Digital Portfolio
Professional Development
Sessions 2007-08
Hosted at
Local Educational
Support Centers
SEATS AVAILABLE IN SOME
SESSIONS!!!
Registration fees are $130 per
person per session.
(Teams receiving Title IID grants
have been pre-registered per their application and
will receive an invoice for registration directly from the host center for your
sessions.)
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Date/Location |
Title/Description |
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9/27, 10/4,
& 11/1 This session
is full Session completed
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Sessions
1-3 Portfolio 101: Implementation
Strategies for Digital Portfolios Facilitation:
Dr. David Niguidula and team from Ideas Consulting, Inc. This is a 3-day series. Plan to
attend all 3 days. |
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9/28, 10/5,
& 11/2 This
session is full Session completed
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Sessions
4-6 Portfolio 101: Implementation
Strategies for Digital Portfolios Facilitation:
Dr. David Niguidula and team from Ideas Consulting, Inc. This is a 3-day series. Plan to
attend all 3 days. |
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1/11, 1/18,
& 3/7 Seats available |
Sessions
7-9 Portfolio 101: Implementation
Strategies for Digital Portfolios Facilitation:
Dr. David Niguidula and team from Ideas Consulting, Inc. This is a 3-day series. Plan to
attend all 3 days. Day 1: Getting Started What is a digital portfolio anyway? Teams will look at
sample portfolios and the “essential questions” of portfolio implementation.
Teams will also review the ICT literacy standards, current rubrics, and
implementation plans in use in NH schools. Participants will be able to work
on specific plans for their schools, including defining tasks / projects that
will go into the portfolio and defining the quality of artifacts. This
session includes hands-on time with multiple portfolio software solutions
(including Moodle, Adobe Acrobat, and Richer
Picture); if your school has selected these or a different solution, you will
be able to use that software during the session. Day 2: Implementing Portfolios
Without Going Crazy This session focuses on how portfolios can be integrated
into what is already happening in your classrooms. Teams will focus on assessment (giving feedback about
individual artifacts; tracking progress of students towards standards and
personal goals), and logistics
(strategies for finding time and space to implement portfolios; developing
plans for collecting work from all disciplines). After this session, teams
will be expected to have a small set of students create a portfolio entry. Day 3: What Do Portfolios Tell
Us? Between Days 2 and 3, participants will have an initial
set of students enter work into a portfolio. Teams will review the sample
work using common rubrics; help establish a consistent message about what it
means to “meet standard”; and show how students can express their individual
growth as a learner. By the end, teams will review and revise their
implementation plans for ongoing portfolio work. The focus of this session is
on using existing available rubrics. For assistance with the creation of
rubrics, see session 12 “Creating School-wide Rubrics.” |
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10/10
& 11/16 Session completed |
Sessions
10A-11A Portfolio Planning with Helen
Barrett Facilitation:
Dr. Helen Barrett This is a two day series focused on developing an
understanding of e-portfolios and their uses; developing a shared philosophy
for e-portfolios; and an implementation plan. Participants will be provided
with a login to a Moodle course area to access
session materials. |
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Seats available |
Sessions
10B-11B Portfolio Planning with Helen
Barrett Facilitation:
Dr. Helen Barrett This is a two day series focused on developing an
understanding of e-portfolios and their uses; developing a shared philosophy
for e-portfolios; and an implementation plan. Participants will be provided
with a login to a Moodle course area to access
session materials. |
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Session completed
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Session
12A Creating School-wide Rubrics Facilitation:
Dr. David Niguidula and team Teams will develop a common language for deciding what
work meets ICT literacy and content standards. Teams will review samples of
school-wide rubrics and work towards a consensus to develop common rubrics
while examining how schools can use data to revise rubrics over time. |
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Session completed |
Session
12B Creating School-wide Rubrics Facilitation:
Dr. David Niguidula and team Teams will develop a common language for deciding what
work meets ICT literacy and content standards. Teams will review samples of
school-wide rubrics and work towards a consensus to develop common rubrics
while examining how schools can use data to revise rubrics over time. |
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3/6/08
Seats available
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Session
12C Creating School-wide Rubrics Facilitation:
Dr. David Niguidula and team Teams will develop a common language for deciding what
work meets ICT literacy and content standards. Teams will review samples of
school-wide rubrics and work towards a consensus to develop common rubrics
while examining how schools can use data to revise rubrics over time. |
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Session
13 Using Portfolios for
Parent-Teacher Conferences Facilitation:
Dr. David Niguidula A common use for elementary portfolios is to help
parents better understand their children's progress. Teams will look at
collecting and selecting information for this important audience and how
portfolios can help create better communication between home and school. |
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1/24 – Seats available Seats available |
Session
14-15 Reflection in ePortfolios with Digital Storytelling Facilitation:
Dr. Helen Barrett This is a 2-day series. The ancient art of storytelling
is a powerful tool for deep learning and reflection. Add today’s multimedia
technology and you have a highly motivating project-based learning activity
as well as a powerful reflective artifact in an electronic portfolio. In this
hands-on workshop, participants will learn basic strategies for digital
storytelling using a low-end digital video editing program for Macintosh or
Windows XP. Participants will write a short reflection, audio record that
reflection, and then illustrate their narration with visual images. Learn how
to use highly-motivating multimedia tools to engage students in reflection on
their own learning and growth over time. |
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Session
16 Portfolios and Curriculum
Mapping Facilitation:
Dr. David Niguidula Digital portfolios can connect very closely to the
process of curriculum mapping. Both systems focus on linking to standards. A
curriculum map allows teachers to look at their year-long patterns; a digital
portfolio allows students to connect their work to school expectations. Teams
will explore how the two processes are complementary and feed on each other. |
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Cancelled
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Session
17 Reviewing Portfolios as a Whole Facilitation:
Dr. David Niguidula The power of portfolios comes in the ability to look at
a student's body of work as a whole. Teams will look at how students can
select pieces for an end-of-year review, prompts for overall reflections and
rubrics for assessment. Teams will also look at samples from multiple
schools, and discuss the logistics of reviewing work throughout the year. |
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Rescheduled due to snow date to 4/11/08
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Session
18: Making Decisions Based on
Portfolio Data Facilitation:
Dr. David Niguidula Portfolio software can provide a new type of data-driven
decision making. Rather than just disaggregating test score data, teachers
can analyze the data from the scoring of online rubrics, and look for
patterns in student data. Portfolio software in use or being considered for
use by attending teams will be examined in this workshop to better understand
how the software can help teachers find and analyze the data most useful for
every day practice. |
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Session also includes content from 3/28/08
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Session
19: Using Portfolios to Support
NEASC Accreditation Facilitation:
Dr. David Niguidula In the NEASC process, teams examine their mission and
the academic, civic, and social expectations for all students. This session
shows how schools have used digital portfolios to link student and teacher
work to the school’s mission and expectations. Teams will see how schools
have prepared benchmark performances for site visits and analyzed the data as
a part of the ongoing self-study. Participants will learn strategies to help
them with their own self-study and site visit preparation. |
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