Lesson Plan
Course Title: Research in Info Tech Solutions
Session Title: Creating an ePortfolio
Lesson Duration: Lesson length is subjective and will vary from instructor to instructor
Performance Objective:
Upon completion of this assignment, the student will be able to create and publish an ePortfolio
that emphasizes technical and specialized skills in information technology.
Specific Objectives:
• Students will research and identify career interests using online career self-assessments.
• Students will collaborate and interview professionals in the fields of interest.
• Students will create and publish digital reflections, a written expression and a video
expression, on career goals, statement of personal philosophy, and lessons learned from
industry professional interviews and research.
• Students will create and organize a functional resume.
• Students will identify artifacts to include in an ePortfolio that showcases student passions,
cross-curricular academic abilities, leadership, teamwork, and community activities.
• Students will plan, create, and publish an ePortfolio website to include a statement of
purpose, resume, artifacts, video reflection, letters of recommendation, and a written
reflection blog.
Preparation
TEKS Correlations:
1. The student demonstrates the necessary skills for career development, maintenance of
employability, and successful completion of course outcomes. The student is expected to:
(A) identify and demonstrate positive work behaviors that enhance employability and job
advancement such as regular attendance, promptness, attention to proper attire, maintenance
of a clean and safe work environment, appropriate voice, and pride in work;
(B) identify and demonstrate positive personal qualities such as flexibility, open-mindedness,
initiative, listening attentively to speakers, and willingness to learn new knowledge and skills;
(C) employ effective reading and writing skills;
(D) employ effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills;
(E) solve problems and think critically;
(F) demonstrate leadership skills and function effectively as a team member;
(G) identify and implement proper safety procedures;
(H) demonstrate an understanding of legal and ethical responsibilities in relation to the field of
information technology; and
(I) demonstrate planning and time-management skills such as project management and
storyboarding.
2. The student identifies various employment opportunities in the information technology field.
The student is expected to:
(A) improve on a personal career plan along with education, job skills, and experience
necessary to achieve career goals;
(B) develop a resumé and portfolio appropriate to chosen career plan, including letters of
recommendation; and
(7) The student creates a personal portfolio. The student is expected to:
(A) create a portfolio that documents all projects and accomplishments such as academics,
volunteer experience, employment experience, awards, and certifications;
(B) organize and prioritize information within the portfolio;
(C) use written, verbal, and visual communication techniques consistent with information
technology industry standards.
Instructor/Trainer
References:
Conduct an online search for motivational videos relating to setting & achieving goals
http://www.achievetexas.org/Resources.htm
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/
http://www.alline.org/euro/eportfolios.html
http://www.gimp.org/
Instructional Aids:
Career Exploration in IT Presentation
Career Exploration Student Handout
Student Resume Rubric
Storyboard
Career ePortfolio Check List Student Handout
Career ePortfolio Assessment Rubric
The teacher should search the internet and create an ePortfolio Creation Tools Handout to
serve as a guide or model.
Materials Needed:
Internet access
Flash Drives
Equipment Needed:
Students will need access to web creation software or online web creation tools, Scanner,
Camera, Video Camera, Word Processing software for resume development, digital imaging
software, video editing software, domain name.
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Introduction
Introduction (LSI Quadrant I):
Engage: Students will watch a very short motivational video on setting goals,
persevering, and achieving.
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Outline
Outline (LSI Quadrant II):
Instructor will deliver a short presentation to
introduce career awareness, career research
guidelines, and the ePortfolio project.
Instructor Notes:
Career Exploration in IT
Presentation
How will you meet your
career goals? Why is it
important to have a career
plan?
Career Exploration Student
Handout
Students will explore and research employment and
career opportunities to discover career interests and
identify passions, short term, and long term goals.
Students will create a functional resume using a
Word Processing program.
How will you meet your short
term and long term career
goals? What is your
passion? Why? What are
your strengths and
weaknesses? How will you
leverage your skills to meet
demands in a global
competitive workforce?
How does your resume
highlight your strengths and
connect to your short term
and long term goals or
resume objective?
Student Resume Rubric
Students will create a storyboard on constructing an
ePortfolio or website to showcase student abilities,
resume, and
Storyboard
Teacher-created ePortfolio
Creation Tools Handout
Career ePortfolio Tips and
Tricks Student Handout
Career ePortfolio Check List
Student Handout
Students will create an ePortfolio to include
artifacts, reflections, resume, and talents.
Students will publish their ePortfolio website
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Career ePortfolio
Assessment Rubric
Application
Guided Practice (LSI Quadrant III):
Instructor will deliver a short presentation to introduce career awareness, career
research guidelines, and the ePortfolio project.
