Jacynthe Lavoie Final Project 35%

Jacynthe Lavoie Final project 35% Presented to Dr Eva Bures Special Topics on Technology Bishop’s University, School of Education GSE 550 B01 Visual Arts-Competencies

Créer des images personnelles Créer des images médiatiques Apprécier des images

 Cohérence entre les éléments de  Relations avec le thème ou sujet,  Relations avec le thème ou sujet, l’image, ce que l’élève a ressenti et son développement des idées développement des idées appréciation  Efficacité de l’utilisation des gestes  Efficacité de l’utilisation des gestes  Pertinence des aspects historiques transformateurs (peindre, modeler…) transformateurs (peindre, modeler…) repérés dans la réalisation  Justesse de l’exploitation des  Justesse de l’exploitation des  Prise en compte des critères propriétés des matériaux propriétés des matériaux d’appréciation retenus  Traitement personnel du langage  Traitement du langage plastique  Présence d’éléments personnels dans plastique (couleurs, formes, lignes…) intégrant des codes visuels son interprétation  Cohérence de l’organisation des  Efficacité de l’organisation des  Efficacité de l’utilisation du composantes de l’image composantes du message visuel vocabulaire disciplinaire  Utilisation adéquate de la langue  Réalisation authentique intégrant des  Réalisation authentique intégrant des parlée et écrite pour communiquer éléments originaux et expressifs éléments originaux et expressifs son appréciation  Intégration de retours réflexifs au  Intégration de retours réflexifs au cours de l’expérience de création cours de l’expérience de création Jacynthe Lavoie Final project 35% Presented to Dr Eva Bures Special Topics on Technology Bishop’s University, School of Education GSE 550 B01

The Culminating Task; Developing a professional digital identity

The students will have to create an e-portfolio respecting the outlines and tools given by the teacher. This

Media Production will reflect their journey, their products, their talents, their technical skills and their reflections in the domain of Visual Arts, level 1 to 3. The students will get all the elements of the situation of creation; will make the selection of the artifacts that are representative of their personal objectives in their personal archive; will use specific websites to edit their artifacts; will make various hyperlinks to self-reflection; will help their peers to attain their objectives in the way that will be determined in small community (team); will assess their learning on the whole process of developing a professional digital identity; finally will present their e-portfolio to an audience.

Preparatory work

Start the collection of artifacts and organize the storage folders From Level 1 to 3. Jacynthe Lavoie Final project 35% Presented to Dr Eva Bures Special Topics on Technology Bishop’s University, School of Education GSE 550 B01 The preparatory work (of) will lead them toward the culminating task in cycle 2.

At this point, the students will be prepared to work within a community and more equipped to understand how and why they will be creating an e-portfolio of their own. According to the MELS; their knowledge of themselves and of their potential is strongly influenced by the social, cultural and spiritual groups to which they belong ...are particularly sensitive to peer pressure and they need to recognize the influence of others on their values, behaviours, attitudes and choices as well as the influence they themselves can. (P.16) Cycle 2 students are generally more aware of their identity and are choosing optional courses that fit their interests and needs. According to the MELS,

They are learning to define their options in order to choose a future path that corresponds to both their aptitudes and their preferences

(p.48). This means, they will undertake projects that are more relevant for them; furthermore this interest will have a serious impact on their self-esteem, motivation and implication in this unit.

The overarching purpose of portfolios is to create a sense of personal ownership over one's accomplishments, because ownership engenders feelings of pride, responsibility, and dedication. (p.10) - Paris & Ayres.(1994)

After watching the video “Why e-portfolios”; the students could be asked to write spontaneously a first reflection about how this video changed their view of their implication in the assessment process; how they can cooperate with others and if they understand the relevance of such a tool in today’s society. Therefore, questions will be given to them to express their thoughts before Jacynthe Lavoie Final project 35% Presented to Dr Eva Bures Special Topics on Technology Bishop’s University, School of Education GSE 550 B01 even starting the process of re-exploring their personal artefacts, collected in cycle 1. This will be helpful for the rest of their journey in cycle 2 and hopefully, in their professional life. From that point, the students must write down three objectives they will be working on throughout the process of creating their e-portfolio. The student will answer the first reflection alone and then, share his/her thoughts/emotions in small groups and make links between common objectives; they will have to identify 5 ways that they can help one another to attain their personal objectives.

