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Googlios: Next Generation E-Portfolios at the University of Notre Dame

Googlios: Next Generation E-Portfolios at the University of Notre Dame

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This slidecast (PowerPoint + audio narration podcast) was a presentation to the Dean and the Advisors at the University of Notre Dame College of First Year of Studies by G. Alex Ambrose, Academic Advisor.


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Below are the presentation notes and annotated bibliography of the links and resources listed in order in which they were mentioned:

Presenter Bio & Googlio

www.gAlexAmbrose.com

Main Website

Full of Resources

www.Googlios.com

What Why & How to Creative Commons

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/06/what-why-how-to-creative-commons.html

Digital Natives & Immigrants

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/12/digital-natives-immigrants.html

The Inter/National Coaliton for Electronic Portfolio Research (CEPR)

http://ncepr.org/index.html

The World is Flat - Book Summary & Resources

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/05/world-is-flat.html

A Whole New Mind - Book Summary and Resources

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/06/whole-new-mind-book-summary-and.html

Right vs. Left Brain Hemispheres

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/02/right-vs-left-brain-hemispheres.html

Set up your free website in 5 minutes see "Google Sites: The Easiest Way to Start a Free Web Page"

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/02/google-sites-wiki-easiest-way-to-start.html

GooglioGetting Started

http://sites.google.com/site/googlioproject/home/getting-started

Penn State E-Portfolio Program

Good intro videos

http://portfolio.psu.edu/

Connectivism Learning Theory

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/03/connectivism-learning-theory.html

What is a PLE?

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/11/what-is-ple.html

ND Biz Student Googlio Expl

Resume Organization

https://sites.google.com/a/nd.edu/ddejaegh/about-me

Bloom's Taxonomy Visualizations Cheat Sheet

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/03/blooms-taxonomy-visualizations-cheat.html

Bloom's Digital Taxonomy

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/01/blooms-digital-taxonomy.html

ND Eng Student Googlio Expl

Google Doc project paper

https://sites.google.com/a/nd.edu/brit-schaefer-s-electronic-portfolio/home/understanding-engineering-concepts-1

ND Female Eng Student Googlio Expl

Standards Organization for Table of Contents

https://sites.google.com/a/nd.edu/michelle-m-fuhrman-s-e-portfolio/home

University Minnesota E-Portfolio Program

https://portfolio.umn.edu/

Dr. Helen Barrett

http://electronicportfolios.com/

University of Denver

Have featured public portfolios

https://portfolio.du.edu/pc/index

Virgina Tech E-Portfolio Program

See galleries, have examples of eP for learning, assessment, and professional development

http://eportfolio.vt.edu/

Florida State E-Portfolio Program

Career Focused

http://www.career.fsu.edu/portfolio/

Univ of Illinois E-Portfolio Program

 http://www.eui.uiuc.edu/

IUPUI E-Portfolio Program

Institutional E-Portfolio Expl

http://iport.iupui.edu/

ND Student Googlio Expl

Sophmore Reflections & Courses Taken

https://sites.google.com/a/nd.edu/angelise-hadley-electronic-portfolio/biography 

Seton Hall First Year of Studies E-Portfolio Program

http://www.shu.edu/offices/projects-initiatives/tltc-freshman-studies-portfolio-project.cfm

Da Bono 6 Thinking Hats

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Thinking_Hats

Slidecasting

Slidecast demo

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Slidecasting 101

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Digital Natives & Immigrants

Below is a collection of resources and references about the Digital Natives & Immigrants debate.

Marc Prensky - Writing See Digital Natives Digital Immigrants (original 2001 article)
http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/default.asp

Understanding Digital Children - Ian Jukes (excellent video and eReport)
http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Understanding+Digital+Children+-+Ian+Jukes

Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants
http://educationalissues.suite101.com/article.cfm/digital_natives_and_digital_immigrants#ixzz0YCqpx5Wk

What is Google Chrome OS?

