2010 in review January 2, 2011

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is doing awesome!.

Crunchy numbers

The average container ship can carry about 4,500 containers. This blog was viewed about 14,000 times in 2010. If each view were a shipping container, your blog would have filled about 3 fully loaded ships.

In 2010, there was 1 new post, growing the total archive of this blog to 7 posts.

The busiest day of the year was June 8th with 144 views. The most popular post that day was My Portfolio.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were electronicportfolios.com, electronicportfolios.org, oasis.unc.edu, sites.google.com, and wordpress.org.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for wordpress portfolio, wordpress eportfolio, helen barrett, portfolio wordpress, and wordpress online portfolio.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

My Portfolio November 2006
6 comments

How To February 2007
9 comments

Welcome! November 2006

Introduction September 2009

Portfolio Competency November 2006

Demo VoiceThread November 6, 2009

http://voicethread.com/share/720027/

A new resource on using WordPress for ePortfolios September 5, 2009

I am working on a more comprehensive Google Site to support the use of WordPress to develop ePortfolios in K-12 and Higher Education: http://sites.google.com/site/eportfolioswp/home

My normal blog July 23, 2009

I am using Blogger as my regular blog. This website is just an example for using WordPress as an ePortfolio platform.

Durango May 14, 2008

Description: Participants will work in a collaborative team to learn what an electronic portfolio can be, and how to make the transition to using technology to support using portfolios as assessment for learning. This workshop is designed to help faculty to plan curriculum and infrastructure adaptations to successfully implement electronic portfolios which demonstrate curriculum outcomes.

This workshop will introduce a variety of strategies for implementing Electronic Portfolios. We will look at how electronic portfolios can be implemented to meet both student-centered needs and institutional mandates. The results of the two- or three-day workshop will be an increased awareness of the possibilities for electronic portfolio development to support English language learning, and a plan for working on an implementation plan.

Objectives for Day 1: Participants will…

• become aware of a balanced philosophy for authoring electronic portfolios
• design a planning process to integrate electronic portfolios across the curriculum
• see a demonstration of open source or online electronic portfolio tools
• begin hands-on experience with selected electronic portfolio tool to model the process of formative assessment, providing feedback on work.
  

Agenda for Day 1 (9:00 AM – 1:00 PM)

“Why?”
Overview of workshop
* Various strategies for authoring electronic portfolios
* Portfolios vs assessment management systems
* Examples of electronic portfolios
* Become aware of the electronic portfolio development process
Brainstorm: Concept Mapping Exercise – What do you want to achieve with ePortfolios, Who are your users?

“How?”
Presentation and discussion: Managing Complex Change
* Developing a Vision for Electronic Portfolio Development
* Planning for implementing electronic portfolios in the curriculum
* Curriculum integration issues
Designing learning activities to foster Folio Thinking
ePortfolio tools and technologies
Assessment and Evidence

2:00 – 4:00 – Hands-on with Google Applications and the EuroPass and EAQUALS language portfolios

Create Your Own Teaching Portfolio using Google Applications

1. Purpose (activity on day 1)
   
2. Collection/Selection. What artifacts will you include in your portfolio?

Agenda for Day 2 (9:00 – 4:00):

Hands-on experience, creating an electronic portfolio framework, and then simulate providing feedback on student work

Here are the basic steps for using the GoogleApps toolset to set up an online portfolio:

1. Purpose (activity on day 1)
2. Collection/Selection. What artifacts will you include in your portfolio? (Day 1)
3. Reflection. Reflection is the heart and soul of a portfolio. Reflection provides the rationale for why these artifacts represent achievement of a particular outcome, goal or standard.
4. Connection/Interaction/Dialogue. This stage provides an opportunity for interaction and feedback on the work posted in the portfolio.
5. Presentation/Publishing. The portfolio developer decides what parts of the portfolio are to be made public.

Agenda for Day 3 (9:00 – 4:00)

More hands-on experience with building electronic portfolios.

Digitizing artifacts: digital images

Digitizing artifacts: digital audio

Digitizing artifacts: digital video

Planning for ongoing learning and implementation with students

Develop agenda for ongoing course (online and with Skype) until the end of the calendar year.

Agenda for Day 4 (9:00 – 4:00)

Address to UJED English Teachers Forum.

Workshop Agenda is online at: http://electronicportfolios.org/google/workshop.html

Handouts:

http://electronicportfolios.org/google/handout.pdf (2 MB!)

Difference between Electronic Portfolio and Assessment Management System

Personal Learning Environments as ePortfolios (a blog entry with excellent diagram by Jeremy Hiebert)