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Augusta Community Portfolio

Darren Cambridge Education Summit, Augusta, AR

August 12, 2009

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What is a portfolio?

• Collection of artifacts • On which the author has reflected • Tell a story about the what the author has

done, can do, and hope to do in the future

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A special kind of online museum

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Web 2.0

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Goals of the Augusta Portfolio

• Make visible to the world the impressive reading and writing of the people of Augusta

• Spark conversations about Augusta’s heritage, achievements, and future

• Provide an online place to conduct and share such conversations

• Help people in Augusta develop 21st century literacies

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Three layers

• Exhibits – Designed by readers and writers in Augusta with the assistance of media experts

• Collective reflections – Results of discussions using the portfolio as a conversation piece

• Individual contributions and reflection – additions to and online conversations about exhibits and collective reflections