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Instructor Information Your instructor for this course: Dr. Helen Barrett, a retired teacher educator in the field of educational technology and an international expert and consultant on electronic portfolios.

Between 1991 and 2005, Dr. Helen Barrett was the educational technology faculty member at the College of Education at the University of Alaska Anchorage; after her retirement she now lives in Puyallup. From 1983 to 1991, Dr. Barrett was Staff Development Coordinator for the Fairbanks School District. She has been researching strategies and technologies for electronic portfolios since 1991, publishing an internationally-known website (http://electronicportfolios.org). She was on loan to the International Society for Technology in Education between 2001 and early 2005, providing training and technical assistance to teacher education programs throughout the U.S. under a federal PT3 grant. She currently has a book contract with ISTE, to write a book on Interactive Portfolios using Web 2.0 tools.

In the fall of 2007, she received a courtesy appointment as a Research Associate with the Center for Advanced Technology in Education (CATE), part of the College of Education at the University of Oregon. She has also taught Educational Technology graduate courses for the College of Education at Seattle Pacific University.

In 2011, Dr. Barrett established the REAL ePortfolio Academy for K-12 teachers, providing online courses for individuals and assessment/planning support for K-12 institutions.

Dr. Barrett's addresses:

Google Voice account: 253-693-8801

email: eportfolios@gmail.com

Twitter and Skype accounts: eportfolios