Weekly Reflection - wk 3

Finally! Made it for class, yaay!! Tons of things to do and so little time!! Although some confusion were sorted out in class today, being not that tech savvy has left me feeling overwhelmed and worried!
Very recently at work, just gotten to know that international schools here are using digital portfolio! Info about digital portfolio:

Since the advent of constructivism, education has seen a slow, steady shift from knowledge being imparted to students toward knowledge being created by students. Along with this shift has grown a need to create opportunities for students to produce meaningful artifacts. We see this best in the growing trend toward project-based learning. A portfolio is a collection of artifacts demonstrating knowledge and skills. These artifacts should be structured and presented in a format that is easy to navigate and easy to read. A portfolio's contents should be interrelated and should address one overall theme. A digital portfolio does the same thing, except that the artifacts are all in digital format. Digital portfolios hold enormous potential for structuring, organizing, and presenting digital artifacts. However, many digital portfolio projects are contained within closed systems. Some are in file format and therefore available only to those in possession of the files. Others are online but reside within password-protected environments.

The advent of what we now call Web 2.0, or the read/write web exponentially increased the ease of content production and publishing. Suddenly the consumer could become the producer. A decade ago if you wanted to create a website, you would have to learn how to use fairly difficult software — along with finding a hosting solution and managing the files — and you might even have to learn a bit of HTML. Now, with a few clicks of the mouse, a child who can't even spell Internet can create a published website. Hundreds of services provide free hosting and website creation tools. These websites are ideal platforms for digital portfolios because they can contain just about any type of digital content. Moreover, publishing to the web instantly creates a potential audience for the student.

Digital portfolios in a website format have the advantage of being able to contain embedded content (through embed codes rather than through links). This means, for example, that students can embed videos they create in YouTube or Animoto, presentations created in Prezi or SlideRocket, mind-maps created in Bubbl.us or SpicyNodes, screencasts created with Screenr or Screencast-o-Matic, and podcasts created with Chirbit or AudioBoo (Donaldson, 2012)

source: EchuchaElearning (n.d.) Digital Portfolio. Retrieved from http://echucaelearning.wikispaces.com/file/view/PrintscreenLalorWestDigitalPortfolio.jpg/152592693/PrintscreenLalorWestDigitalPortfolio.jpg

                                     

Reference: Donalson, J., (2012). Digital Portfolios in the Age of the Read/Write Web. Retrieved 24 March 2013 from http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/digital-portfolios-age-readwrite-web