Electrified Using Standards Based ePortfolios for Preservice Teacher Assessment

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Electrified! Using Standards Based ePortfolios
for Preservice Teacher Assessment

• Mia Kim Williams, ASU West
• Keith Wetzel, ASU West

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Context ASUW-COE

• Urban University
• 800 Students in Field Experiences
• Many Adult Students
• Four Semester Program
• Students Enter as Juniors

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Graduates Lacked Confidence

• Did not see extensive modeling of technology
  integration in courses
• Did not experience exemplary practices in Field
  Experiences

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Conceptual Framework

• Committed and informed leadership
• Curriculum that addressed standards
• Adequate technical and curriculum integration
  support
• Various forms of staff development available
• Adequate access to technology
• Critical mass of faculty implementation

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Support for Change

• Faculty Development
• Curriculum Revision

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Planning for the Integration of NETS-T across
Curriculum

• Faculty Development
• Departmental Leadership
• Faculty Syllabi
• Portfolio Analysis

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Elementary Program Matrix
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Experimentation with Portfolios

• Student Teacher Showcase ePortfolio
• Template in html format
• CD-ROM

• Advantages
• Space
• Individualization
• Video
• Professional product

• Obstacles
• Support
• Time and intensity
• Sustainability

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ePortfolio Project

• All COE undergraduates to participate
• Collection of work over time
• Reflection
• Options for end product
• Skills and independence

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Supporting Strategies

• Assignments and scaffolding
• Cross-course collaboration
• Fundamental skill building
• Specialized tool

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Web-based Instructional Support System

• Task Stream
• Portfolio Builder
• Portfolio is organized by standards
• Artifacts align with standards
• Built on the Matrix
• Standards tracking tools

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Outcomes

• Successes
• College-wide participation
• Anywhere access
• Focus of skills
• 80 agreed assignment worthwhile

• Disadvantages
• Limited personalization
• Size of pictures
• Cost considerations
• Technical difficulties

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ePortfolio Examples

• http//www.west.asu.edu/pt3
• Research-gt
• Conferences-gt
• NECC

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Conclusion

• Institutionalizing Change
• All students create e-Portfolios aligned with
  State Teaching Standards NETS-T
• Website for Presentation artifacts
• http//www.west.asu.edu/pt3
• Research-gt Conferences-gt NECC