Online+Meetings

Agenda:
 * Using the Mahara platform for your needs
 * Vicki - generic profile for a select group of learners to showcase their skills
 * Franciso - possibly for soft skills class next school year
 * Next steps: Implementation
 * Temproary Employee Contracts and Timesheets

Meeting Number 2, 4/21/10
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 * Introductions and info about getting paid
 * Follow up from last meeting, talk about steps we were going to take
 * **Identify purpose of your learners' use of ePortfolio - what you need electronic portfolios for**
 * **Identify learners you would include in the pilot (3-6)**
 * **Start collecting electronic documents and artifacts for those learners**
 * **Reading : Electronic Portfolio Development Process by Helen Barrett - http://electronicportfolios.org/ALI/1stages.pdf**
 * **Hands on practice**
 * **Edit profile**
 * **Resume, Goals and Skills**
 * **Groups**
 * **Next steps**

**Meeting Number 1, 4/14/10**

 * **Introductions**
 * what school, program, who are your learners**

Vicki Jones **- Simi Valley - mainly ESL, ABE lab - subbing, assisting them Students in ESL just finished an ESL assessment and used PowerPoint for one of the tasks, and today did presentations. Most were already familiar with PPT. EL Civics Assessments use portfolio format. Creating a body of work - audio files, ppts, pictures. The EL Civics tasks are getting larger even for lower level students ends: June 10**

Bonnie Quan **- Salinas - ABE teacher for the first year, prior seniors computer literacy classes for 10 years, working with a grant from a Literacy Foundation - 5 modules - workplace module - eportfolio for this purpose. K-16 Bridge (local community college) has a lot of portfolio features - applying to college, career planning. Bonnie would like to compare the two platforms. K-16 Bridge is minimal but easy to use. ends: June 4**

Franicsco Lopez **- Chaffey - ABE (5 mornings) and ESL. Teaching reading and writing with SmartBoard and document camera. No computer lab for ppt or google apps. Try to use Moodle and OTAN Web site. Mostly teacher using the computer, not students so much. ESL students use the lab at a different location (at a high school) for e-testing and if time permits on some Internet based resources. (USA learns has a video about looking for an apartment). Would like eportfolio so that learners, councelors and teachers can share information about student's work and progress. Can Mahara talk to ASAP?**
 * ends: May 20**

Tricia Ouellette **- Vallejo - Advanced ESL using Moodle. Switched to 2007 recently. Math with SmartBoard, Algebra Moodle class. Eportfolio ideas: One - workplace ABE pilot program - numeracy, literacy levels and soft skills - put these items in eportfolio. Including some basic technology skills - certificates earned and other items to include. CASAS scores under 230. Two - artstic students' flyers and similiar projects to be stored.

E-portfolio for test records, transcripts, academic goals, personal goals, certificates that they have earned. Administrators, counselors and teachers to have access. Resumes for the workforce. A list of ongoing classes and courses.**

Sheila **suggested that each teacher focus on the need they identified. In the end we share what we learned.**


 * **How do you use technology with your learners now?**


 * **What would you like to be able to do with technology in your classroom in the future?**


 * **How do you envision ePortfolio?**


 * **Show video: Why ePortfolio**


 * **Show examples:**
 * **Teacher presenting a unit: Basic** //Trigonometry by Ashley// **- http://cterfile.ed.uiuc.edu/mahara/view/view.php?id=102**
 * **Student presenting a final product of a research project:** //Say it Ain't So by Patrick**// http://cterfile.ed.uiuc.edu/mahara/view/view.php?id=56&new=
 * Student presenting a 'school-to-career' portfolio: http://www.richerpicture.com/dp/sarah/barrington_hs/index.html
 * Student engaging in the reflection process: http://portfolio.otan.us/view/view.php?id=99


 * Reading : Electronic Portfolio Development Process by Helen Barrett - http://electronicportfolios.org/ALI/1stages.pdf


 * Next steps:
 * Identify purpose of your learners' use of ePortfolio - what you need electronic portfolios for
 * Identify learners you would include in the pilot (3-6)
 * Start collecting electronic documents and artifacts for those learners