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Showcase your Skills with a Digital Portfolio

Agenda

What is a digital portfolio?

Why would you create one?

What could you include in your digital portfolio?

What

A website about you

• The platform – the website that you create for your digital portfolio.

• The content that you choose to put into it – as prospective teachers, you would include anything that shows what you can do and what you have learned on your journey to becoming a teacher.

• The blog posts or reflections that tie everything together – this is where you can really show who you are as a teacher, what your philosophy is, what you are about.

Why

Reflection TaisceShowcase

� A showcase of your achievements that you can present to prospective employers

� Developing your digital literacy skills: by creating a digital portfolio, you will be using additional technologies and also showcasing the technologies and apps you used on your programme

� A reflective tool: a repository for your reflections (where you can develop your identity as a teacher)

The Teaching Council

� A digital portfolio is not a requirement for Initial Teacher Training.

� The Teaching Council are currently rolling out a professional induction framework for newly qualified teachers called Droichead.

� As part of this induction process, NQTs would be expected to keep a professional portfolio called Taisce.

https://www.teachingcouncil.ie/en/eBook/Taisce.html

Choosing a platform: WordPress.com

https://teresawhitakerblog.com/ https://ashleynordin.wordpress.com/

Choosing a platform: Wix/Weebly

https://humerasajid.wixsite.com/ecec-teacher https://natashamillsprofessionale-portfo.weebly.com/#

� Artefacts are items that evidence achievements, accomplishments, experience and goals over time.

What can you include?

� About me

� Education

� Work experience

� Teaching philosophy

� Teaching practice/classroom experience

� Course projects

Structuring your digital portfolio

� CPD

� Awards

� Research

� Extracurricular activities

� Reflections/Blog posts

� Contact page

Recordings of pupils’ work

• Be mindful of copyright.

• Get permission from the pupils or parent, depending on the school level.

• Consult the school and ensure you are adhering to their policy.

• Note: It’s not a good idea to take photos of pupils where they are identifiable.

� Check your digital portfolio for any errors, such as spelling mistakes and broken links.

� Decide on your page settings (private/public/password protected).

� Update your digital portfolio regularly.

� Share your digital portfolio by including a link to it on your:

� CV

� Cover letter

� Social media profiles

� LinkedIn page

� Email signature

Making your digital portfolio work

Sources of information

eportfoliohub.ie MyHELMS

Questions