Students will take a career assessment using an online assessment tool. From this
assessment, the instructor will have students identify goals and begin to have
students make connections on resume objective to cross curricular activities,
academic work, extracurricular activities, and community.
Students will create resume rough draft in a Word Processing program and will
receive feedback from instructor before completing the final resume. The instructor
may want to consider guiding the entire class through the process of creating a
resume during this time.
The instructor will introduce students to a variety of web site creation tools,
introduce free domain name sites, and show examples of ePortfolos.
Students will complete a storyboard of their ePortfolio website before beginning
website. The instructor will give feedback on student artifact selection and
reflections during this time.
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Independent Practice (LSI Quadrant III):
Students will select a web site creation tool and begin creating a website.
Students will include a final functional resume in their ePortfolio, after correcting the
rough draft resume turned in previously.
Students will be encouraged to review the following handouts during Independent
Practice:
Student Resume Rubric
Storyboard
Teacher-Created ePortfolio Creation Tools Handout
Career ePortfolio Tips and Tricks Student Handout
Career ePortfolio Check List Student Handout
Career ePortfolio Assessment Rubric
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Summary
Review (LSI Quadrants I and IV):
Students will create a video response answering the following questions.
How did this project assist you in preparing to meet career goals?
Why is it important to have an ePortfolio?
How do you plan on utilizing your ePortfolio?
How did you connect your courses in information technology, other academic
areas, extracurricular activities, and outside activities to your ePortfolio career
objective?
What types of information did you find useful to include in your ePortfolio? Why?
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What advice could you give to other students interested in developing an
ePortfolio?
Evaluation
Informal Assessment (LSI Quadrant III):
Teacher will conduct periodic progress checks as classwork grades and provide
students with feedback in the form of an objective and/or subjective checklist based
on project/assignment criteria: Career ePortfolio Check List Student Handout
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Formal Assessment (LSI Quadrant III, IV):
Career ePortfolio Assessment Rubric
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Extension
Extension/Enrichment (LSI Quadrant IV):
Students could create an Information Technology blog to include in their ePortfolio,
which will encourage written reflection and regular updating of content.
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Verbal/
Linguistic
Logical/
Mathematical
Visual/Spatial
Musical/
Rhythmic
Bodily/
Kinesthetic
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal
Naturalist
Existentialist
Teaching Strategies
Lecture, discussion, journal
writing, cooperative learning,
word origins
Problem solving, number
games, critical thinking,
classifying and organizing,
Socratic questioning
Mind-mapping, reflective
time, graphic organizers,
color-coding systems,
drawings, designs, video,
DVD, charts, maps
Use music, compose songs
or raps, use musical
language or metaphors
Use manipulatives, hand
signals, pantomime, real life
situations, puzzles and board
games, activities, roleplaying, action problems
Reflective teaching,
interviews, reflective listening,
KWL charts
Cooperative learning, roleplaying, group brainstorming,
cross-cultural interactions
Natural objects as
manipulatives and as
background for learning
Socratic questions, real life
situations, global
problems/questions
Personal Development
Strategies
Reading, highlighting, outlining,
teaching others, reciting information
Organizing material logically, explaining
things sequentially, finding patterns,
developing systems, outlining, charting,
graphing, analyzing information
Developing graphic organizers, mindmapping, charting, graphing, organizing
with color, mental imagery (drawing in
the mind’s eye)
Creating rhythms out of words, creating
rhythms with instruments, playing an
instrument, putting words to existing
songs
Moving while learning, pacing while
reciting, acting out scripts of material,
designing games, moving fingers under
words while reading
Reflecting on personal meaning of
information, studying in quiet settings,
imagining experiments, visualizing
information, journaling
Studying in a group, discussing
information, using flash cards with
other, teaching others
Connecting with nature, forming study
groups with like minded people
Considering personal relationship to
larger context
Career Exploration Student Handout
Identify Three Strengths:
• ____________________________________________________
• ____________________________________________________
• ____________________________________________________
Identify Three Hobbies:
• ______________________________________
• ______________________________________
• ______________________________________
What are your goals this school year?
What are your goals for the next three years?
Take a career assessment and reflect on what results. Do you agree with the assessment?
Why or why not?
Student Resume Rubric
Criteria
Objective
Excellent
Good
Clearly and
concisely
stated to
include
both
short/long
term goals.
Clearly and
concisely stated
to include goals
Average
Objective is
clearly
stated, but
needs to be
more
concise and
include a
stronger
goal
statement.
