Explore and create: Exploratory Creation lab 
Preregistration Required
Purpurse: To share Ulster BOCES’ growth and learning experiences of using digital portfolios to curate and celebrate learning in our Teacher Academy program.
Objective: To present a model that others can modify and adopt for their setting.
Goals:
1. Participants will learn about the Ulster BOCES Mentor and Teacher Academy programs
2. Participants will view our celebration of learning artifacts using the bulb digital portfolio platform
3. Participants will be provided with suggestion on how to duplicate this process
4. Participants will log-on and begin creating their own Bulb to share with their colleagues
Following the strategies from Marcia L. Tates book "Sit and Get" Won't Grow Dendrites...participants will be active and have time to share. Music and movement will be included in this session.
1. Introduction and welcome activity (gallery walk of our portfolio) 10 mins
2. Explain the needs for which the Ulster BOCES Mentor and Teacher Academy programs were developed 5 mins
3. Share our yearly calendar of activities 5 mins
4. Share our reaction and response to celebrating during COVID-19 5mins
5. Define digital portfolios and why they are important 5 mins
6. Learn Bulb vocabulary 5mins
7. Begin to create your online portfolio 20 mins
8. Wrap-up 5 mins
Sit and Get Wont Grow Dendrites by Marcia L. Tate
http://developingmindsinc.com/books/#02
5 Ways That Digital Portfolios Can Expand Learning Opportunities
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-04-06-5-ways-that-digital-portfolios-can-expand-learning-opportunities
Examining the Impact of the Creation of Digital Portfolios by High School Teachers and Their Students on Teaching and Learning (2017)
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1142755.pdf
E-Portfolio as an Evaluative Tool for Emergency Virtual Education: Analysis of the Case of the University Andres Bello (Chile) During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.892278/full
A Mentoring Experience: From the Perspective of a Novice Teacher (2018)
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1177304
New York State Mentor Programs
http://www.nysed.gov/postsecondary-services/mentor-teacher-internship-program
Sharing Your Best Work with Other Teachers (2017)
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/sharing-best-work-other-teachers-peter-paccone
Google Workspace or Microsoft Apps
A way to take pictures or videos
| Related exhibitors: | Zoom, Howard Technology Solutions, CDW, Canva for Education, Microsoft Corporation |
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