To earn Leading Edge Certification, you need to successfully complete all coursework as measured by assignment rubrics and pass the final LEC Portfolio. Adhering to "student choice," as described in the definition of blended learning, you may build your portfolio in any web site construction tool. We recommend using New Google Sites (used by this textbook), Classic Google Sites, Weebly or a public facing class in your LMS. See below for examples of each web site creation tool.
The purpose of this portfolio is to showcase your learning during this course. In the future you may want to use this portfolio as part of an employment application or other professional objective. Therefore, you will want to adhere to the following guidelines:
The content of your final reflections should be narrative in format and clearly address the module reflection questions without restating the actual prompt. Reflections should synthesize the content from your original response (including iNACOL module-specific reflection) with the following updated information:
You may also access/print the Portfolio Checklist as a hard copy.
Home Page should include a personal picture and bio, brief introductory narrative (one or two paragraphs) describing the LEC course, why you took the course and a brief final reflection of your LEC journey.
Optional resume or CV page.
Evolution of Online & Blended Learning
Accessibility
Building & Maintaining Community
Digital Citizenship, Literacy & Responsible Learning Practices
Collaboration, Pedagogy & Practices
Online Assessment and Evaluation
Are You Ready?
The following exemplary LEC Portfolios may help you better envision how your portfolio should look when complete. Some of these portfolios may reflect the old course curriculum and sequence, however the portfolio structure and quality remains the same. There are many tools out there in which you can create your portfolio, we have highlighted a few below.
Janet Ilko, Health Sciences High and Middle College
Note: Module 5.2 content in the portfolios below will differ slightly from current textbook, the content is GRR instead of Design Thinking, other than that the focus on interdependence is the same.)
Christopher Hill, Health Sciences High and Middle College
Kaila Tricaso, Health Sciences High and Middle College
Thomas Tutogi, Health Sciences High and Middle College
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Classic Google Sites Examples, The portfolios below are examples of the v1 LEC Online & Blended Teacher curriculum. They should be viewed as an example of how a portfolio of learning might look, not for specific content, as this differs significantly from the v2 text content.)
Burt Lo, Santa Clara County Office of Education
Michael Simkins, TICAL
Adina Sullivan, San Marcos Unified School District
Karen Wagner, San Diego County Office of Education
Jeffrey Heil, Google Certified Educator
Weebly Examples
Mary Kraus, Health Sciences High and Middle College
Mark Rounds, SDCOE Juvenile Court and Community Schools
Unsplash licensing agreement: "All photos published on Unsplash can be used for free. You can use them for commercial and noncommercial purposes. You do not need to ask permission from or provide credit to the photographer or Unsplash, although it is appreciated when possible." More of this license agreement...)