ILAST Portfolio Guidelines
The portfolio is an essential component
of your 120 hours of professional development with ILAST. It will provide your
instructor with a record of your progress through the 120 hours. It will also
serve as a memento of your progress in integrating technology into your
classroom and a reminder of the ILAST program.
Probably
the most important piece of the portfolio is how you are using technology to address
the California State Content Standards. This would be documented by:
a)
Materials made for students that illustrate your use of instructional technology
to address one or more State Content Standards in the classroom.
b) Materials made by students in the
course of instruction that illustrate the students' uses of technology in learning
one or more State Content Standards.
The best way to document this is to include
a lesson from CTAP Lesson Planner and any student products that come out of the
lesson that show your students using technology.
Reflection is a crucial part of any portfolio.
The reflections you are writing when you turn in your online form (clarify- online form?) can be recycled or integrated
throughout your portfolio.
While there is no rigid standard for
your portfolio, we do need to make sure that you have the different areas of action
plan and CTAP proficiencies covered. What follows is a short list of documents
that would be appropriate for showing competencies. There is no requirement to include all of these,
they are merely a range of activities that could be included. There are many other wonderful things that you are doing
that you could include in your portfolio, so don’t hold these as the only
things you can include.
This may be completed either in a binder,
or if you want may be done as a digital portfolio. You must have a log sheet that shows the hour
totals in all the categories. You must also have a print out of your summary
chart from your final CTAP2 survey.
Section
1: Videoconferences
·
Reflections of videoconferences (CTAP
Competency 1)
Section
2: Workshops
·
(wouldn’t they want to keep
these? How would this demonstrate growth? Maybe we should delete this)Examples of products made during
workshop
·
Reflections on what you learned and how
you will use it.
Section
3: Online Collaboration
·
Sample emails
·
Sample forum entries
·
Transcripts from chat sessions
Section
4: Field Based Learning(These are just examples of what you
might have, most will only have a few of these)
·
Lesson Plans developed based on best
practices (CTAP Competency 1)
·
Adapted activities and lessons from other
sources (CTAP Competency 1)
·
Student samples that reflect your integration
of best practices (CTAP Competency 1)
·
Lesson Plans integrating technology resources
(ie CTAP Lesson Planner) (CTAP Competency 2)
·
Lessons adapted for special populations
in your class (CTAP Competency 3)
·
Reflections on how technology aids in
the instruction of different learning styles (CTAP Competency 3)
·
Examples of student work that reflects
different learning styles. (CTAP Competency 3)
·
Assessment pieces developed using technology
(CTAP Competency 4)
·
Lesson plans and activities that showcase
whole group, small group and individual instruction using technology (CTAP Competency
4)
·
Whole group PowerPoints (CTAP Competency
4)
·
Lesson plan and activity examples
demonstrating students growth in using technology (CTAP Competency 4)
·
Snap shots of students using technology
in the classroom (CTAP Competency 4)
·
Video of you leading a lesson integrating
technology (CTAP Competency 4)
·
Student samples (CTAP Competency 4)
·
Online quizzes and activities (CTAP Competency
d 4)
·
Print out of classroom web pages.
·
Filamentality print outs (CTAP Competency
5)
Section
5: Conferences
·
Reflections
on individual sessions and the conference as a whole
Section 6: Team Collaboration
·
Examples of projects developed with a
team
·
Descriptions and reflections on team
collaborations.
Section
7: Previewing Resources
·
Web site evaluations (CTAP Competency
2)
·
Software evaluations (CTAP Competency
2)
·
Video evaluations (CTAP Competency 2)
Section
8:
·
Article reflections (CTAP Competency
1)
Section
9: Reflection/Evaluation
·
Your portfolio itself will be an example
of this.
·
Tech Journal Entries
·
Your reflections throughout portfolio
will also be included in other areas
·
Copy of school/district/classroom technology
policy
·
Reflections on copyright issues
·
Reflections and examples on how you are
using Internet safely and securely with your class.
·
Reflections on the challenges/benefits
of establishing policies.
Section
10: Ed Tech Leadership
·
Self created handouts from your training
sessions
·
Reflections and descriptions of leadership
·
Technology plan if you helped create
it.
·
Any other documents or reflections that
highlight your leadership.
CTAP Teacher Proficiencies in
Instructional Technology
1. Analyzes best practices and research findings on
the use of technology and design lessons accordingly.
2. Considers
content to be taught and selects the best technology resources to support,
manage, and enhance learning.
a.
Evaluates educational
digital media using established criteria.
b.
Includes appropriate
technological resources in classroom lessons plans
3. Identifies student learning styles and determines appropriate
resources.
a. Integrates appropriate technology resources.
b. Adapts lessons and classrooms practice according
to learning style inventory results.
4. Demonstrates
ability to create and maintain effective learning
environments
using
computer-based technology.
a.
Effectively uses technology
for the whole class, small group, and individual instruction.
b.
Classroom activities
allow for all students to build upon their technological skills and increase
learning.
c.
Implements management
procedures that support assessment of student involvement and achievement.
5. Demonstrates knowledge of
privacy, security, and safety
issues.
a.
Implements established
policies for safe, private, and secure practices in the classroom.