20th Vs. 21st Century Teachers

Video: Learning to Change-Changing to Learn

Googlios: Google Sites + ePortfolios = 21st Century Teaching and Learning

For the direct link on dotsub click here

This 20 minute video was produced for the 4th Annual Inter/National Virtual (Synchronous /Asynchronous) K-12 Online Conference.

For this year's schedule see:

http://wiki.k12onlineconference.org/home/for-participants/2009-schedule

Abstract:

As blogs, wikis, and podcasts have become more mainstream, it is important that educators step back to see how we, as professionals, are best using these tools to serve our student's learning needs. If these modern technologies are going to be sustained in contemporary pedagogy, it is time that we "kick it up a notch" and be able to tie these tools to a higher theme and to learning theories. In other words, rather than using technology for technology's sake, we need to be supported by a new 21st-century foundation of learning theory. Through a screencast, webcam, and Power Point video, this presentation will offer a model on how one educator has come to understand and organize these tools to support a 21st-century constructivist and connectivist approach to "bridge the divide" in educating our digital natives. Using Google Sites as a main hub, this presentation will show how students can mash together and showcase a variety of other free Google services to organize their own Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) and "build bridges" to form their Personal Learning Networks (PLNs). This presentation will shed light on a model that shows a relationship between emerging tools and learning theories, and between PLEs, PLNs, and ePortfolios.

Discussion:
3 Essential Questions:

1) What hasn't been working with our current approach to Web2.0 integration in education?
2) How could refocusing our education technology on student-centered assessment change our paradigm?
3) How are you using e-portfolios and Google Sites in your classrooms? Best practices, examples?


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Notes:

Best way to view this video:  You can hit the full screen button on the right side or watch the video in one window and open up another resized window to explore the links while listening.

Below are the presentation notes and annotated bibliography of the links and resources listed in order in which they were mentioned:

Presenter Bio & Googlio
www.gAlexAmbrose.com

Main Website: Full of Resources

www.Googlios.com

What Why & How to Creative Commons

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/06/what-why-how-to-creative-commons.html

Digital Natives & Immigrants

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/12/digital-natives-immigrants.html

The World is Flat - Book Summary & Resources

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/05/world-is-flat.html

A Whole New Mind - Book Summary and Resources

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/06/whole-new-mind-book-summary-and.html

Right vs. Left Brain Hemispheres

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/02/right-vs-left-brain-hemispheres.html

Set up your free website in 5 minutes see "Google Sites: The Easiest Way to Start a Free Web Page"

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/02/google-sites-wiki-easiest-way-to-start.html

Googlio Getting Started

http://sites.google.com/site/googlioproject/home/getting-started

Connectivism Learning Theory

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/03/connectivism-learning-theory.html

What is a PLE?

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/11/what-is-ple.html

Bloom's Taxonomy Visualizations Cheat Sheet

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/03/blooms-taxonomy-visualizations-cheat.html

Bloom's Digital Taxonomy

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/01/blooms-digital-taxonomy.html

University Minnesota E-Portfolio Program

https://portfolio.umn.edu/

Dr. Helen Barrett

http://electronicportfolios.com/

Slideshow: The Road to Open Educational Resources

The Road to Open Educational Resources

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Dropbox

Dropbox is a gotta have service.  

Watch their demo here http://www.dropbox.com/tour


I don't endorse services too often but if you do decide to use please sign up through this  Dropbox referral link

What is a PLE?

Definition:

A Personal Learning Environment (PLE) is not a tool or single technology it is a place, learner-centric system of networks, personal portal (webdesk, dashboard, e-portfolio), where a learner organizea their tools, communities, contacts, resources, and services for the purpose of learning (content and process).

