Presentation by Sheryl Abshire and Cindy Cummings for McNeese State University 2012 Teaching and Learning Conference

1. Lamar University
College of Education
Educational Leadership
Beaumont, TX
Web 2.0, Literacy and ePortfolios
Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D.
Cindy Cummings, Ed.D.

2. Web 2.0
• Term Web 2.0 made popular, initially to describe
business models and trends that were sustained beyond
the tech sector crash of the 90’s (O’Reilly, 2005)
• Things that had survived were similar in several ways.
They tended to be collaborative, interactive, and
dynamic.
• Users consuming content and creating it simultaneously.
• Today, term Web 2.0 not recognized as web of text, but
rather web of multi-sensory communication.

3. Web 2.0/Literacy
• K-12 world huge consumer of dynamic user-centered
Web 2.0 resources.
• K-12 classrooms using a wealth of Web 2.0 resources
across subject areas.
• Web 2.0 resources are available to students and
teachers to create engaged interactive learning
environment.
• King (2011) observed students’ culture has dramatically
changed
• To align with student’s world, educators have altered
their pedagogical approaches.

4. Web 2.0/Literacy
• New pedagogical approaches are student centered and
are in response to the cultural and literacy demands of
the information age.
• Solomon and Schrum (2007) defined literacy today
“acquiring new skills, including those of using
technology, understanding science, having global
awareness, and most important, having the ability to
keep learning” (p.20).
• Consequently, we have seen huge strides made in
contributing to the growth of literacy with the use of
Web 2.0 tools.

5. Web 2.0 Research
• Enables interaction and collaboration (Parker &
Chao, 2007; Tapscott & Williams, 2008)
• One-fifth of US higher education students actively
contributing content to blogs, wikis, photo or video
websites and 18% contributed regularly to at least
three of these (OECD, 2009)
• Relatively new paradigm which enables
contributions and communication (Mills, 2007)

6. e-portfolios PK-12
• Web-based or electronic portfolios (e-portfolios, ePortfolios, efolios,
digital portfolios, etc.) are a relatively new, but quickly expanding,
component of teacher education programs (Strudler & Wetzel, 2005).
• e-Portfolio templates in teacher education programs range
– highly structured(e.g., foliotek) to those that are
– loosely defined by rubric where students
independently organize and construct
format of their own entries using website
design program (e.g., Google Sites).
• Electronic portfolios (ePortfolios) basically
operate as a "content-management system"
(Jafari, 2004, p. 40).

7. e-portfolios PK-12
• Chen and Light (2010) observed, ePortfolios allow students to select a
variety of digital artifacts and assemble them in one place in order to
exhibit presentation skills or reflect, inquire and analyze material
• ePortfolios require students to reflect on their learning.
• Richards and Guilbault (2009) contend that reflection has become as
essential way for students to speak in their own voices.
• Critical reflection at strategic points in the development of the
ePortfolio creates a pathway for the formative examination and
demonstration of learning

8. Web 2.0 Tools
• EdShelf
• Google Tools, Slideshare, AudioBoo
• DropBox, DropVox, & MediaFire
• Web Conferencing, Skype, Google Talk/Chat
• Animoto, Podcasts, Stykz, Audacity, Wordle, Tagxedo
• Assistive Technologies
• YouTube, TeacherTube, SchoolTube, YouTube
Education
• WikiSpaces, Blogger, WordPress
• EdTech Toolbox
• Cool Tools for Schools

9. Questions: Web 2.0 Tools
• What Web 2.0 tools and resources impact the way you
learn, communicate, and assess growth?
• How are you currently using Web 2.0 tools and
eportfolio components with students?
• How are you providing leadership using Web 2.0 tools
to support and train faculty or staff?

10. Questions: Using Eportfolios
• What is the purpose for having students develop
electronic portfolios?
• What are three types of student eportfolios?
– Storage
– Workspace
– Showcase
• https://sites.google.com/site/eportfolioapps/overview/le
vels
Dr. Helen Barrett: http://electronicportfolios.com/

11. Questions: Considerations for You
• What ages are the students?
• What content areas?
• What is your current technology infrastructure (i.e., will
your network keep up with GoogleDocs network
traffic?)?
• What is your computer-to-student ratio?
• How many students will be implementing portfolios?
• Will you use some type of Internet/cloud/Web 2.0
system?
Dr. Helen Barrett: http://electronicportfolios.com/

12. Questions: Eportfolio Answers
• What? (The Past) What have I collected about my
life/work/learning? (my artifacts)
• So What? (The Present) What do those artifacts
show about what I have learned? (my current
reflections on my knowledge, skills and abilities)
• Now What? (The Future) What direction do I want
to take in the future? (my future learning goals)
Dr. Helen Barrett: http://electronicportfolios.com/

13. Promising Practices
• Collaboration
• Project-based Learning
• Personalized Learning (Choices)
• Standards-based
• Critical Reflection
• Authentic Assessment
• Mentoring, Coaching, and Peer Review

14. Samples from
Dr. Helen Barrett
• https://sites.google.com/a/brvgs.k12.va.us/chlo
emiksovic/home
• https://sites.google.com/a/brvgs.k12.va.us/hun
ter-wallace/home
• http://web-2-0byjc.wikispaces.com/
• http://nicola-eportfolio.blogspot.com/

15. Cloud Computing Student
Eportfolio Samples
• Ashley – Student Dayton (Janette Hill, Teacher)
http://informaitonstation.weebly.com/index.html
• Port Arthur – (Hope Scott, Teacher)
http://www.teacherweb.com/TX/MemorialHighScho
ol/HopeScott/apt4.aspx
• (Kim Talley, Teacher)
https://sites.google.com/site/talley2012portfolio/

16. Cloud Computing
Professional Eportfolio
Samples
• Sara Tarragona
http://www.sites.google.com/site/sarabaragona/
• Janette Hill
https://sites.google.com/site/janettehilleportfolio
• Pamela Comer
https://sites.google.com/site/visionforedtechleadersh
ip/final-comprehensive-exam
• Sarah Lopez
http://smlopez.wikispaces.com/

17. Cloud Computing Samples
• Marie Grigsby
https://sites.google.com/site/mariegrigsby/
• Matthew Kitchens
https://sites.google.com/site/gradesandupgrades/home
• Paula Brewton
https://sites.google.com/site/brewtonsinternshipportfolio/

18. Cloud Computing
Professional Eportfolio
Samples
Teacher Collaboration
• Kathy Payne, Erin Cobb, Michelle Barber
https://sites.google.com/site/science2project/home
• Stephanie Connor
http://bhsenglish2009.wikispaces.com

19. Contact Information
Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D.
sheryl.abshire@lamar.edu
Cindy Cummings, Ed.D.
cdcummings@lamar.edu

20. For More Information:
Lamar University
Beaumont, TX
http://luonline.lamar.edu/ACP/graduate/med_edtechleadshp.htm
http://lamar.edu/
http://stateu.com/lamar/