Format and
Strong
Action
Action
Presentation action
statements are
statements
statements used. Format
are used.
clearly
highlights
Format
support
accomplishment, could be
objective.
font size is
altered to
Format
appropriate
better
highlights
highlight
accomplishaccomplishments, font
ments, font
size is
size is
appropriate.
appropriate.
Content
Headings,
Headings,
Some
objective,
objective, skills, Headings,
skills,
leadership,
objective,
leadership, information
skills,
information technology,
leadership,
technology, experience, and information
experience, education
technology,
and
detailed.
experience,
education
and
detailed,
education
Extra
given.
information
given in
resume.
Spelling and No spelling/
• 2 errors
2-3 errors
Grammar
grammar
errors
Poor
Objective is
not clearly
stated and
goals are not
reflected.
Very
Poor
Little to
no
effort
given.
Statements
need
improvement.
Format needs
improvement.
Font size not
appropriate.
Little to
no
effort
given.
Objective,
education,
and
experience
given.
Little to
no
effort
given.
4-5 errors
Multiple
errors
Storyboard
EPortfolio Home Page
Title:
Images:
Artifacts:
Reflection Statement:
ePorfolio WebPage Title: _____________________________________
Images: ______________________________________________________
Links: _________________________________________________________
Artifacts:
Reflections:
Storyboard
ePorfolio WebPage Title: _____________________________________
Images: ______________________________________________________
Links: _________________________________________________________
Artifacts:
Reflections:
Career ePortfolio Check List Student Handout
Include a statement of purpose on your home page?
Include a lot of digital and interactive multimedia pieces?
Did you select artifacts from courses and projects related to
information technology? Did they include reflections?
Did you include a functional resume?
Did you include cross-curricular artifacts along with reflections that
relate to objective?
Did you include leadership, team work, and community artifacts and
reflections?
Is the website functional?
Does your website include currency information?
Does your website include links for reference?
How does your ePortfolio convey passion? How does it showcase
your abilities? How does it share information related to your short
term and long term goals?
How does your website include creative elements?
Career ePortfolio Assessment Rubric
Criteria
Excellent
Good
Average
Poor
Very Poor
Selection of
Artifact
Numerous Artifacts
relate to goals and
reflections are
included to reflect
connection to
goals and purpose.
Artifacts relate to
goals. Captions
are provided that
capture the
importance of the
item.
Some of the
artifacts
selected related
to purpose. .
The artifacts
do not relate to
goals or
purpose.
Reflections
Strong action
statements clearly
support objective.
Format highlights
accomplishments,
font size is
appropriate.
Statements
need
improvement.
Format needs
improvement.
Font size not
appropriate.
Little to no
effort given.
No reflection
provided.
Multimedia
Strong examples
of information
technology, videos,
photographs,
diagrams, charts,
and are highly
creative and
interesting.
Very clear and
functional, Parts of
portfolio are clearly
labeled. Great
organization.
External links are
provided.
Layout and
website is very
professional.
Color choices are
pleasing to the
eye, white space
balanced.
Headings are
used.
Content is very
professional, no
grammar or
spelling errors.
Written responses
are well put
together and
reflect effective
communication
Action statements
are used. Format
highlights
accomplishment,
font size is
appropriate
Stronger wording
on reflections and
connections to
overall purpose
needed.
Many examples of
multimedia used.
Appropriate
content, most
relate to purpose.
Most of the
artifacts relate to
overall purpose
and include
appropriate
reflection
statement.
Action statements
are used. Format
could be altered
to better highlight
accomplishments,
font size is
appropriate.
Some examples
of multimedia
used, but needs a
stronger
connection to
purpose.
Multimedia
included does
not relate to
purpose or
goals.
Multimedia is
distracting or
little is
provided to
overall project.
Somewhat
functional, no
links to outside
external sources,
portfolio is not
well organized.
Not well
organized,
confusing links,
no external
links.
No
organization or
links provided.
Website is not
functional.
Layout is
average. Color
choices are
pleasing to the
eye. No headings
used and white
space needs
more balance.
Layout is
confusing.
Color choices
are pleasing to
the eye. No
headings used
and white space
needs more
balance
Content is good.
More than 5
errors, more
content needed
Readability is
lacking. No
management
of white space.
Layout is
confusing.
Poor color
choices.
Navigation
Layout and
Readability
Content:
Spelling,
Font, and
Grammar
Clear and
functional,
portfolio is
organized and
does include links
to external
sources.
Layout and
website is
professional.
Color choices are
pleasing to the
eye. Headings are
used. More
needed to balance
white space.
Content is
professional, 1-2
spelling or
grammar errors,
good written
responses to
showcase
communication.
Content is
professional, 3-4
grammar/spelling
errors, more
needed for written
response.
Content is
lacking in all
areas, many
errors.