ipad and paperless - the e-portfolio challenge solved (by safwa abdul-aziz)
DESCRIPTION
Presentation summary: Experience a range of practical "reasons" and solutions for creating and maintaining e-portfolios, including electronic grading. This presentation will review sample e-portfolios and then walk participants through the steps for creating, maintaining and storing them. After the presentation, participants will be able to transform their classrooms to engage in and practice reading, writing, listening and speaking skills that are 100% paperless. Presenter bio: Safwa Abdul-Aziz has worked for ADVETI (Abu Dhabi Vocational Educational Technical Institute) for nearly 2 years and began teaching English in an Ipad environment. Due to her contributions in the development of an e-learning classroom, went on to become an e-learning teacher trainer within the ADVETI institute. Safwa is currently teaching and pursuing training for Apple Professional Development. Key tech tool focus? iPad & web based tool - ShowbieTRANSCRIPT
IPAD & PAPERLESS The e-portfolio Challenge Solved
23 NOVEMBER, 2013 EMIRATES COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
ABU DHABI
MS. SAFWA ABDUL-AZIZ ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Why E-portfolios?
THE CHALLENGE: A Teacher’s document process
E-portfolio Advice
THE CHALLENGE SOLVED
CONCLUSIONS
RESOURCES
DEMONSTRATION
BEFORE E-PORTFOLIOS
FRUSTRATION
AFTER E-PORTFOLIOS
CONFUSION
Why E-portfolios?
With Flipped and e-learning classrooms, or classrooms that
promote anytime anywhere learning… Then the
workload must keep up!
More organized, More effective, More efficient.
THE CHALLENGE
THE CHALLENGE: A TEACHER’S document PROCESS-
teacher to student
student manipulate (work) student to teacher
teacher manipulate (grade) teacher to student document stored
E-PORTFOLIO ADVICE
E-portfolio advice:
EACH STAGE MUST HAVE AN ELECTRONIC SOLUTION
- Find the process that best suits the classroom. Be
willing and flexible enough to change the process as technology grows.
THE CHALLENGE SOLVED A TEACHER’S DOCUMENT PROCESS
Teacher to student- Email, itunesu, edmodo, LMS,
schoology, showbie, Student manipulate (work)- Adobe, type on PDF,
showbie Student to teacher- Adobe, type on PDF, Showbie Teacher manipulate (grade)- Type on PDF, Showbie Teacher to student- Type on PDF, Showbie Document stored- Showbie, printopia
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS:
Find and keep multidimensional solutions. App use mantra should be MINIMALISM.
Find fewer aps that do MANY things
vs. MANY apps that do MANY things.
RESOURCES-APPS
RESOURCES-APPS
1) Showbie 2) Type on PDF (free)
3) Printopia (for mac or dropbox) 4) Schoology 5) Edmodo 6) Itunesu
7) Adobe Acrobat