e-portfolio Checklist
Below is a list of what has been identified by Lewiston High School administration as the traits that would make for an e-portfolio to be ranked as exceptional (worth 4 points) according to the provided Teaching e-Portfolio Rubric. Notes have been added by Mr. Dube, the teacher who created this e-portfolio website and who is being graded, and appear underlined and in red.
Portfolio Requirements:
Uses MLR Please refer to various project descriptions in Ceramics.
Uses Blooms Taxonomy Please refer to various project descriptions in Ceramics.
Presented portfolio at staff meetings
Presented once at a cluster meeting, once to PLG, twice to e-portfolio scoring team and to art colleagues while refining and improving the website.
Creative Use of Technology:
Excellent use of graphics Graphics throughout this website were created using Photoshop.
Internet resources, Please refer to links page, as well as links provided on Ceramics and Ceramics II syllabi to web pages (Revolutions of the Wheel), blog (Ceramics blog is required place for students to check in and leave feedback), and submission to various juried exhibits (Scholastic Art & Writing, A Matter of Conscience exhibit, etc). Links are also provided to the State of maine Dept. of Educ. site re:Learning Results and also to the Blooms Taxonomy site for parents to better comprehend.
PDF, photographs, sound, and/or slide show to enhance e-portfolio & instructional artifacts.
Please see project descriptions, especially those for the pinch pot and slab cup. Students played a significant role in modeling the various steps required to undertake these projects and the teacher created a step-by-step visual tutorial using Photoshop (also printed as hand-outs). Recently students helped to convert these visual tutorials into Powerpoint presentations (included as links).
Technical: e-portfolio works as intended in demonstration
all links work Yes.
all artifacts are error free Yes.
all programs used function correctly Yes.
Use of Peripherals and Programs:
Excellent use of:
scanner Scanner was used for some of the pictures of student work in the image galleries.
digital camera Digital camera and media / card reader was used extensively for most of the images in this website (by the teacher and occasionally by the students).
CD-RW disks Images captured by the digital camera were occasionally touched up and resized, etc. and resulting images were burned onto CD to transport back to the school. Otherwise, many CDs have been generated by teacher and students in preparing and creating student art portfolios for college application as well as entry into juried exhibitions.
DVDs DVDs are shown to the class at various times during the semester (ie: "Revolutions of the Wheel" series).
Powerpoint Please observe the Powerpoint presentations in the Ceramics project descriptions for pinch pot and slab cup construction as well as in the section of the website called 'basics of design'.
First Class This entire website was created on First Class. Plans are to use First Class more extensively with Advanced Ceramics.
Acrobat or other software Photoshop was used extensively as was Microsoft Word.
e-portfolio has been converted to a CD, DVD or posted to a website E-Portfolio is in website form (and has been linked to the Lewiston Public Schools website).
Instructional Artifacts:
Instructional artifacts address two or more learning results Please refer to various project descriptions.
e-portfolio contains at least six instructional products Please refer to various project descriptions.
three or more of the artifacts demonstrate a high level of rigor as measured by Bloom’s Taxonomy Please refer to various project descriptions.
Also worthy of note:
Students who have taken the initiative to submit works to juried exhibitions such as Scholastic Art and the Matter of Conscience exhibit have been required to apply on-line and navigate the internet to post images and send information to participate. This use of technology is a necessity to apply to most juried exhibitions and requires instruction and support from the teacher in many cases. None of the many awards and recognition students have earned for themselves, their school and community would have happened without this use of computer technology.
All students applying to art schools and universities with art as their field of study have had to submit a digital portfolio of their works (in other words, their ceramic art, paintings, drawings, etc. digitally photographed and burned to CD). For the 2010-2011 school year, I have updated my plans for Advanced Ceramics to include websites that students will create on First Class throughout the semester while they create works in clay. The resulting websites would be due to be completed and presented during final exams. These websites will serve students well as on-line portfolios that college admissions may access easily. Beyond mere images, the websites will document progress and include comentary that will give deeper insight into the students' creative and thought processes, as well as their ability to express themselves with words. I
anticpate that these websites will require significant teacher support, but should paint a vivid picture of the student artist and impress college admissions.
Evidence of Student Use of Technology:
Please open and explore the Power Point presentation below for 6 examples of evidence:
evidence of student use.ppt
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Click on the link below to see work by a ceramic artist who addresses imagery that seems to contrast technology and the primitive nature of clay:
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