First Reflection of………………………………………………………..

Why e-portfolios? Why do you need an e-portfolio?

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What is your role in this project? How is it changing your view about your implication in this project? ______

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What is your personal goal for your future? What do you want to attain for yourself? ______

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What are the ways you will take to attain this personal goal? What are your three objectives? Jacynthe Lavoie Final project 35% Presented to Dr Eva Bures Special Topics on Technology Bishop’s University, School of Education GSE 550 B01 ______

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How can your teacher and your peers help you, to attain your goal? Identify 5 ways with your peers. ______

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Balancing the two faces of e-portfolio-Inspired by Helen C. Barrett

The second task in this unit would be to reproduce, without seeing, this concept map developed by Helen C Barrett. 2009.

This is another opportunity for them to understand what their learning objectives are and the many advantages of creating such a tool for themselves. The concept map should be done in team of 3-4; same or different than the last activity. The students will be given this list of concept and key words that must be included in the concept map below. Jacynthe Lavoie Final project 35% Presented to Dr Eva Bures Special Topics on Technology Bishop’s University, School of Education GSE 550 B01 Reflective journal (blog entries Feedback: formative assessment Evaluation: summative over time) FOR learning assessment OF learning Retrospective Primarily Internal Learning and reflection Process Product Workspace Documentation of learning Chronological Documentation of achievement Thematic Direction (Goals) Social network Role of teacher and self Portfolio as workspace Learning experiences Portfolio as showcase Role of teacher and peers Assessment management system Collection of artifacts Primarily External Pages\screens with rationale Selection Immediate Showcase and accountability

Audience Audience

How am I going to do that? Jacynthe Lavoie Final project 35% Presented to Dr Eva Bures Special Topics on Technology Bishop’s University, School of Education GSE 550 B01

The third task would be to explore the different possibilities of using the Yolasite site builder. As a teacher, you have to be familiar with each tool you suggest to the students. If you do not want to see your students work with too many different tools, you must give clear indications on your preferences as a teacher and/or use the same programs for everyone. The web hosting that I used for myself is Yola. As of right now, I am not working for any specific institution. I create my e-portfolio on my own. I thought it would be very interesting to create a site that allows me to showcase my works as an artist and as a teacher. I have created these sites and never really had the opportunity to use them in my practice. In a specific institution for instance, the students could be using an e- portfolio program, such as Mahara, that could be used with Moodle. Although Mahara is meant to be used as e-portfolio, I did not find it relevant graphically for this project. I discovered Yolasite.com and find it very simple to use and is offering a lot for free. It is possible for a student to make 5 sites and connect them pretty easily. This site is very manageable and practical, beautiful. For the written part of the process; PBWor

https://www.yola.com/fr/signup Jacynthe Lavoie Final project 35% Presented to Dr Eva Bures Special Topics on Technology Bishop’s University, School of Education GSE 550 B01 The steps

 Go to yolasite.com

 Register: You need an e-mail to register. Find a corresponding password that is easy for you to remember;

 Dashboard: Where you can choose on which sites you want to work on: My Yola;

 Create a new site; give it your name ex. Jacynthe.Latoile;

 You can choose the domain you want: Artistic- Photographs; the site builder will give a structure to your first page and last page;

 Edit Website: You must edit all your site’s components; unless you specify you want a blank page to start; do not put any address;

 Save and Edit; explore the menus: Site/Page/Widget/Style; all your tools are there to create your own portfolio;

 Make sure you have an access to all your archive. Tips

 You can go to the Help Menu to take a tour of the site builder; this site builder program is easy to understand; it works for you.

 Save as often as possible; there will be a warning, every time you switch a page without saving; it can freeze if you do not save often; You cannot add an image without loading it; if you load it in your site, you cannot delete it afterward; Jacynthe Lavoie Final project 35% Presented to Dr Eva Bures Special Topics on Technology Bishop’s University, School of Education GSE 550 B01  Take your time to organize your site; one site at the time; one page at the time; one widget at the time;

 Do not load too much things that you won’t use. You must edit your pictures before loading them; http://pixlr.com/

 Make sure you remember your passwords for YouTube-Flicker; wait as long as you can to make your hyperlinks toward other sites;

 Do not include anything that is related to your Twitter or Facebook account.