This document summarizes a case study on the implementation of e-portfolios at a New Zealand primary school. The school trialled e-portfolios in 2008 before rolling them out school-wide in 2009. E-portfolios provided a way for students to collect digital evidence of their learning and achievements. Teachers received training through workshops, but ongoing support was needed as students learned to use the various digital tools. While most students and parents found the e-portfolios easy to access, consistency across classes remained an issue. The school aims to refine the e-portfolio process further with a focus on pedagogy and including more parent involvement.

1. learning@school
Rotorua New Zealand February 2010
e-Portfolios: A Case Study
Trish Plowright Belinda Johnston
learning@school
Shaping teaching and learning in the 21st century Ko te whenu hou te tau

2. U6 Contributing 40 ethnicities
Decile 6 Roll 570
Lead School, Eastnet ICT-PD Cluster

3. "An e-Portfolio is a learner-driven
collection of digital objects demonstrating
experiences, achievements and evidence
of learning. e-Portfolios provide learners
with a structured way of recording their
learning experiences... and can include a
range of digital evidence such as audio,
video, photographs and blogs."
Dr Helen Barrett, 2009

5. Learning@school
Research
ULearn
Bucklands Beach
Intermediate
Google groups

7. http://nickrate.com/

9. Our Purpose
For students
to become
self-
regulated/
self directed
life long
leaners.. To provide evidence of
learning, specific
achievement data and
next learning steps.

10. Trial 2008

11. EVERY class has ...
wireless & cabled a digital
network access camera
laptops with 6-8 computers
webcams and access to:
microphone video
data projector and cameras,
speakers tripods, iPods

12. KnowledgeNet Comic Life iWork:
Pages
KidPix Keynote
iLife: Numbers
iMovie
iPhoto
iTunes Web2.0 tools:
GarageBand Flickr
Vocaroo
Voicethread
DivShare
Google Apps
Photo Booth

13. Cybersafety
First & last names used in e-Portfolios as
KnowledgeNet is password protected
Other sites used as part of e-Portfolios e.g. blogs,
voicethreads etc use initials only
Reviewed cybersafety guidelines and use agreements
in 2009 due to high use of web 2.0 tools
NetSafe cybersafety student use agreements
Schoolzone filtering

14. 2009 Schoolwide

15. Support

16. Teacher Feedback
Parents don’t look at them often
A lot of work
Need to include more learning areas next year
Schoolwide consistency an issue

17. 130 responses
92%
easy access
parent logins
more learning areas
94% consistency
informative

18. e-Portfolio Contents
Literacy and Numeracy goals
Reflections by students, teacher and
parents
Evidence of progress - work samples,
reading data, numeracy stage, cumulative
graphs etc
Spelling/basic facts - graphs and expectations

20. Name
Back

21. Year 3 to 6
Back

22. e-Portfolio Contents continued
My Competencies - self assessed
rubrics, teacher comments, relates to all
curriculum areas
Teacher Feedback - a general comments area
My Achievements - certificates,
awards, accomplishments - home and school
More About Me - student selects work
they are proud of and would like to share

23. Barriers

24. Where to next ?

25. Summary
Trial before schoolwide implementation
Focus on pedagogy - include parents!
Frequent, small doses of skills based workshops
(“just in time”), small groups
In-class support required in early stages
Review annually - staff, parents, students

26. So what will
you take
away from
this session?

27. Contact Us
Trish Plowright Belinda Johnston
trish@elmpark.school.nz belinda@elmpark.school.nz
http://eastnet.wikispaces.com/