engineering notebooks, portfolios and eportfolios by janet lopez
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ENGINEERING NOTEBOOKS,
PORTFOLIOS AND EPORTFOLIOS
By Janet Lopez
OUR JOURNEY
Engineering notebooks Use, construction, no-no’s, grading, best practices
PortfoliosDefinition, hard copy vs e-portfolios, Items to include, grading, best practices
ENGINEERING NOTEBOOK
Engineering Notebooks exist for one reason: Documentation of all work to substantiate originality of design, idea or process.
In my classroom, the engineering notebook also serves as a notebook to record class notes and vocabulary in addition to design documentation.
ENGINEERING NOTEBOOK CONSTRUCTION Content: Title pageTable of contentsChronological entriesIncludes sketches, notes, calculations, brainstorming, designs (initial, changes, final), team information, pictures, etc.
Expert contacts
These are a Must:Every page numbered sequentially
Two dated signatures on each page - authors and witness
Include the words Proprietary Information on each page
ENGINEERING NOTEBOOK NO-NO’SNo empty pagesNo white spaces (general rule – no more than 4 lines of unused paper)
No pages unnumberedNo missing pagesNo added pagesNo pictures loosely attached (all pictures must be securely attached and signed)
No pencil (I break this rule!)
GENERAL SET UP Title Page Table of Contents
1st column Date
Page Content
Page Number
Include Name of course, student name, year and school.
GENERAL SET UP GUIDELINES Content Pages Content Pages
Page Title
Content
Student Signature
Picture Glued in
Signature that goes across the picture onto the page
Witness Signature Proprietary Information
X’d out white space
GRADING ENGINEERING NOTEBOOKS What I have done in the pastHaving Friday as a EN grade day
Not recommended!!!!Grading every notebook once a week on a certain day. IED was on one day, POE another, etc
Having myself be the witness signature
My plans for this year:For IED - I will be witness signature
Other classes – classmates will be witness signature
Will still try to grade once a week
BEST PRACTICES????
PORTFOLIOS
A portfolio is a sampling of the breadth and depth of a person's work conveying the range of abilities, attitudes, experiences, and achievements.
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic82.htm
What is a Portfolio?
A portfolio is usually described as a collection of students’ work and achievements during their academic career.(Challis, 1999; Chen, Yu & Chang, 2007, http://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/view/505/236
PORTFOLIO: HARD COPY VS ELECTRONIC Hard CopyHard copy portfolios present well
Can use a range of media including 3D material
Many people prefer to have a hard copy to view
Printing pages and pages of documents is expensive
BulkyCannot send easily
ElectronicNo need to carry bulky items aroundCan easily be seen via link by numerous clients
Flexible formatsCurrency of information – easily updated
Quality of information is greater
Technical issues can cause problemsViewer may not be able to view your portfolio
May not always be readily availableEncourage students to do both
ITEMS TO INCLUDE IN THE PORTFOLIO Title page – for hard copies this must be on the outside of the 3 ring binder
Information page – succinct
Table of Contents – Usually done by units/topics
Title page for each unitA representative example of your work from each activity or unit
Reflection page
Use a rubric to grade the portfolio
E-Portfolios are fairly easy to make and there are a plethora of websites available to aid in the construction of the e-portfolio.
The easiest I have found (may not necessarily be the easiest for all) is on Google sites.
Best Practices on Grading or Construction?
As with everything, adapt to fit your class and your students. The important thing is to encourage documentation.
Donald Clark blogged the following to keep all of this in perspective:
E-portfolios have taken up more conference time and wasted effort than almost any other learning technology topic I can recall. The idea’s been around since the nineties but isn’t it odd that no one seems to have one? And if they do it's forced upon them by an institution or LMS. Never has so much time been devoted to something with so little real impact.
http://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com/2011/03/e-portfolios-7-reasons-why-i-dont-want.html
REFERENCES – WEBSITES USED IN THIS PRESENTATION
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic82.htm
http://www.electronicportfolios.com/ Dr. Helen Barrett
http://academic.regis.edu/LAAP/eportfolio/basics_include.htm
https://sites.google.com/site/eportfolioapps/overview
http://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/view/505/236
http://www.cvtips.com/job-search/paper-vs-online-portfolios.html
http://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com/2011/03/e-portfolios-7-reasons-why-i-dont-want.html
https://blog.udemy.com/professional-portfolio-examples/