Quotes:

“…a collection of tools, brought together under the conceptual notion of openness, interoperability, and learner control. As such, they are comprised of two elements – the tools and the conceptual notions that drive how and why we select individual parts.” (George Siemens, “PLEs – I Acronym, Therefore I Exist,” 15 April 2007 blog entry)

“An ecosystem of connected educational resources facilitated by a (large) set of tools and fueled by collaboration opportunities facilitating the consumption of content that enables an increased understanding of specific knowledge domains.” (Lee Kraus, PLE: not personal and not learning, 14 June 2007 blog entry)

"A Personal Learning Environment (PLE) is a collection of free, distributed, web-based tools, usually centred around a blog, linked together and aggregating content using RSS feeds and simple HTML scripts." http://seanfitz.wikispaces.com/creatingyourple

"a Personal Learning Environment is a facility for an individual to access, aggregate, configure and manipulate digital artefacts of their ongoing learning experiences."http://members.optusnet.com.au/rlubensky/2006/12/present-and-future-of-personal-learning.html

"Essentially, they are a collection of tools, brought together under the conceptual notion of openness, interoperability, and learner control."http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/archives/002884.html

"PLE are very personal both in the sense of being independent of the university or employer and in the sense of being hand-crafted — although a bit necessarily too hand-crafted today. Even with a more ideal integrative application, PLE will still be highly customized to the needs and preferences of the learner. Portions of even the software application PLE will be kept behind our personal firewall. Learning is deeply personal, AND social." http://blog.simslearningconnections.com/?p=50

"A group of people who can guide your learning, point you to learning opportunities, answer your questions, and give you the benefit of their own knoweldge and expereience” –Daniel Tobin, Ph.D.

PLE pedagogy= it offers a portal to the world, through which learners can explore and create, according to their own intersts and directions, interacting at all times with their friends and community. the student creates not the instuctor!

Related Keywords:

personal learning environments, PLE, personal knowledge management, PKM, personal information management, PIM, personal learning toolkit, PLT, online learning environment, Personal Work and Learning Environment (PWLE), OLE, social software, self-directed learning, life-long learning, informal learning, learning ecosystems, learning networks, personal knowledge management, e-portfolio, virtual learning environment, VLE, digital lifestyle aggregator, DLA, continuing professional development, CPD

Resources:

Great list of PLE Diagrams

https://edtechpost.wikispaces.com/PLE+Diagrams?f=print

Great blog posts of links and resources

http://mohamedaminechatti.blogspot.com/2007/04/ple-links.html

http://blog.simslearningconnections.com/?page_id=84

7things about PLE

http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutPerso/171521

Video: The Networked Student

Watch this 5 min video about the 21st Century Networked Student and Personal Learning Networks (PLN) at: http://www.edublogs.tv/play.php?vid=2422

100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School

100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2009/10/25/100-google-tricks-that-will-save-you-time-in-school/

Visual Thinking, Learning, and Tools Collection

Right vs. Left Brain Hemispheres

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/02/right-vs-left-brain-hemispheres.html

Visual Thinking Slideshows

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/06/visual-thinking.html

Concept Mapping with PowerPoint

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/11/concept-mapping-with-powerpoint.html

Outling with MS Word

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/11/outling-with-ms-word.html

Mind Mapping: A Guide & Resources

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2007/04/mind-mapping-guide-resources.html

Flowchart Tools & Resources

http://edvibes.blogspot.com/2009/06/flowcharts.html

Outlining with MS Word

One great hidden feature of MS Word is the Outline View.

(Click on "View" on menu, select "outline")

The collapse and expand features are really nice for switching from big picture to smaller sub views.

Watch this screencast to learn how.

Concept Mapping with PowerPoint

The 2007 PowerPoint edition has a nice feature called SmartArt. This new capiblity turns PowerPoint into a powerful Concept Mapping Tool.

Read about concept mapping in Wikipedia

Watch:

Read and watch the demo:

Spice up your text with SmartArt graphics at

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA101983081033.aspx

View each PowerPoint slide as a canvas. Don't forget that you can break through the templates and just use the drawing tools to create your own modesl and diagrams. 


