All evening I have been creating my personal website, and here I am at night.
In Russia teachers are recommended to have their own website as a potfolio. I haven't heard if it is obligatory, but nevetheless. There on the site a teacher has to collect everything connected with his/her job, photos, certificates of education and from educational courses. S/he need to write how professional and well-educated s/he is, mention all the professional contests and honours.
I saw lots of such websites and truly speaking, they live much to be desired, I mean the design and the content (for design I have a passion). But teachers seem to boast and proud of theirselves (maybe it's my point of view). I can't tell everybody about my success, I can't be a show-off (maybe beacuse of my upbringing). So what should I do?
Do you have a personal website with portfolo? Where have you created it? What content is there? Maybe I will get some good ideas from your sites.
Thank you.
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I don't have a teacher's portfolyo but it sounds like a good idea to create one! Even though I am extremely happy with my job right now - who knows what opportunities may pop up in the future? If I were to create an online portfolyo this is what I'd put in it:
CV, University diplomas/teaching certificate, an "about me page" with a short description of myself and my teaching philosophy, examples of teaching materials/projects/lessons I have designed/created, links to presentations I have given, any letters of appreciation/awards I have received/won, a list of PD sessions/in-service training/conferences/seminars I have participated in, links to my facebook/twitter/blog (etc).
I would not put anything about my personal life there. Also, I wouldn't think of this as "bragging". After all yoıu're not saying something flattering about yourself, you're just making your papers available and letting prospective employers draw their own conclusions.
Good luck with your portfolyo!
As far as I know, most teachers/scholars in the UK and the US abroad have web pages on the websites of their schools/universities. At least unless they are very famous, like David Chrystal. So for now I am hoping my university will give me some space on their servers :) I also think that blog is the best way to represent yourself online.
Anna! I like your sense of humour! What about blogging here? It's great too!
http://www.weebly.com/ - free website building tool
http://pbworks.com/
http://www.4teachers.org/tools/
You are lucky if an on-line portfolio isn' t obligatory for you. It's a matter of vital importance for us. You should work really hard to fill this portfolio and gain all the points to confirm your quallification. Not only your own certificates are needed but your students too. You should organise participation of your students in different contests. That's what I'm busy with this year. It takes a lot of time and effort.
Nice title of you reply!))
I know, that most school sites have the page "Staff room", where they provide th users with the information about each teacher in the school. But what if you deceded to change your work place? You need to show your sucsess and your student', and the best thing is to have your independent porfolio.
Thank you for the links! As for the first two, actually, I use them now. I have a personal website for my students on weebly (http://mariyalupandina.weebly.com/ ), and I tried to make my teeaneger students do their homework on-line on Pbworks.com.
As for professional portfolio I've chosen wix.com and google.sites. The first site is on Flash and it requires some time to load; the second one seems to me better as I like all google platforms.)
Interesting to hear your thoughts on portfolios for teachers. We've actually been building an e-portfolio solution for teachers, in the UK, for some time.
Take a look at http://www.e-portfolios.net and please do give us your comments and suggestions for improvement.
Thanks