolios) held in Portland at the Northwest Council for Computer Education (NCCE). I was disappointed that they scheduled my workshop during the same time as the keynote address by Dr. Yong Zhao, which took place during the latter part of my workshop time. I noticed that about half of the participants left my workshop after the break... I hope it wasn't a reflection on the workshop, but the last half was mostly hands-on time)! If I had not been leading the workshop, I probably would have left as well! I heard the keynote was very good.

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Selected tweets with #NCCE2011 hash tag:

• Creating another Google Site with Dr. Helen Barrett at the NCCE Conference 
• PORTFOLIO: ePortfolios with GoogleApps, http://sites.google.com/site/eportfolioapps/
• PORTFOLIO: GoogleDocs - Create a Document to describe our own portfolio
• PORTFOLIO: Level 1 Workspace: Collection of Artifacts in the Cloud
• PORTFOLIO: 3 steps in setting up an efolio: 1. Storage in GoogleDocs, 2. Reflect in Google Blogger, 3. Presentation GoogleSites
• 10 Ways Technology Supports 21st Century Learners in Being Self Directed, http://tinyurl.com/6dldns8
• PORTFOLIOS: GoogleApps for Education is awesome. It's free. Can take up to 6 weeks to get it set up, though
• PORTFOLIOS: Great Article! Keeping it real. Ideas for Schools, Educators, and Students, http://tinyurl.com/68x95cc
• PORTFOLIO: Balancing the two faces of ePortfolios, http://electronicportfolios.org/balance/index.html <-- VERY COOL GRAPHIC :)
• PORTFOLIO is both process and product
• PORTFOLIOS: students need to reflect in multiple formats, not just print.
• Helen Barrett shared two stories: 1. Students burned upon graduation 2. Student offered a $50 reward for her lost portfolio Hmmm
• Power and Portfolios: Best Practices for High School Classrooms, http://tinyurl.com/4eyloe6 GREAT BOOK!
• The more structured the portfolio the less ownership students have
• ePortfolios help the learner find their voice
• ePortolios should be more about talking not telling. A CONVERSATION OR DIALOG!
• Helen Barrett at TED Talks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckcSegrwjkA
• Dr. Barrett... hyperlinking leads students to a deeper understanding 
• Using The Renzulli Learning System to Support Differentiated Instruction, http://tinyurl.com/4wjpfh4
• KNOW THYSELF this was carved at the temple at Delphi
• PORTFOLIO: Is it a structured assessment portfolio? a learning portfolio? etc. Decisions need to be made FIRST!
• Ask the question what the purpose of the portfolio. There are many purposes. Ask, 'who owns the portfolio?' Who keeps it?
• Portfolio 3.0: http://www.scribd.com/doc/34463843/ePortfolio-3-0
• ePortfolio in 21st Century: Introduction to e-Portfolios from JISC's Lis... http://slidesha.re/bvkzBz
• ePortfolio Definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_portfolio
• Is this the first Portfolio? Leonardo da Vinci: http://www.foliosociety.com/book/NOL/notebooks-leonardo-da-vinci
• Portfolio: One Word, Many Meanings - definition depends context
• Simon Sinek Profile: http://www.ted.com/speakers/simon_sinek.html
• Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action, http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html
• Helen Barrett quote: "Reflection is the heart and soul of ePortfolios not the technology"
• Another good eportfolio resource http://goo.gl/kxuu 
• Check out this SlideShare presentation : Aaeebl slc feb11 http://slidesha.re/hEUf8Z
• Oregon is the first state to adopt GoogleApps for all k-12 schools.
• Dr. Barrett is THE expert of portfolios - so lucky to have her presenting at #ncce2011
• Helen Barrett's slideshow: http://www.slideshare.net/eportfolios
• Morning Session: HA73 - Create ePortfolios using Google Apps, http://tinyurl.com/4p6svuo

I am impressed with some tweeters who add value to my presentation, adding additional links and information! Thanks!