See these two video to show you how to build a concept map from scratch rather than using the smart art auto templates:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMaADqOkls4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGQaiSLCXrw


PowerPoint can also be used as a basic photo editor as well. Once you make your concept map don't forget you can then take a screen shot and upload your image into another document or up on the web.

How Do I Know If A School Is Accredited?

Since I worked in a Charter School and I now attend a Distance Education program.  I get the "how do I know if a school is accredited?" question a lot.

Here are few quick tips:

*Approximately 1/5 of degree-granting institutions operating legally in the US are not are accredited.

*Currently there are no authoritative lists of institutions/providers.

*There are two types of accreditation: institutional or programmatic

*The 6 regional commissions and associations:

*Middle States Commission on Higher Education
*New England Association of Colleges and Schools
*Northwest Association of Accredited Schools
*Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
*Western Association of Schools and Colleges
*North Central Association of Colleges and Schools  (the easiest, that is why Phoenix is accredited even though they are physically based in the SW)

*Although there is no national official government agency for accreditation the Council for Higher Education Accreditation is sponsored by the U S Department of Education as the primary national voice for voluntary accreditation and quality assurance.  The United States Distance Learning Association is another organization that gives approval to programs.

*Google your school's name and the keyword accreditation.  If one of these accreditation organizations don't pop up, I would be wary.

*Another litmus test would be, when researching a distance education program, ask them do they offer financial aid.  The US government will not offer financial aid for an unaccredited school. 


UPDATE: The Council for Higher Education Accreditation http://www.chea.org/ has a database that you can look up any school with to see their accreditation status (make sure it matches one of the 6 mentioned above) 


See also: The Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs

Video: Google Forms

Watch this short 2 min video

Google Docs has a Forms feature where you can easily create and publish a web-based/email survey or form, then as participants fill in the form, the responses get aggregated live into one web-based spreadsheet. The implications of this technology are endless for work (surveys, applications, etc.) and education (quizzes, see this digital scantron template one educator created).

Distance Education in the News

I have been noticing a more positive recent shift  of Distance Education perceptions in the mainstream news. See


Washington Post:  
Virtual Revolution Is Brewing for Colleges


New York Times: 
Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom

Video: Did You Know 4.0

Video: Social Media Revolution

Click here for a list of all the stats and sources in the video

Getting Started with Digital Storytelling

Digital Storytelling 101

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How to Search, Collect, and Cite Images on the Web

How to Search for Images
EdVibes has started Project CC. Here you will find a list of some of the best directories, search engines, and links for finding safe to use creative commons content (image and audio). One of my new favorite image search engines is Yahoo's Advanced Image Search. Yahoo just knocked off Google Image Search because of their nice "search only creative commons licesend content" feature.  See screenshot below.

Click on image for larger view

Tools to Collect and Organize the Images you find on the web:

Vi.sualize.us (a Delicious for pictures, still a little slow)

Flickr (careful the free limit fills up fast)

How to Responsibly Cite Images you use:

Click on images for larger view

Google Docs Spreadsheets and Forms for Business

Teacher Training Videos created by Russell Stannard

Teacher Training Videos created by Russell Stannard: "These videos were created for teachers to help them to incorporate technology into their teaching. Just click and a video will open and take you through how to use that technology"

Getting Started with Flickr

Getting Started

Flickr Wikipedia Entry

Newbie's Guide to Flickr

Flickr: 10 things we love and hate

How To Create Flickr Slideshows

Basic Flickr Jargon

-A set is an array of images of your own, collected together on whatever basis you like. 

-A collection is an array of sets. 

-A group is like a set, but contains images from a number of different flickr members.

-A tag is a non-hierarchical keyword or labled assigned to a picture, note unlike organizing folders you can apply more than one tag to a picture. See also What Why & How to Tag

Tools

Tools for Flickr

The Great Flickr Tools Collection

FLICKR TOOLBOX: 100+ Tools For Flickr Addicts

Search

Search Flickr photos by live location upload
Search Flickr photos by tags