Portfolios+in+Learning+Languages

= Using Portfolios in Learning Languages =

Workshop Agenda[[image:rearrangedesks.jpg width="161" height="118" align="right"]]

 * ==Time == || ==Programme == ||
 * 9:00 || Portfolio Nuts & Bolts ||
 * 10:00 || Organisation, Planning and Options ||
 * 10:40 || Morning tea ||
 * 11:00 || Managing self – Communication at the centre – Possible Tasks to include ||
 * 12.45 || Lunch ||
 * 1:30 || Developing your portfolio plan ||
 * 3:15 || Workshop Evaluation ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">3.30 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">End ||



Workshop Goals
1. Develop a system of portfolio use in spoken or written language production 2. Understand how to make decisions about the type of portfolio, its purpose and its contents 3. Understand how to communicate to students about their role in management of the portfolio

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"Assessment for the purpose of improving student learning is best understood as an ongoing process that arises out of interaction between teaching and learning" (NZC, 2007)
"Formative assessment is a planned process in which teachers or students use assessment-based evidence to adjust what they're currently doing" (Popham, 2008)

"Students who have well developed assessment capabilities are able and motivated to access interpret and use information from quality assessment in ways that affirm or further learning" (Directions for Assessment in New Zealand, 2009)

= = =Teacher Confidence Questionnaire=

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CSGNR7B =**Steps to Organising a Portfolio**= = =

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<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> 1. Set assessment purpose. What aspects of teaching and learning do you want to assess? Why? Who will be involved? ======

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<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> 2. Identify instructional outcomes that reflect the assessment purpose. What exactly will you look for? 3. Identify instructional tasks that match the outcomes. Consider current and new tasks and assessment measures. ======

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<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">4. Determine how students will reflect on their work. What self-assessment, goal-setting, and metacognitive tasks will you include? ======

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<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">5. Decide how you will determine criteria for the portfolio assessment. How will you and your students decide what to include in the portfolio? How will you and your students assess individual pieces of work? What types of rubrics and checklists will you use? ======

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<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">6. Determine the organization and logistics. How will you set up, introduce, and maintain the portfolio project? Where will you store the portfolios? What media will students use? How long will students work on their portfolios? ======

<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> 8. Identify other areas of concern regarding portfolios and identify resources for answering those questions.
=Learning Languages Curriculum - What to assess? - COMMUNICATION=

Communicate personal information, ideas and opinions means to share information, ideas and opinions that are relevant to the context e.g. conversations about past and future events, incidental social exchanges, short plays and unprepared interactions on areas of most immediate relevance. Interactions are characterised by: ·a genuine purpose ·negotiating meaning <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">·participating and contributing <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">·contextually appropriate language <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">·use of cultural conventions e.g. courtesies, gestures <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">·use of simple interactive strategies, such as fillers, questioning, thanking, apologising, pausing, prompting, seeking clarification. = =



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= = = = =**Workshop Documents**=

**ASSESSMENT SCHEDULES AND CHECKLISTS**
** WHAT RESEARCH IS THIS WORKSHOP INFORMED BY? ** Boekaerts, M.; __Motivation to learn__; International Academy of Education, 2002. Guskey, T.R. (Ed.); __Practical Solutions for Serious Problems in Standards-Based Grading__; Corwin Press, 2009. Wilson, J. & Murdoch, K.; __How to succeed with Learner-centred Assessment__ ; Curriculum Corporation, 2004

= Additional Resources =

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Technology is not the teacher, but it can be used as an effective vehicle for learning

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">The technology is the tool or vehicle to enable effective learning. That’s why Nick prefers to call the e-portfolio “the container”.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">In summary, the e-portfolio, or container, is a means for providing:


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Feedback
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Support
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Control
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Capability
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">[|E-learning]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Engagement
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Collaboration
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Success criteria
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Self-monitoring
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Learning conversations
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Partnerships in learning
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Assessments as learning

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">The technology you use does affect the look and feel of your portfolio. So what’s the best? There are a lot of options out there. For example:


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Wordpress
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Mahara
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">elgg media type="custom" key="6967327" align="right"
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">KnowledgeNet
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Blogger
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Drupal
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Blackboard
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Pebble Pad
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">eFolio Minnesota
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">myPortfolio
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">edublogs
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">netvibes
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">twitter
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Evernote
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Ultranet
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Google sites
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Moodle
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">tumblr

Please look through Nick’s presentation for further details.