fyeportfolios john jay fye peer leader training april 19, 2011 jessica wells cantiello
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FYePortfoliosJohn Jay FYE Peer Leader TrainingApril 19, 2011Jessica Wells Cantiello
Why ePortfolios?
Portfolios
Collection of “stuff” (documents, art, etc.) COLLECT
Carefully selected and arranged SELECT
Useful for thinking about one’s experiencesREFLECT
Demonstrates growth and development over time
Types of Portfolios
• Personal• Academic• Professional
Content
• Showcase• Structured• Learning
Organization/Selection
• Digital/electronic• Physical/paper
Platform
Benefits of Academic Portfolios
Improve writing skills
Track learning longitudinally and horizontally
Prepare for professional opportunities
Reflect on long-term goals and progress
Extend learning beyond academic deadlines, end of course
Make connections between different courses and course work and out of class activities
Develop better modes of self-expression
Why electronic?
Develop authentic, useful technological skills by using popular, open source platform (wordpress.com)
Digital archive is accessible anywhere, anytime, to anyone the author wants
Wider, more diverse audience (professors, other students, peer leaders, family and friends)
Accessible to prospective employers
Easily revisable
Found to increase student engagement
FYePortfolios @ John Jay
The model
FYS students will be provided with prompts and some required pieces to place in their portfolios
Certain professors might add to these required components
Students may decide to use their ePortfolios for other, non-required selection and reflection
Students will hopefully continue to add to and use these ePortfolios after their first semester
Peer Mentor ePortfoliosModels for FYS
students
Your ePortfolio should be a model of what an ePortfolio can evolve into after the first semester.
You should update regularly, use standard English and consider your audience.
Each document you upload should be accompanied by a reflection.
Utilize and experiment with wordpress features to encourage students to do the same.
Good for you, too
You will become adept at using wordpress very quickly.
Your ePortfolio should be an authentic space where you craft a useful site for future academic and professional opportunities.
Reflection might open up new pathways/ideas for your development.
You will have a built-in archive of key documents for future reference.
Peer Mentor Responsibilities
Serve as peer audience for FYS students
Connect students with other students or appropriate support services
Craft posts/correspondence to address major needs
Support FYS FacultyDirect professors to exemplary or problematic posts
Alert professors to student confusion
Support faculty with technical questions
Create, upkeep your own ePortfolio, which will include:
Information about you
Key documents from your college experience with reflection
Blog posts about your previous and current experiences, directed at audience of first year students
Provide technological support
Monitor the ePortfolios and address common problems/concerns
Train students on how to use wordpress as an ePortfolio
ePorfolio examples
Professional ePortfolios from NYCCTAurea Suarez, Law and Paralegal StudiesElliot Reed, Advertising Design and Graphic Arts
Campus Leader at Clemson UniversityJonathan Beeco, Orientation Ambassador
ePortfolios from LaGuardia CCRaymond Martinez, currently at John JayTatjana Sevilla
Setting Up Your ePortfolio
ePortfolio components
Visual/AestheticChoosing the right theme
Customizable Header
Image Widgets
PostsBlog component of the ePortfolio
Dated, most recent first
Interactive
PagesStatic
Welcome (home page), About Me, Campus Involvement
Informative
WidgetsLinks
Subscription
Tags/Categories
Next Steps: Possible Pages and PostsCollaborative brainstorming session