How to find projects or internships for students to include and display in their Free Websites by ASKing THIS QUESTION: "How can my students help you with your business?"

Go to HUNDR.ED to see this project

Teachers are called "advisors" at the Met in the Big Picture Learning system.   Advisors look for mentors and opportunities for students to learn (a) through their interests (b) out in the city/out of the school.

Here's how a teacher in California (newtechhigh.org) explains in a blogpost

Go to HUNDR.ED to see this project

We often make the mistake, as educators, of going to community and industry partners with our hands out.  We ask, "What can industry do for my students? How can industry help"  It wasn't until I was talking with a team member at an Adobe field trip that I realized that I tend to swap that request around.
My first question, whenever I meet anyone in industry is, "How can my students help you with your business?"  
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL BLOGPOST

Go to HUNDR.ED to see this project

Teachers will do well if they learn from New Tech High.   Parents can go here, too, and download the documents that are displayed at HUNDR.ED (the site for sharing innovation). 

Look at an example of an ePortfolio by Maureen Pratt Devlin,

Go to TINYURL.com/TeacherEPortfolio

Maureen Devlin has created a digital portfolio that could become a standard for teachers to emulate.    

See her blog Teach Children Well   teachWellNow.blogspot.com   

Here is an example of using Google Slides

She sets an example for her students to follow:  She blogs and reflects on her work.
Then she shares her ideas with an audience. 



Maureen is clearly an outlier in the sense that Tony Wagner is an outlier
See OUTLIERS for Better Schools at TINYURL.com/OutliersSchools

Articles to help us understand the use of DPs (free websites for students = Digital Portfolios)

Here are some links to articles to promote the use of Digital portfolios.

Domain of one's own

A list of digital items for school counselors

George Couros

http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/5025

Ian O’byrne

http://wiobyrne.com/digital-portfolios-and-dooo/

http://gettingsmart.com/2015/06/every-student-should-have-a-digital-portfolio/

Tom Van der ark   Every student should have a collection of personal bests–a cloud-based story of their development and artifacts of accomplishment that’s easily shareable in full or in part and organized for presentation.

https://sites.google.com/a/flippededucation.com/flippedevents/home/google-apps-summit-presentations/google-sites-as-a-tool-for-student-portfolios  

Ross Cooper’s blog about “authentic technology” (use programs that students already use)

http://www.rosscoops31.com/2016/08/18/digital-portfolios-blogs-use-authentic-technology-not-technology-made-school/

MINDSHIFT article   Beyond the Transcript

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/02/16/beyond-the-transcript-digital-portfolios-paint-a-complete-picture/

Beyond the Degree   

https://digitallearning.northwestern.edu/article/2016/06/16/value-beyond-degree-or-certificate

Van der ark's article on Huff Post

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4 Free Web Tools for Student Portfolios | Edutopia

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/web-tools-for-student-portfolios-dave-guymon

Edutopia

May 20, 2014 - Guest blogger Dave Guymon says that student portfolios are ... with everything they need to help students create their digital portfolios safely.

Every Student Should Have A Digital Portfolio | Getting Smart

gettingsmart.com/2015/06/every-student-should-have-a-digital-portfolio/

Jun 26, 2015 - By Tom Vander Ark - Well-designed learner digital portfolios provide students an opportunity to chart their growth and tell their story.

10 Tools to Create Online Student Portfolios | Getting Smart

gettingsmart.com/2016/01/10-tools-to-create-online-student-portfolios/

Jan 9, 2016 - Fortunately, there are many tools available for crafting engaging digital student portfolios – here are 10 best picks for fostering this creative ...

ePortfolio Levels (K-12 Schools) - ePortfolios with GoogleApps - Sites

https://sites.google.com/site/eportfolioapps/overview/levels

The work below was developed for use in a K-12 school district for implementing electronic portfolios for students across the grade levels (ESUSD, 2009).

Digital portfolios and blogs are used by students who are 11 years old ...

https://plus.google.com/105721398248415252834/posts/NzQ8fQbynTp

Steve McCrea The Posterman - Shared privately

Oct 10, 2016 - Digital portfolios and blogs are used by students who are 11 years old. Posters for Educators (students, parents, teachers. Thanks to Ross Cooper and his blog, ...

Every Student Should Have a Digital Portfolio | Huffington Post

www.huffingtonpost.com/.../every-student-should-have_b_7649...

