Get Started

So, you want to create a portfolio that documents what you know and can do to make a difference in your school or district.  the first thing is to decide on an audience:

• Parents? You can document the kinds of ways you can assist them in helping their children with the various types of learning experiences offered to their children.

• Superintendent? Demonstrate how what you can contribute that further  the district plan for teaching and learning.

• Board of Education: Pitch yourself ready and able to make a major contribution that supports thier agenda.

• Principal: Document what you can contribute to the school: the principal's initiative; classroom teachers, grade level teams, departments or any other school-wide initiative.

• Classroom teachers: how you can partner with them to make a difference for every child or teen they teach

Now, when you are ready, here are a few recommendations on how to get started  creating your own DLL portfolio:

• Choose your software

• Create your home page

  • This is your most important first impression, so make it eye catching

  • A paragraph directed at your audience  describing what you know and can do.

  • Add an attractive picture

  • Give an brief introduction to the various pages you have created

  • Add a screen shot of the Digital Leanring Leader model

Create your pages that match the kinds of evidence your are submitting:

• Philosophy

  • Directive

  • Inquiry

  • Project/Problem

  • Self-Directed

  • System

  • Invention

  • Contact 

Add the  examples of your work to the appropriate pages.  We suggest you add a short description followed by a link to the viewable unit of instruction like we have don on the Portfolio page of this site.

Have a friend or colleague  review your work.

Publish your portfolio for the world or for just those who you want to see it.

To see examples see the Portfolio page. 

Tutorials

We recommend tht you use Google Sites for your own Digital Learning Leader portfolio, but you can  use any software you are comfortable with.  Here is a sample tutorial  on creating a Google Site portfolio: https://applieddigitalskills.withgoogle.com/c/middle-and-high-school/en/build-a-portfolio-with-google-sites/build-a-portfolio-with-google-sites/introduction-to-build-a-portfolio-with-google-sites.html 

Here is a tutorial to help our students create a Google Sites Portfolio at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoBAPP_5Las

Create a unit plan for you as a Digital Learning Leader with your instructor partner

No matter the content management system your school or district is using such as Canvas or Schoology, or Google classroom, we recommend that you send the instructor and the students to a Knowledge Building Center that is a Google Site where  the digital learning leader and the instructor are co-editors and all the activities for a unit with the student happen. This site allows the students and the instructors to collaborate...it is not just a list of assignments for the students to complete and turn in. You can see examples these KBCs or Knowledge Building Center unit plans on the portfolio page of this website. Note: Be sure that whatever platform you are using, the two instructors should have co-editing power. You want tobe coteachers; 

KBC for an inquiry, problem based learning experience, or project based learning experience at: 

https://sites.google.com/view/kbcumbrellaquestion/tutorial 

KBC for a design thinking tutorial for either inventions or systems:

https://sites.google.com/view/umbrellacreation/home 

Here is some solid advice on the construction  of online learning experiences while using various content management systems:

https://www.edutopia.org/article/designing-your-lms-make-distance-learning-better?utm_content=linkpos2&utm_campaign=weekly-2020-07-15&utm_source=edu-legacy&utm_medium=email