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Electronic Portfolio Student Handbook

Overview of the E-Portfolio

Introduction
The portfolio is a collection of documents and writing that you put
together to show your efforts, progress, and achievements. It is
required for graduation. Each year, MUIDS students collect work to
demonstrate achievement of the Expected Schoolwide Learning
Outcomes or ESLOs. Different indicators can be emphasized each
year.
The portfolio is a graduation requirement. Failure to meet this
graduation requirement may mean that you will receive a
certificate, not a diploma, and you will not be permitted to
participate in the graduation ceremony. Receiving a certificate
instead of the diploma may also delay your admission to university.
The Portfolio and the Student Led Conference
The Student Led Conference allows students to present their
portfolio of work to their parents, and to discuss their progress with
them. This is considered preparation for the Graduation Portfolio in
Grade 12.
Grade 11 students will be required to present their portfolios at the
Student Led Conferences three times a year, once in November, the
second time in March, and the third time at the end of the school
year.
Grade 10 students will NOT be required to present their portfolios
until their Eleventh Grade year.
The school will provide workshops to help you to conduct the
Student Led Conferences.
Purpose of the Portfolio
Think about what you want the portfolio to do. A portfolio can suit
two purposes. Choose a purpose below for your portfolio:

Portfolio I: To show where I am in my work and how I am doing

Portfolio II: To show where I am in my work, where I would like
to be in the future, and what I am doing to get there

The Contents of the Portfolio

Each portfolio is required to contain the following elements:
Copy of the ESLOs (see page 5)
Annual Introduction written for that years work
Portfolio Rubric
Samples of student work from each subject area
Community Service
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Annual ESLO Reflection

How to Build Your E-Portfolio

The Four Stages of the Portfolio

Building the portfolio takes a year. It consists of four stages:
Stage 1: Collection: In the first stage, you decide what documents
of your work that you will collect.
Keep a folder in your Google Drive where you can dump all
your work. This makes it easier to upload to a Google Site. Or
you can keep the folder on your desktop.
Scan hand-written work or other hard copy documents and
keep them in this collection folder
Later you will go through the folder and pick out your best
work. Its as simple as that!
Stage 2: Selection: in the second stage, consider the purpose of
your portfolio. Answer this question when you select your work:
As I go through my collection, what should go into my portfolio
that shows where I am right now?
Items in your portfolio CAN include:
Written work (e.g. essays, lab reports)
Tests I am proud of
Video(s) I made
Music I composed or played
Letters and emails
Artwork I created at school or elsewhere
Event programs that show my participation; e.g. Sports
Day, Week Without Walls
Websites I created (including this e-portfolio)
Photographs
Awards
Computer programs I designed
Stories I wrote
Journal excerpts
Inventions I created
Group work
Anything else?
This list is not complete! Be imaginative and creative with your
portfolio. Use different subject areas for different ESLOs. The
portfolio should have a broad range of evidence. Each year you will
add new evidence.

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Stage 3: Reflection: in the third stage of the portfolio, think about

why you chose certain works to include in your portfolio, how it
compares with other work you have done, and what particular
knowledge and skills were used to produce it.
Portfolio I: Where can I improve as a learner?
Portfolio II: What are my goals for the future? How does this
work help me to get there?
Stage 4: Connection: in the fourth stage, think about how your
work is connected to your life now and in the future.
Why am I doing this portfolio? What did I learn about
myself?
So what? Why does it matter?
Write the Introduction to Your Portfolio LAST!
This one page document (minimum 1 paragraph, maximum 1 page)
is written last. An introduction is written for the portfolio for the first
Student Led Conference and it is revised for the second and third
Student Led Conferences for the year. You will write a new
Introduction each year for the work you select.
The introduction to your portfolio is the Reflection and Connection
combined. Use the guide questions for Reflection and Connection to
write the introduction.
ESLO Reflection
Each year, students will choose two or three of the ESLOs to reflect
on how well they have met them. All the indicators do not have to
be met at once, but over time, students will have met them all. By
the Twelfth Grade year, students will have completed all the ESLOs
and have met their indicators.
Community Service
A graduation requirement, community service should be
documented in the portfolio. Documents include: photographs,
journals, reflections, videos, letters and emails, awards, and
certificates.
Graduation Portfolio
This portfolio is another graduation requirement. In the second
semester of Grade 12, seniors will present their completed portfolios
to a Committee made up of the MU Deans, parents, teachers, and in
the future, alumni of the school. The graduation portfolio consists of
the work of Grades 10-12, the ESLO reflections, the Capstone
Project, and Community Service.
Capstone Project
In Grade 12, each student is expected to think about and carry out
an original research project under the guidance of a teacher. The
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project will become a part of the Graduation Portfolio and will be

presented to a Capstone Committee.

Getting Help with the Portfolio

Sometimes you will have questions. How do I add a page to my
portfolio? Can I make my e-portfolio private? And sometimes you
think to yourself, I am not sure I should include this work because I
am not very proud of it. What should I do? You know you will need a
teachers advice. Heres where you can go to get help:
Technical Assistance (website, computer technology)
Mr. Puneet
Mr. Tim
Mr. Task
Mr. Win
Ms. Helen
Content of the Portfolio (student work, reflections, introduction)
Dr. JoAnne Wang
Mr. Dan Simonds
Ms. Sarina Promthong
Ajarn Vachirawan Bunnag

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The Expected Schoolwide Learner Outcomes

1) STRATEGIC LEARNERS
How do we learn?
We can
a) Recognize what is important to know and understand
b) Reflect on our learning and how our mistakes help us to improve
c) Plan how to learn without wasting time
d) Use technology to do research and to work
2) INNOVATIVE THINKERS
What new ideas and ways of thinking are possible?
We can
a) Build on the ideas, explanations, and reasons of others
b) Apply what we know to analyze, evaluate, and solve problems,
c) Be creative and original
d) Use technology to create high quality products
3) ARTICULATE COMMUNICATORS
How do we communicate with others?
We can
a) Listen, read, write, and speak for different purposes and using
different methods
b) Tell what we understand and how we understand to different social
groups
c) Use technology and media to clarify, explain, and state our ideas
4) MORALLY INTELLIGENT PERSONS
In what ways do we show we make the right choices?
We can
a) Show behavior that is moral, honest, and correct according to our
societys rules
b) Encourage honesty, justice and peace in the community
c) Show we are hardworking and caring
d) Use technology in ways that do no harm
5) ALTRUISTIC GLOBAL CITIZENS
How do we show we are good citizens of the world?
We can
a) Live a healthy lifestyle and be responsible citizens
b) Respect other cultures and those who are different from us
c) Show concern and responsibility for the well-being of the
community
d) Use technology to promote community service
6) LEADERS FOR THE FUTURE
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We can
a) Build teamwork and leadership to achieve common goals
b) Work through our differences and accept group decisions
c) Evaluate how well we work together and give one another helpful
feedback
d) Use technology to solve our problems and do our work together