LACUE Presentation, New Orleans, LA, November 29, 2011, 12:30 p.m. Central Time. Latest web link about online master's program at LU: http://luonline.lamar.edu/ACP/graduate/med_edtechleadshp.htm

1. Lamar University
College of Education
Educational Leadership
Beaumont, TX
Leadership and Learning:
Using Web 2.0 Tools to Create
Electronic Portfolios
Kay Abernathy, Ed.D.
Diane Mason, Ph.D.
Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D.
Ed Tech Leadership Graduates

2. Lamar University Online
ETL Master’s Program
• 12 – Five week courses (18 month program)
– Fully online
– Over 350 graduates
• Critical components
– Focused on ISTE Technology Facilitation and
Teacher/Student NETS Standards
– 18-Month Internship in K-12 Schools
– Principal Certification Preparation
– Cloud-based ePortfolio

3. Web 2.0 Tools
• Google Tools, Slideshare, AudioBoo
• Online References. Digital Content, Social Media
• DropBox, DropVox, & MediaFire
• Web Conferencing, Skype, Google Talk/Chat
• Animoto, Podcasts, Stykz, Audacity, Wordle
• Assistive Technologies
• YouTube, TeacherTube, SchoolTube
• WikiSpaces, Blogger, PB Wiki, WordPress

4. Questions: Web 2.0 Tools
• What Web 2.0 tools and resources impact the
way you learn, communicate, and assess growth?
• What Web 2.0 tools did you find the most helpful
when working on your eportfolio and why?
• How are you currently using Web 2.0 tools and
eportfolio components with K-12 students?

5. Questions: Using Eportfolios
• What is the purpose for having students
develop electronic portfolios?
• What are two types of student eportfolios?
• https://sites.google.com/site/eportfolioapps
/overview/levels
Dr. Helen Barrett: http://electronicportfolios.com/

6. 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/

7. 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/

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

9. Cloud Computing
Samples
• Kern Kelly interviewed by Wes Fryer http://t.co/PVQj4rt0
• Wes Fryer and Fifth Grade Daughter: Digitizing the Elementary
Writing Portfolio—Using AudioBoo, an iPad2, and an iRig
microphone.
• http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2011/05/26/digitizing-an-
elementary-writing-portfolio/

10. Samples from Dr. Barrett
• https://sites.google.com/a/brvgs.k12.va.us/chl
oemiksovic/home
• https://sites.google.com/a/brvgs.k12.va.us/hu
nter-wallace/home
• http://web-2-0byjc.wikispaces.com/
• http://nicola-eportfolio.blogspot.com/

11. Cloud Computing Samples
• Sara Tarragona
http://www.sites.google.com/site/sarabaragona/
• Kathy Payne, Erin Cobb, Michelle Barber
https://sites.google.com/site/science2project/home
• Janette Hill
http://informaitonstation.weebly.com/
https://sites.google.com/site/janettehilleportfolio

12. Cloud Computing Samples
• Pamela Comer
https://sites.google.com/site/visionfored
techleadership/final-comprehensive-exam
• Sarah Lopez
http://smlopez.wikispaces.com/
• Stephanie Connor
http://bhsenglish2009.wikispaces.com

13. Cloud Computer 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/

14. Cloud Computing Samples
• Celeste - Student
http://celestehj.wikispaces.com/Web
• Hardin Jefferson
https://sites.google.com/site/hjhawktawk/

15. Contact Information
• Kay Abernathy, Ed.D. - lkabernathy@lamar.edu
• Diane Mason, Ph.D. - diane.mason@lamar.edu
• Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D. - sheryl.abshire@lamar.edu
• Cindy Cummings, M.Ed. - cdcummings@lamar.edu
• Daryl Ann Borel, M.Ed. - daborel@lamar.edu

16. Presentation in slideshare.net
http://www.slideshare.net/kayabernathy/leader
shiplearning-using-
web2toolscreateeportresc4102711nola1129201
1/edit?src=mypage

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