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BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) – Overarching Course Goal: LEARNERS (TEACHERS) WILL GAIN THE NECESSARY TOOLS TO PROMOTE DYNAMIC AND CREATIVE E-PORTFOLIO LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR ENGLISH STUDENTS IN ALL GRADES TO BUILD AND UTILIZE TO CULTIVATE SKILLS THEY NEED FOR SUCCESS IN THEIR IMMEDIATE FUTURES.

Learning Goals

Learning Activities

Assessment Activities

Learners will examine the use of e-portfolios and FOUNDATIONAL realize how beneficial implementation can be for student learning and creativity

Research eportfolio use in the form of videos, articles, and various resources.

Discussion about things that stood out the most in the research.

Learners will build and create their own e-portfolios and see the promotion of critical thinking, choice, and creative expression.

Research and tryout various platforms of eportfolios to see which ones make the most sense for what we want the students utilize.

Utilize rubric for student created eportfolios to evaluate their own

Learners will come up with and develop criteria for their e-portfolios and formulate a plan on introducing them to the students.

Research successful implementations at other schools and even colleges.

Create videos and PowerPoints that explain how to make e-portfolios and expectations for what they develop

APPLICATION

INTEGRATION

Discussions about how to best roll out e-portfolios.

HUMAN DIMENSIONS

Learners will formulate how to facilitate student control and comfort in expression.

Find ways to display or show off students’ eportfolios to generate excitement and celebrate their creativity

Discuss ways to recognize student achievement in their own eportfolio creations through awards

CARING

Learners will identify how student voice can benefit the learner and cultivate authentic learning experiences.

Research importance of developing student voice and benefits of “authentic learning.”

Discuss how eportfolios encourage choice and reflection that improve confidence in the classroom

LEARNING HOW TO LEARN

Learners will accumulate a variety of resources that will continue developing and growing their eportfolios.

Utilize faculty Blackboard page to create a database of resources where any teacher can find or use for eportfolio implementation

Discuss with faculty how everything is available to them at any time if other subjects are interested in using e-portfolios