Blogs during Work PlacementUsing PebblePAD

Santanu Vasant, Learning Technology Adviser (Multimedia)Learning Technology TeamSITS & Learning Technology

Session Overview

• Why are we asking you to blog during your Placement?

• What is an electronic portfolio, what are some of the tools / features in an electronic portfolio that can help this?

• Examples of blogs in electronic portfolios and some tips when you do.

• Question and Answers

Why are we asking you to Blog?• To record what you are doing on Placement for a Level 3

Assignment (so you get better grades)• To help you reflect on your work placement as it happens,

so you can change your working practices if needs be• For use as a starting point for placement visits (you’ll give

your tutor access to your blog)

Electronic Portfolio

Electronic Portfolio• An electronic portfolio or

e-portfolio is a collection of evidence put together and managed by the user usually on a web based platform. Part of all of this evidence is either shared or kept private for personal reflection.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B3tujXlbdk (Davr055, 2008).This is a video of what an electronic portfolio (e-Portfolio) is.

Examples of e-Portfolios• There are many

examples of e-Portfolios on the Pebble PAD website

• Over the first phase of the implementation of Pebble PAD, we have come up with a few examples too of good reflective portfolios

http://www.pebblepad.co.uk/examples.asp (PebblePAD, 2009a)

Pebble PAD Overview• This is a quick video

from Pebble Learning, the makers of Pebble PAD on what Pebble PAD is an are the major tools and features of the system.

http://www.pebblepad.co.uk/video.asp?mID=01 (PebblePAD, 2009b)

Work Placement Blog

Reflecting on a Work Placement

What is the Blog Tool?

• A blog is short for web log and is an online diary. You can make entries as often as you like in a blog.

• You usually reflect on your day’s work, a task or skill you have gained

• In your work placement, it’s useful as it allows you to record and reflect on your work placement in preparation for your Level 3 Module

Queries about PebblePad

• “Is this PebblePad like the VLE?”• “I’m on this background screen, what do I do

next?”• “The blog can only write 200 words!” –

no this is the description • “How do I save this post?”• “Does my tutor see this blog?”

References• Davr055. (2008). e-portfolios for starters . Available:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B3tujXlbdk [accessed 28-02-2010]

• PebblePAD. (2009a). PebblePAD – Examples. Available: http://www.pebblepad.co.uk/examples.asp [accessed 28-02-2010]

• PebblePAD. (2009b). PebblePAD – Videos. Available: http://www.pebblepad.co.uk/video.asp?mID=01 [accessed 28-02-2010]