By Valerie R. Burton, MEd

Publish your ePortfolio using

Weebly

I am Valerie R. Burton, M. Ed.

I am an English Language Arts teacher from New Orleans, Louisiana who looks for all

opportunities to integrate technology into my classroom.

I blog. http://2blog2share2learn.edublogs.org/ I tweet. http://twitter.com/MsBisOnline I share. http://msbisonline.weebly.com/

Need to contact me? MsVRBurton@gmail.com or MsBpresents@gmail.com (504) 298-9764 about.me/VRBurton – myself about.me/BurtonsScholars – my class

• gain an understanding of the importance of developing an ePortfolio.

• gather ideas for developing your own ePortfolio.• see suggestions and examples of what to include in your

ePortfolio.• explore framework for building professional portfolios

for educators and students.

What?

Why?

What is an ePortfolio?

Why do I need one?

2 typesPresentation

and Working

Presentation ePortfolio• Collection of your “best work” and

“best ideas” showcased in one area–Created for several reasons and

audiences: employment or career development, successful achievement of course objectives or standards

Working ePortfolio• Documentation of the learning

process–focuses on the portfolio as a

process and emphasizes reflection

E-Folios / Student Learning Journeys

The 21st century learners of division 4 created and maintain their own E-Folios (Learning Journeys) to display their learning to the

world.  They display their work using various mediums: reliable research/summaries,

artwork, writing, novel study blogs, prezis, animoto, iMovie, YouTube, posters,

powerpoints, etc.  They are given the choice to choose any presentation methods they like.  

What?

Why?

What is a Weebly?

Why do I need one?

FREEand

EASY

Weebly is easy to manipulate

Add / Edit textChange text fontsCreate linksAdd PDFs and other documentsAlter page layouts with multiple

columnsUpload Images – create a galleryCreate a slideshow

Why just write with pen on paper when you can post to

your own website?

Weebly.com for ePortfolios and easy websites

Class website – publish announcements, tips and reminders for parents and students

Class ePortfolio – collect assignments and artifacts to be showed off and shared.

Student ePortfolio - highlight classwork, community service activities, awards and recognitions.

Have you finished posting

to your site?

ePortfolios for you and your students

In this session, we will discuss creating an ePortfolio for your professional use, and create a student sample for you to use with your students. Use Weebly.com to

publish work, create a blog, and connect with others.

Weebly.com for ePortfolios ~ Smore poster http://bit.ly/WeeblyMsB

Weebly for EducatorsWeebly Educator is a free website builder for educators and has multiple uses:– Post assignments – Post class information – Import files – Import videos – Import pictures – Create links to other websites – Create digital student portfolios – Create classes and add students – Collect assignments using the Digital Dropbox

How Quick?How

Easy?

http://bit.ly/MsBWeebly

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Decide what pages you want included

I use this as a template for my class. I show them this picture so that they know how to set-up their ePortfolio pages.

Sample pages

Awards/Scholarships Coursework Digital stories Description of community activities Goals Links to relevant websites Plans for career development Resume Videos Special skills / knowledge, technical skills,

etc.

New individual and collaborative skills

are emerging.

Weebly for Education is Perfect for You and Your Students

Use it for creating classroom websites, student e-portfolios, and websites for assigned projects.

Their drag & drop website editor is simple to use, and appropriate for use with students of all ages.

Weebly enables your students to express themselves creatively using a variety of multimedia features, all within a protected environment that you control.

No HTML or technical skills required! Weebly was named one of TIME's 50 Best

Websites of the year.

Use a Weebly site for ePortfolios

http://www.weebly.com/A quick How To video

I have a Weebly ePortfolio / website… Now What?Well, here comes the fun part now!!!!Here are some things that you can do with your new site

Let’s get readyyyy

y to publish!!!

!

Class / School

Websites

http://hillcrestdiv4.weebly.com/

http://mrsthiessensclass.weebly.com/index.html

http://aydenmiddleknights.weebly.com/

http://oakbluffsmv.weebly.com/

http://bhslibrary.weebly.com/

http://englishiwork.weebly.com/

http://ripplingpond.weebly.com/index.html

Teacher ePortfolios

http://classroom-technology.weebly.com/

http://msbisonline.weebly.com/

http://mcurcio.weebly.com/

http://www.jaymejacobson.com/index.html

http://jackiegerstein.weebly.com/

Student ePortfolios

http://dlj5105.weebly.com/about-me.html

http://syaisomanang.weebly.com/

http://courtneyrc.weebly.com

Weebly education allows you to password protect sites.

VIP linksReferral code to use for 10 extra student accounts http://bit.ly/MsBWeebly - go here to create your account

Weebly.com for ePortfolios ~ Smore poster http://bit.ly/WeeblyMsBWeebly's resources  http://www.weebly.com/features.php

My Weebly sites My ePortfolios - http://MsBisOnline.weebly.com My sample student site - http://

SampleEngSite.weebly.com My new class website (under construction) - http://

englishiwork.weebly.com You can access this presentation and other resources

from my page http://

www.futureofeducation.com/profile/2snw1za2g10el

Other ways to use

Collaborative projects

Collaboration teams post• a detailed outline of their project• a log of the conversation and decision-making that

went into constructing and executing the project• a final presentation.

Each team should design its own assessment rubric by editing a webpage to show all the features of an excellent project.

* Each week, a team of students will edit a page to collaboratively identify and define key words and phrases from that week’s readings and class discussion.

Lexicon teams

*Each week, a team of four students works between meetings of class sessions to update an enhanced e-book that includes the notes, lexicon entries, and mindmaps for that week, with graphics, text, and live links.

* In addition, e-book teams develop a webpage on best practices and procedures.

  E-book teams

*Students can be required to post a short (a few sentences or a short paragraph) synopsis of each reading in the student’s blog. Students can be requested to create • a short dialog between the authors of each

week’s texts• list ways in which the subject of the texts could

affect the student’s life or society• reflect on the implications of the texts for life

online in the future• answer their own key questions from their own

perspective

Blog Reflections

Real-time note-taking and backchannel

• Teams of four take notes using a real-time note-taking handing off to another team every half hour, publishing their notes to the class site after the end of the class session.

• Students can use collaborative tools to engage in parallel, relevant online discussion in real time through the web, Facebook, Twitter, or Facebook.

Contact me if you need meI am an English Language Arts teacher from

New Orleans, Louisiana who looks for all opportunities to integrate technology into my

classroom.

I blog. http://2blog2share2learn.edublogs.org/I tweet. http://twitter.com/MsBisOnlineI share. http://msbisonline.weebly.com/

Need to contact me?MsVRBurton@gmail.com or MsBpresents@gmail.com(504) 298-9764about.me/VRBurton – myselfabout.me/BurtonsScholars – my class

Take 15 minutes and try it out.

Create a site.Drag and drop elements.

Add pages.

You can access this presentation

and other resources from my

page,

http://www.futureofeducation.com/

profile/2snw1za2g10el

I love my Weebly. It lets me

creatively show off my work.

Weebly.com for ePortfolios ~

Smore poster

http://bit.ly/WeeblyMsB

Any Questions ? ? ?

By Valerie R. Burton, MEd

Thank you for your time.

Publish your ePortfolio using

Weebly