ETEC 590 e-Portfolio Proposal

Michel Lacoursiere

Purpose
The primary purpose of this e-Portfolio (eP) is to showcase my skills and abilities as a science
teacher specializing in educational technology. Throughout my time as a MET student I have improved
upon the skills and abilities I have developed throughout my professional career. This online space will
serve to display what I have constructed within each of my MET courses and act as evidence of my
abilities as an educator and technologist. Beyond this, I hope my eP will have some level of
expandability so I can continue to add pieces as I continue to grow both personally and professionally.

Professional Growth

Teacher Qualification

Audience
I am aiming to make my eP appeal to a wide audience
including:

 MET classmates and instructors

 potential employers
 myself
 colleagues
 students
 parents of students

Metaphor
The metaphor I am using is relating my MET journey to building a structure with Lego building
blocks. I envision each met course as being a key building block in the overall skill set I have developed
as an educator. I will use graphics and colours to differentiate each course or artifact as being a piece of
an overall structure representing my abilities and learning within the program.

The idea here is that my journey through the MET program and the individual courses, when
looked at as a whole, represent something much larger and important to my professional growth. I
hope that all of these artifacts when put together can represent something greater than its individual
parts and I hope to show this both in writing and graphically through the Lego and construction
metaphor.

Planning
Currently Complete:
 Creating of site shell and structure in Wordpress
 Example Moodle courses on server
 General graphics and site template

Future Tasks:
Week Dates Tasks
6 Oct. 10-16  Revise proposal
7 Oct. 17-23  Begin designing overall “structure” in Lego creator
 Assign “pieces” to each course
 Review previous course materials
 Continue to select and collect artifacts
 Create graphics needed in Lego Creator
8 Oct. 24-30  Continue to select and collect artifacts
 Begin draft reflections
9 Oct. 31-  Consider and implement feedback from peers
Nov. 6  Begin placing artifacts and graphics in Wordpress
10 Nov. 7-13  Work on portfolio
11 Nov. 14-20  Consider and implement feedback from peers
 Final artifacts posted in portfolio
12 Nov. 21-27  Implement final revisions
 Final artifacts posted in portfolio
 Final reflections posted for each artifact
13 Nov. 28-  Review and finalize reflections, artifacts and overall portfolio
Dec. 4
14 Dec. 3  Final revisions and modifications complete
 Review for errors, consistency, etc.
Dec. 4  Ensure everything is live and the portfolio reflects a polished,
complete final product

Organization
My eP will be organized by class each of which I see as pieces to the overall structure. The rest
of the site I will try and keep in a building or construction theme. For example the overall site map will
be similar to:

 About
 Tour the Site (video walkthrough)
 The Builder
  The Pieces
o ETEC 500
o ETEC 510
o ETEC 511
o ETEC 512
o ETEC 520
o ETEC 521
o ETEC 533
o ETEC 565
 The Final Product – ETEC 590
 Some review component. I am considering what would be best with this metaphor or maybe
build it into each Lego piece above.

Artifacts/Evidence
My portfolio will include most of the projects created throughout my MET. I will try to include
what I feel are the biggest pieces in terms of actual products. The bulk of this material will be in the
form of research, reflection, sites, blogs, courses and other multimedia-based components.

Cours Semester Artifacts

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500 Winter  Literature Review (document)
2008  Research Proposal (document)
510 Winter  Science 10 Moodle site (internal link)
2009 o http://www.lacour.ca/moodle/course/view.php?id=10
511 Winter  Educational Technology Concept Map (powerpoint, graphic)
2008  My Philosphy of Educational Technology (document)
 Discourse Leadership Wiki (external link)
o http://etec511psychology.pbworks.com/
 The Ecology of Technological Innovation in the Classroom (document)
512 Winter  Discourse Leadership – Constructivism (external link)
2008 o http://constructivism512.pbworks.com/
 Personal Learning Theory (document)
520 Summer  Instructor for a Day (document)
2010  Vice President for a Day (document)
 Chief Civil Servant for a Day (document)
521 Winter  Blog (external link)
2009 o http://blogs.ubc.ca/etec521/tag/mlacoursiere/
 First Nations Internet and Communications Technologies (document)
522 Winter  Light Track – Elevator Pitch (video)
2009  Light Track – Venture Proposal (video)
 Blog (external link)
o http://blogs.ubc.ca/etec522sept09/tag/lacoursiere/
533 Winter  TELE Project Site (external link)
 2008 o http://d-tele.wetpaint.com/
 Blog Entries (blog)
 Inquiry Portfolio Analysis (document)
565 Summer  ETEC 565 Blog Site (external link)
2009 o http://blogs.ubc.ca/lacour565/
590 Winter  Entire eP
2010  Reflections

Tools
The site will be housed on my domain lacour.ca where I have the open source software
Wordpress and Moodle installed. Wordpress, my primary tool, allows you multiple sites with different
purposes and themes and my eP will be located at lacour.ca/ep. Moodle will be used to display some of
my bigger pieces such as entire high school courses made during and for the MET program.

I will also be using a variety of free web tools including video and document sharing sites,
software photo editor Paint.net as well as any tools used in the variety of artifacts. Another interesting
piece of software I plan to use is Lego’s Digital Designer which allows me to use digital Lego pieces to
build virtual Lego structures. I see this software as being crucial to the overall visual element of my
portfolio.

Assessment Rubric
Criteria Level 1 - Insufficient
Artifacts Artifacts are poorly
integrated, insufficient in
number or lack connection
to the overall portfolio.
TQS Outcomes The portfolio fails to
portray an understanding
of educational theory and
current research. Theory is
not linked to professional
practice and there is little to
know critical evaluation.
Reflection Reflection is minimal,
superficial or absent
altogether.
Presentation Use of multimedia is lacking
and Media Use or superficial. Only a few
forms of media are used.
The overall presentation is
lacking and unappealing.
Level 2 – Profficient
There are numerous
artifacts but lack
connection to the portfolio
as a whole.
The portfolio demonstrates
either understanding of
current research or
educational theory but fails
to link them to professional
practice.
Reflection is present but
fails to dig deep into the
meaning of the artifacts.
Multiple forms of media are
used but the portfolio lacks
overall visual and media
appeal.
Level 3 – Exemplary
The portfolio contains
numerous and diverse
artifacts that have
significant meaning to the
overall portfolio.
The portfolio connects
current research,
educational theory and
critical evaluation in a
manner that clearly shows
professional growth and
understanding.
Reflection is professionally-
related, deep and shows an
ongoing development of
new skill and
understanding.
Multimedia is used to
enhance the overall
presentation of the
portfolio. Each piece is
clearly linked to the
 finished product and makes
the portfolio appealing to a
wider audience.
Navigation Navigation is unclear or Navigation is easy but lacks Navigation is clear and
difficult for visitors. consistency. consistent between all
pages and artifacts.
Professional Portfolio seems Portfolio is free of major The entire portfolio has a
Look and Feel unprofessional, unpolished errors but seems polished and professional
and has obvious errors. unprofessional in some look and feel. Visitors will
manner, either the writing, be impressed by the
visuals or layout is amiss. professional content,
visuals and multimedia.