Comments on: The ePortfolio http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com/2005/10/21/the-eportfolio/ The life and times of an English teacher in Mexico City Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:36:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Palimpsest redux http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com/2005/10/21/the-eportfolio/#comment-78 Mon, 09 Jan 2006 19:41:04 +0000 http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com/2005/10/21/the-eportfolio/#comment-78 <strong>Blogs as a Potential Portfolio Delivery Format&#8230;</strong> In order to try and stoke the embers of my floundering blog thougths, I have dug through some past notes that were posts-to-be. I found a few gems, one of them being from Aaron at Teacher in Development entitled “The Eportfolio” . I had comment... Blogs as a Potential Portfolio Delivery Format…

In order to try and stoke the embers of my floundering blog thougths, I have dug through some past notes that were posts-to-be. I found a few gems, one of them being from Aaron at Teacher in Development entitled “The Eportfolio” . I had comment…

]]> by: J.M. http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com/2005/10/21/the-eportfolio/#comment-31 Sat, 22 Oct 2005 12:00:07 +0100 http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com/2005/10/21/the-eportfolio/#comment-31 Thanks for the heads up re Ben Werdmuller's papers...I have some nice weekend reading to do now! I am really thankful for this post. All of our province's high school students now have to assemble a portfolio in high school and present it in order to graduate at the end of gr.12. This is a very new implementation from the government, and I think this post really sparked my mind on the whole idea of developing e-portfolios. Thanks for that! It is another trail to explore... I really liked what you said about reflection: "A portfolio is a way they can see where they have been, where they are, and where they should be going. I think great teaching spends a great deal of time under the microscope of reflection." How true! I find that we, as teachers, must be reflective creatures. We have to constantly be evaluating our practice and activities to gauge their effectiveness. If we just continue moving 'onward and upward' we can miss out on alot of learning and refining of our practice. "Active engagers: It’s so easy for teachers to just switch into glide mode. To be sucked into the current of their lives, their busy schedules, their commute times, class prep time, family time, fun time, that the whole idea of being “actively engaged” in the teaching/learning process becomes history. Real teachers never cease to learn." That is a great one! I think I will be quoting you on my blog on that one. I have been feeling a real lack of quality time to do R&amp;D as the demands of every day, as you stated so well, get in the way. This is a tough one. If you were in a university, you would be EXPECTED to continue writing and researching. I have heard there is actually tremendous pressure at most faculties to publish research and writing. I am sure this is a tough one to maintain, but would also like to see some of this 'collegial responsibility' filter down into the realm of high school teaching as well. This would help avoid the 'head in the sand' kind of teaching you mentioned earlier. "f the portfolio were a blog…now that is an interesting thought. The teacher/student could post their reflections, action research, personal mapping (where I was, where I am, where I’m going). The interesting thing here is adding a whole other diminsion to the portfolio: The diminsion of community. The social portfolio, where the owner is not developing in isolation, but inside a community of practice". What you are talking about there is great. I think it is an amazing opportunity...thanks for that one. Sounds revolutionary in a sense. The portfolio would take on a fluid, evolving appearance...isn't that more representative of who we are as individuals? If we are actively engaged in our learning /reflecting/ experiencing the world around us, then we will be fluid organisms, changing and evolving as we learn/reflect/experience more. The blog as e-portfolio. i love it! I think my own blog is coming to resemble this in a sense...it has become a place where I collect my thoughts, post research, reflections, etc. It also provides a great forum for a multi-faceted portfolio. Things such as images, photo essays, and podcasts of lectures can easily be incorporated into the blog environment. great stuff! I will be blogging about this soon I am sure! Thanks for the heads up re Ben Werdmuller’s papers…I have some nice weekend reading to do now!
I am really thankful for this post. All of our province’s high school students now have to assemble a portfolio in high school and present it in order to graduate at the end of gr.12. This is a very new implementation from the government, and I think this post really sparked my mind on the whole idea of developing e-portfolios.
Thanks for that! It is another trail to explore…
I really liked what you said about reflection:
“A portfolio is a way they can see where they have been, where they are, and where they should be going. I think great teaching spends a great deal of time under the microscope of reflection.”
How true! I find that we, as teachers, must be reflective creatures. We have to constantly be evaluating our practice and activities to gauge their effectiveness. If we just continue moving ‘onward and upward’ we can miss out on alot of learning and refining of our practice.

“Active engagers: It’s so easy for teachers to just switch into glide mode. To be sucked into the current of their lives, their busy schedules, their commute times, class prep time, family time, fun time, that the whole idea of being “actively engaged” in the teaching/learning process becomes history. Real teachers never cease to learn.”
That is a great one! I think I will be quoting you on my blog on that one. I have been feeling a real lack of quality time to do R&D as the demands of every day, as you stated so well, get in the way. This is a tough one. If you were in a university, you would be EXPECTED to continue writing and researching. I have heard there is actually tremendous pressure at most faculties to publish research and writing. I am sure this is a tough one to maintain, but would also like to see some of this ‘collegial responsibility’ filter down into the realm of high school teaching as well.
This would help avoid the ‘head in the sand’ kind of teaching you mentioned earlier.

“f the portfolio were a blog…now that is an interesting thought. The teacher/student could post their reflections, action research, personal mapping (where I was, where I am, where I’m going). The interesting thing here is adding a whole other diminsion to the portfolio: The diminsion of community. The social portfolio, where the owner is not developing in isolation, but inside a community of practice”.
What you are talking about there is great. I think it is an amazing opportunity…thanks for that one. Sounds revolutionary in a sense. The portfolio would take on a fluid, evolving appearance…isn’t that more representative of who we are as individuals? If we are actively engaged in our learning /reflecting/ experiencing the world around us, then we will be fluid organisms, changing and evolving as we learn/reflect/experience more.
The blog as e-portfolio.
i love it! I think my own blog is coming to resemble this in a sense…it has become a place where I collect my thoughts, post research, reflections, etc.
It also provides a great forum for a multi-faceted portfolio. Things such as images, photo essays, and podcasts of lectures can easily be incorporated into the blog environment.
great stuff! I will be blogging about this soon I am sure!

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