The Huffington Post

Jun 24, 2015 - Every student should have a collection of personal bests--a cloud-based story of their development and artifacts of accomplishment that...

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What resources and what items can we put on our DIGITAL PORTFOLIO

Here is the start of a list of items to add to a digital portfolio
A Digital Library
What ebooks do you recommend?

Do you have a list of books that you have read?
What is your "mind set" (what do you carry in your head?)
In addition to a list of books, why not write two or three sentences about each book to encourage others to read or at least look at the wiki summary of the book?

See the John Vornle Library to get an idea of what a useful "annotated bibliography" does to guide other readers.
This is my current digital library

Blogs, Newsletters and Magazines that I read often
Smithsonian
National Geographic magazine

Blogs
void of musings by Proud Heng
Austin Kleon's newsletter (recommended by teachers at Miami Art Charter School)
DanPink.com
Carol Dweck's website mindsetonline.com/changeyourmindset/natureofchange/index.html 

Ross Cooper's blog about digital portfolios (found via the Daily paper.li that I set up for Digital Portfolios.

List of Subscriptions
What does the potential employee read?   What is in the head of that person?  What does that applicant bring to our organization?  Does that person know about Dan Pink's ideas?   How about the "growth mindset" of Carol Dweck?  If that applicant is subscribed to Dan Pink's blog, then yes!

YouTube
What channels do you subscribe to?

Facebook Pages that I like

Are you a beta tester?
If you are a beta tester, using a service like BetaBound.com, you communicate to the world that "I serve" and "I'm curious."   That's helpful for some employers to know.
Look at this profile that BetaBound asks:

4. Which of the following statements best describes your beta tester personality?

Comprehensive- I'm detail-oriented and will invest time in the applications I submit and the tests I get selected forDriven- I'm a technical person who is interested in beta testing as a way to gain new skills and further my professional growthEnthusiastic- I'm excited to beta test and I'm eager to get started on any and all beta opportunities I find interestingPatient- I understand test selection is competitive, but I'm looking forward to being a part of the Betabound communitySocial- I enjoy meeting new people, and am looking forward to collaborating with testers and developers in test environments

What scenes from a YouTube channel can you recommend?    What does your recommendation tell future employers about you?

For example, I can post these screenshots from a video and a future employer can think, "Hey, this guy Steve likes space.  He takes time to look for patterns, such as the three peninsulas in the north of Greece, so that he knows that the next shot shows the island of Crete.  Steve can see patterns."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xIx-LHG8Wc

Go here

It was in a live shot.  I'm not sure
this video will still be there

Big Picture Schools in Rhode Island use portfolios

Here is what the webpage about portfolios looks like at Big Picture schools

portfolios at Big Picture school

http://www.themethighschool.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=376959&type=d&pREC_ID=873682

Each student keeps an accumulated documentation of his or her work. It may be organized in a portfolio box, a portfolio binder, and/or digitally. Students may use various methods of organizing their work based on different goals. The method is planned in conjunction with the advisor.

Here’s some ways to help you organize your portfolio:

Use Your Working Portfolio

• Save all drafts of your work.
• Keep it organized.

Clean it out every trimester and store completed work in your Portfolio Box.

Create Your Final Presentation Portfolio

You will present a Final Presentation Portfolio at the end of the year to show your growth and learning to your exhibition panel. Put your best work in this Portfolio to show you are ready to move on to the next grade. Don’t forget to do this online as well.

Here is a sample list of what to include in your Final Presentation Portfolio:

1. A cover letter discussing your work and learning over the year
2. A resumé listing all of your LTI work and learning experiences
3. Evidence of LTI search work (InformationalInterviews and Job Shadow Anthropologies)
4. LTI Anthropologies for each LTI this year
5. Project Documentation Paper for each project this year
6. Final products - photos, samples, and videos of products you’ve created throughout the year
7. All of your Learning Plans from the year
8. All of your student and advisor narratives from the year
9. A mentor assessment
10. Your transcript
11. A college transcript of any college courses you’ve taken
12. Letters of recommendation

PORTFOLIO: REFLECTION

Look at Other Students’ Portfolios

• Look at the Portfolios of other students, particularly older students. Seeing other examples will give you ideas for making your Portfolios even better in the future.

