As Good as Gold - 2014 Visioning Conference
- 2. AS GOOD AS GOLD ePortfolios for Student Learning and Evaluation
- 3. OUR STORY • Northwest ISD is located in NorthTexas and serves ~20,000 students. Fast Growth District • Digital focus of district - District Improvement Plan • Part of the NorthTexas Regional Consortium &Texas High Performance Schools Consortium • ChisholmTrail Middle School, Gene Pike Middle School, Medlin Middle School
- 7. PROFILE OF A GRADUATE Ready for College To prepare to be future ready, a student who graduates from NISD will: Ready for the Global Workplace To prepare to be future ready, a student who graduates from NISD will: Ready for Personal Success To prepare to be future ready, a student who graduates from NISD will: Profile of a Graduate future ready will be:
- 8. PROFILE OF A GRADUATE
- 9. COMMUNITY-BASED ACCOUNTABILITY Community-Based AccountabilityCommunity-Based Accountability With a vision of preparing future-ready students, Northwest ISD is working to create a transformational shift in education. By listening to the characteristics and standards that the NISD community values, the district is developing a local standard that looks beyond test scores to help assess student learning. A committee of NISD students, teachers, parents, and administrators created this Community-Based Accountability and measures of success focusing on four community values: Academic Preparation and College Readiness; Personal Growth and Success; Citizenship and Community Service; and Student, Parent, Community, and Staff Participation. (*) As determined in actions of the 83rd Texas Legislature, 2013 (House Bill 5), data will be reported to the Texas Education Agency in August of each year. Student, Parent, Community, and Staff Participation Citizenship and Community Service Personal Growth and Success Academic Preparation and College Readiness
- 10. ONE OF A KIND
- 11. RESEARCH It is understood that ePortfolio practice exhibits characteristics that overlap those linked to mastery goal orientation, motivating students to excel and explore a task in depth. An ePortfolio can be defined as ‘a digital container capable of storing visual and auditory content including text, images, video, and sound’ ePortfolio use is reported to have the potential in advancing students’ reflective ability, a widely recognized attribute of deep learning
- 12. HOW • Google Apps for Education Server • Campus-wide and District-wide • Student driven • Choice • Evaluation and Reflection
- 13. SETTING UP A GOOGLE SITE
- 14. Sifting ! Raw Gold ! Processing ! Refined Gold THE PROCESS: STUDENTS SELECT ARTIFACTS
- 17. TYLER - 7TH GRADE
- 18. WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT MY EPORTFOLIO…
- 19. ZAC - 6TH GRADE
- 20. “MY EPORTFOLIO ALLOWS ME TO CHOOSE HOW I COMMUNICATE WHO I AM TO THE WORLD”
- 21. CLARE - 7TH GRADE
- 23. GRANT - 7TH GRADE
- 24. WHEN I SHAREDMY EPORTFOLIO…
- 25. JAMES - 7TH GRADE
- 27. MOVING FORWARD • Students transition with their ePortfolios already established • Teachers are facilitators, students are the in the drivers seat • Autonomy with a global audience • Goal setting - Reflection - Resume - Presentation • Spring Open House - Student Presentations • Transparency raises the level and quality of the work • Alan November - 1st 5 days of school
- 28. CAMPUS EPORTFOLIO WHAT DOES OUR STORYTELL?
- 30. HOW SHOULD WE EVALUATE OUR STUDENTS
- 34. RESOURCES Cheng, Gary & Chau, Juliana. (2012) A study of the effects of goal orientation on the reflective ability of electronic portfolio users. Moon, J.A. (2004). Reflection in learning and professional development. NewYork: Routledge. Barrett, H. (2007). Research electronic portfolios and learner engagement: The REFLECT initiative. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 50(6), 436-449. Meece, J. L.,Anderman, E. M., and Anderman, L. H. (2006). Classroom goal structure, student motivation, and academic achievement. Annual Review of Psychology, 57(1), 487-503.
- 35. CONTACT INFORMATION Todd Rogers Chisholm Trail Middle School ! trogers@nisdtx.org 817-215-0601 Chris Jones Gene PIke Middle School ! cjones02@nisdtx.org 817-215-0401 Eric Drewery Medlin Middle School ! jdrewery@nisdtx.org 817-215-0502 Ashley Chapman Instructional Technology ! achapman@nisdtx.org 817-480-5290 Charles Cooper Instructional Technology ! ccooper@esc11.net 214-621-5914