Joanne+Shives+Digital+Portfolios

Diffusion and Integration of Educational Technology (EDUC - 7101 - 1) = Joanne Shives = =Evaluation of innovations = =Leslie Moller = =December 20, 2010 = = = = =

Digital Portfolios My innovation is the digital portfolio. The digital portfolio can be used for a record of student work samples. This would replace the file folders of papers we are required to keep for each student. Once the portfolios are set up the students could decide what papers they would like to go into their portfolio. The portfolio can be put on a jump drive and the teacher would have immediate access to student work. The other two innovations I selected were the cell phone in the classroom and the IPad. The use of a cell phone has a lot of potential problems, such as students misusing the phone. The parents have been told cell phones are not allowed in school so I think many parents are going to resist the use of cell phones. In a school where we do not have many computers I find it hard to believe we would get funding for IPads. The digital portfolio is a technology that has many uses. I would use these to keep work samples for struggling students to gauge for gains. I would store student work, and the students could use these for self assessment. The diffusion study I found was done at the University of Kentucky. Faculty members and university supervisors collected data from teachers using questions. The results of the study were mixed, some were excited by the idea and others felt it was too time consuming (Swan, 2009).

References <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Swan,J. ( 2009 ). Examining Barriers in Faculty adoption of am e= portfolio system //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Australasian Journal of Educational Technology //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">, 25(5), 627-644. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;">http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet25/swan.html