Get Feedback

• Show your Working Portfolio and Final Presentation Portfolio to your Learning Plan Team and some other students. Ask for their suggestions.
• Make sure your Portfolio is more impressive each time you present it

 

Journal

After you’ve made a Final Presentation Portfolio,write about the process and end result. Think about these questions:

• How did you decide what to include in your Final Presentation Portfolio?
• When the Portfolio was finished, how did you think it looked? Were you proud of the results? Were you surprised at how professional it was?
• Did you think the Portfolio represented you and your progress well? Why or why not?
• What would you like to include next time to improve your Final Presentation Portfolio?
• What did you learn from looking at other students’ Portfolios?
• Whose did you like the best and why?

What should I put in my Free Website (digital portfolio)?

LinkedIn  
Pinterest
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube

Here are some of the apps that are on my phone:
Math Workout
Translate Google




There are too many apps for one device, so I have a small tablet with 16 GB of storage for 


Here's what's in my DP (digital portfolio)

Here are the newsletters that I subscribe to:


Here are some of the YouTube channels that I subscribe to:


Here are some of the Facebook pages that I have liked:


Here are some of the pages that I have created on Facebook:

Show your creative side and creating side



Ken Robinson points out the difference between "imagitnation" and "creativity"
Creativity is having original ideas that have value.
imagination =  having original ideas.

One way to measure the value of an idea is to see how many "likes" are on that idea.   I admit that I have a strong imagination.  Look at the number of YouTube videos that I've posted... that have under 100 views.

Here's an interesting piece:  400,000 views for a video that shows how to pronounce the alphabet in English and how to show the 12 tenses (past, present and future).  Clearly my informal approach has appealed to 1/100th of 1 percent of the world's population or one out of 10,000 people.  


A college admissions officer can see when a young person has a strong imagination.  What can you do to create an original idea that has value (are you creative?)?  One of the easiest ways to show your creativity is to connect your imagination with a service.  

Where have you volunteered?
What did you do there?  Ask if you can make a video.  Many organizations will LOVE the added attention from a video posted on Facebook or Twitter or YouTube.
Making a list of 200 or 400 hours of places where you have volunteered gets my attention.
Showing me a video from one of your sessions of volunteering will impress me if:
-- the video is steady
-- the video is edited (or at least tell us where to look in the video)
-- there is a frame from the video pulled out so we can know where to look in the video.  "Here is DeMonn Sands playing the sax in the concert."


Yes, I'm impressed that one of my students plays an instrument.  I'm even more impressed when I can hear the playing "Live" when I want to hear it... and I don't have to wait.

The next level of attention is to pull that video down from the Internet (use keepvid.com) and then edit that video.

  Keepvid costs $29 for a lifetime use.  You can get a free service from Computer Hope

 http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001002.htm

After you try the free service from Computer Hope, you might want to look at downloading the Ummy video downloader, if you plan to edit many YouTube videos.

I went to the video showing the Dillard High School band
https://sites.google.com/site/saxaholic23/  DeMonn's site
TinyURL.com/sunsax
Look at the 11th minute...
Here are some of my Pinterest collections (boards)

Here is what my LinkedIn page looks like:


Here are some of the accounts that I follow on Twitter:


Here is a list of some of my blogs:


Here are some of the blogs that I subscribe to:



Create a page where you describe and summarize five books that have helped shape your view of the world or that have impressed you.

Here's my list.

CLICK HERE

You can find more at the jpvlibrary.blogspot.com   (my friend John Vornle compiled a list of summaries for over 100 books).   Tell the college admissions officer WHY that book or article is on your list.  If possible, show a quote from the book (to show that you really read part of the book and you give the reader a chance to say, "Oh, yes, I've read a part of that book" because you have quoted an important paragraph.

What books or ebooks or websites have you created?
Get a TINYURL.com to make the link easy to recommend.

For example, "look at the run by Willie Murphy"
tiny.cc/williemurphy
tinyURL.com/williemurphy
http://tinyurl.com/sunslideshare   <<< that's my ebook about digital portfolios



What are the steps to editing a video?   In iMovie, it's easier than with many other formats.  Here's how I edit a video.
Find a Mac.  (If you know how to edit on MovieMaker or other Windows programs, please contact me so I can put the tips in the next edition of this blog post).



HOW TO ADD A BOARD IN PINTEREST
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