Digital Portfolio discussion

Here are some sites and examples I have found

Digital Portfolio Overview

HOW TO Create Your Own Electronic Portfolio, based on the "5-by-5 Model" of Electronic Portfolio Development, ©2000, Helen C. Barrett, Ph.D.

Digital Portfolios Reference Links

Sample Digital Portfolios

Technology Committee plans for the New State Standards

On July 7, 2005 the State Board of Education approved new Minimum Standards for in Public Schools. Part of this lengthy document was a revision of the technology component to reflect up to date Information and COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) Literacy standards and says:

The ideal ICT Literacy Program in grades K-8 weaves technology experiences into all content areas and all grade levels, so that a student can demonstrate ICT competency at the end of 8th grade. ... Digital portfolios at the K-8 and 9-12 levels are ideal demonstrations of competence, as they can show how students competently use technology tools and resources within the context of core content areas.

This year the assignment of the DCS Technology committee is to plan the implementation of these standards. The technology committee, DB, MK, JF, AS and KW, will post regular updates on this blog so that everyone has access and can contribute to the development and implementation of the plan. This will be a strong addition to the current DCS Technology Integration Guide. With digital portfolios in place, we will be able to discontinue the 7th grade technology class and be confident of what are students have been prepared to do at each grade.

Survey Monkey

Okay here is a baby step that I am proud of. This summer I got and email from my friend, Sonja, about upcoming tech classes from Fremont. She used Survey Monkey to create it. Survey Monkey had been on my list of sites to check out, but I never took a look at it.

I was impressed with a class sign up application. I did lots of classes 2 or 3 years ago and got burned out because people didn't sign up and didn't show or didn't sign up, then showed and wanted to know why it was canceled. I never seemed to get around to planning them out, putting it in the memo, making signs etc.

I finally got around to setting up survey monkey. I have gotten 35 responses in 6 days. This is awesome. I have never gotten this kind of response before.

Survey Monnkey is free. As a free account you are limited to surveys of 10 or less questions with 100 or less repsonses. This works well for our staff. I have been talking to GiGi and am thinking about getting the next level of account. It costs $200 per year. It allows you to do longer survey, receive up to 1000 responses per month and export your results to Excel. In addition to classes, we could survey the staff, parents and our students. On the other hand free is free and I got a lot of results for less than 10 questions.