Personalizing learning: Integrating e-Portfolios in the language classroom
- 1. Personalizing learning: integrating language e-portfolios! Shauna Néro (@MmeNero)! French, Spanish and French Immersion teacher at École Kwantlen Park, Surrey C-B! Email: nero_s@surreyschools.ca ! Professional blog: mmenero.edublogs.org ! Student work: mmenero.wordpress.com !
- 4. Why e-Portfolios in the language classroom??! Our department goal/objective : Use cohesive formative assessment strategies as a department for beginner’s Core French and Spanish students so they they can better understand and recognize the development of their target language acquisition. The ultimate goal is an increased enrolment of 5% in the Modern Languages department.
- 5. How-to Set Up Your e-Portfolio!
- 6. 1. Type the link in the address bar (in the search engine) : petitlien.fr/FSLPortfolio ! 2. Click « Save to Evernote » to create an account for Evernote. !
- 7. 3. Fill in the information and click « Register ».! 4. Give your teacher your username (email) and password. This will be added to a department– shared document SO THE PW SHOULD BE for this purpose only! 5. Username must be in this format SNero2013 ! (first letter of first name, last name and the year)!
- 8. 6. Change the title of the Note.! a. Double-click the title bar (says the address location)! b. Click X and then type: ! FRENCH: First & Last Name: Mon portfolio langagier! SPANISH: First & Last Name: Mi cartera de español! Title bar! X!
- 9. 7. Click on the space underneath the questions to start typing the answers to your self-assessment questions.!
- 10. Click on the paperclip! 8. Click on the attachment you need to add to the document:! a. Camera = take the picture instantly & add it to the note! b. Saved photos = choose a picture previously loaded onto the camera roll (if you took all of your pics first)! c. Audio = record your conversation here!
- 11. Click here to take a pic directly in Evernote! Click here when you are done your audio recording! Select the image you need and click on it.! CAMERA! SAVED PHOTOS! AUDIO!
- 12. 9. Correcting mistakes! If you've made a mistake, simply CLICK ON THE SPACE NEXT TO IT & delete the picture or audio file by clicking "backspace ».! Backspace here!
- 13. 10. Share the note (document) with your parent/teacher or yourself ! by email (your Evernote email)! Click to open your sharing options!
- 14. 11. Log out after every session ! a. Click here! b. Click your username! c. click Logout! d. Click yes!
- 15. e-Portfolio content:! process or product?! A question you need to ask yourself before integrating portfolios in your classroom:! Do I want students to assess the processes (and strategies) used to learn a language OR do I want students to reflect on their final products?! OR BOTH???!
- 17. Reflecting on processes! • Students upon the connection between the communicative competencies and their acquisition of the language! • Students use “I can…” statements to verbalize their strengths and learning of French! • Students use “I need to…” to establish goals and determine what is needed to improve! My department is slowly working towards this type of self-assessment! KP’s Interim template! KP’s Interim! I can statement ! descriptors!
- 18. Evernote: Student example 1!
- 19. Evernote: Student example 2! An oral sample!