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Web-based Electronic Portfolio Assignment
A
web-based electronic portfolio is meant to showcase what you
have learned through the educational experiences that you've had
as a pre-service teacher. Your portfolio is not to serve as a
mass of artifacts portraying the projects that you've completed.
Rather, your portfolio should offer viewers a carefully selected
set of items that best represent your learning enhanced with
corresponding reflections on why each selection was made.
The
purpose of this assignment is to establish a web-based portfolio
to communicate and electronically publish artifacts that well
document your success in reaching each of the 5 Association for
Childhood Education International (ACEI) professional standards.
It is important that you select artifacts that best represent
what you deem as your most important learning experiences that
correspond to each of the throughout your experiences as a MST
student.
Assignment description:
For this
assignment, you are asked to create a web site that will serve
as an electronic portfolio to showcase what you've learned
throughout your early experiences as an emerging educator and
how each of your learning experiences corresponds to each of the
5 ACEI standards. Although there will be some in-class time
provided to work on this project, it will be impossible to
complete this project in its entirety in class. Therefore, it
will be necessary for you to work on this project outside of
class. It is important for you to know that the Memorial
Library's Information Literacy Program offers workshops on web
page design if you need additional assistance.
Click here to see a sample outline of a MST portfolio.
Steps
to complete this project:
1.
Identify your web audience.
2.
Establish a list of information that you'd like to
communicate (should clearly identify ACEI standards).
3.
Draw a flow chart illustrating the navigation of your
information.
4.
Bring your illustrated flow chart with you to class for
your first portfolio checkpoint date for peer feedback.
5.
Begin to work on your portfolio, establishing a look for
the first page of your site (including a menu listing).
6.
Bring your saved files with you to class so we can work
on them together for your second portfolio check-point date.
7.
Work on the secondary pages of your portfolio, adding
artifacts that represent your work.
8.
Bring your saved working portfolio to class to review it
with classmates and receive feedback for the third checkpoint
date.
9.
Complete your portfolio and be sure to view it on a PC
and Mac platform to review what your audience will see.
10.
Be sure that your site is working properly and prepare to
present your portfolio presentation.
11.
Present your portfolio to a small group of students and
receive feedback .
12.
Use the peer feedback you've gathered from your
presentation (step 12) and present your final electronic
portfolio during finals week. The date and time of your
portfolio presentation will be provided when the final exam
schedule is posted.
Please
note:
Your
web-based portfolio assignment will be assessed using two
different grades. One grade will be determined through a series
of short-answer questions that will be distributed following
your final electronic portfolio presentation. The short-answer
questions will be based on the inquiry into technology that has
been discussed in large and small group conversations in class
and through your exploration of technology as a teaching tool.
Ten points of your final portfolio grade will be based on this
short-answer exercise. The other grade that you will receive for
your portfolio assignment will be based on a criterion that
ensures a solid web-site design. The criteria are outlined on
the rubric that corresponds to this assignment.
Web-based Portfolio Assignment Grading Rubric
The following rubric will be used to grade
your web-based portfolio presentation.
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Target |
Acceptable |
Unacceptable |
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Content |
The content well
represented what you've learned this semester and is
easy to read and understand. Content is highly
connected to ACEI standards. Your chosen artifacts
show professional growth emerging from all of your
MST courses.
(5 points) |
The content well represented
what you've learned this semester and is easy to
read and understand. Content is suitably connected
to ACEI standards. Your chosen artifacts show
professional growth emerging from all of your MST
courses.
(5-4 points) |
The content
represented what you've learned this semester and is
easy to understand. Content is connected to ACEI
standards. Your chosen artifacts show professional
growth emerging from all of your MST courses. (4 -
0 points) |
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Analysis |
The content was
critically analyzed and synthesized. A written
reflection is included for each artifact that
noticeably identifies why it was included and what
was learned from the task. (5 points) |
The content was
critically analyzed and synthesized. A written
reflection is included for each artifact that
adequately identifies why it was included and what
was learned from the task. (5-4 points) |
The content was
critically analyzed and synthesized. A written
reflection is included for each artifact.
(4-0 points) |
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Writing |
The writing
(commentary and reflections) is clear, well
developed, impeccably presented and is free from
spelling, grammar and/or punctuation errors.
(4 points) |
The writing
(commentary and reflections) is clear, well
developed, and is free from spelling, grammar and/or
punctuation errors. (4-3
points) |
The writing
(commentary and reflections) is clear, well
developed, and contains some spelling, grammar
and/or punctuation errors. (3-0
points) |
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Design and
Navigation |
Your design is
consistent throughout your site. There is no
horizontal scrolling. A title of your contents
appears on each page. Your portfolio has a
consistent navigational theme that
continues throughout the site. The site is easy to
navigate and has error-free links.
(3 points) |
Your design is
consistent throughout your site. There is no
horizontal scrolling. A title of your contents
appears on each page. Your portfolio has a
consistent navigational theme that
continues throughout the site. The site is easy to
navigate and may have one broken link. (3-2
points) |
Your design is
consistent throughout your site. There is no
horizontal scrolling. A title of your contents
appears on each page. Your portfolio has an inconsistent
navigational theme. The site is easy to
navigate and may have more than one broken
link. (2-0 points) |
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Presentation |
Your presentation
highlighted the main points of your portfolio and
enhanced your portfolio's contents with some
personal narratives. (3 points) |
Your presentation
highlighted the main points of your portfolio and
enhanced your portfolio's
contents. (3-2 points) |
Your presentation
highlighted some points of your portfolio’s
contents. (2 - 0 points) |
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