What Why & How to ePortfolio

WHAT

Must Read: Learning ePorfolio a very thorough wiki article better than wikipedia's explanation

Must Read: Balancing the Two Faces of ePortfolios excellent diagram, charts, and article.

View some of my favorite pictures on flickr of ePortfolio diagrams and models.

View some of my favorite presentations from slideshare on ePortfolios

WHY

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Skim Wikipedia's History of Personal Learning Environments

HOW

See some examples of how others organized their sites

Google Sites (wiki): The Easiest Way to Start a Free Webpage

Creating an Interactive Portfolio with Google Sites

Browse http://electronicportfolios.org/

See Also:

What, Why, & How to Blog

What Why & How to Wiki

Keywords: ePortfolio, e-Portfolio, electronic portfolio, digital portfilio, efolio, PLE, PLN

Key People: Currently Dr. Helen C. Barrett seems to be the scholarly subject matter expert, see Using Electronic Portfolios for Learning, Planning, and Assessment for one of her a PowerPoint Presenations.

How to annotate a student's digital file?

As an online teacher I have been exploring ways teachers could comment on students work to give them feedback.  Here is one proposed method?

 

1. Teacher, or have the students, convert the student's file into a PDF using  the Free Web-Based PDF Conversion Tools 

2. Use the  FOSS: Best PDF Reader and Annotator  (PDF Exchange Viewer) software to read and annotate through writing with a tablet or sticky notes
3. Save the file and send back to the students.

 

Have another method? I would like to hear your solution.

Connectivism Learning Theory

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Image Source: http://www.visual-mapping.com/2008/03/connectivism-learning-theory-for.html

Click through the presentation below:

Connectivism - Personal Learning Networks for 21st Century Teachers

View more presentations from Frank L. mexico.

Read Siemen's 2004 piece Connectivism: Learning Theory for the Digital Age where he first introduced this new theory

Bloom's Taxonomy Visualizations Cheat Sheet

Almost 10 years ago, when I was first exposed in my teacher training, I still find myself refering back to Bloom's Taxonomy when ever I create course goals, assignments, exams, and ask discussion questions. I have put together a best of collection to act as a cheat sheet reference for educators. Click here for a great overview and history of the Bloom's Taxonomy.

The Evolution
Benjamin Bloom 1956 original version



In 199o one of Bloom's student's revised his earlier model and turned the nouns into verbs.



Recently, there has been some adapting for the digital ag. Check out Bloom's Digital Taxonomy


Here are some handy visualizations with some good keyword language.

Bloom's Digital Taxonomy

Check out, download, and read the evolution of the classic Bloom's Taxonomy into the Digital Bloom's Taxonomy  at http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom's+Digital+Taxonomy