My Eportfolio - Safety and Privacy for My Students
What do you feel is the top three considerations for the safety of your students and their work? Describe your plans for safe guarding these areas?
My three most important considerations for the safety of my students and their work are:
1. Review any artifacts I am planning to use in my eportfolio and look for any information that might impinge on my students’ safety in any way. I will ask myself questions , such as: A. Will publishing this information help someone identify and/or find any of my students? B. Is it necessary to publish this information as it is, to convey my teaching effectiveness? C. What can I do to balance the need for safeguarding my students and their work with the need to show my eportfolio audience evidence of my teaching abilities? Readers will know my name and my school’s name and location. If I also identify the class, then even identifying my students by only their first names, and searching for that student (e.g. by using the Google search engine) with the information I have provided, will jeopardize their safety. It is also important not to reveal any part of their names on student work. 2. I am concerned about, and will control as much as possible, who can access my eportfolio. Only people who have a legitimate reason to view my portfolio (e.g. prospective employers, my instructors) should be able to do so.
When I use Google Sites to create and show my eportfolio(s), I can control who can view my portfolio. If I go to my eportfolio, the default selection, “Public on the Web – Anyone on the Internet can find and view.” appears. But I can click on “Change” and in the next screen, choose between this level of access, “Anyone with the link” (anyone who knows the URL can access my eportfolio), or “Private” – Only people explicitly granted permission can access. Sign-in required. Page-level permissions can also be granted, but I don’t intend to use this level of security. I will choose the moderate access
My three most important considerations for the safety of my students and their work are:
1. Review any artifacts I am planning to use in my eportfolio and look for any information that might impinge on my students’ safety in any way. I will ask myself questions , such as: A. Will publishing this information help someone identify and/or find any of my students? B. Is it necessary to publish this information as it is, to convey my teaching effectiveness? C. What can I do to balance the need for safeguarding my students and their work with the need to show my eportfolio audience evidence of my teaching abilities? Readers will know my name and my school’s name and location. If I also identify the class, then even identifying my students by only their first names, and searching for that student (e.g. by using the Google search engine) with the information I have provided, will jeopardize their safety. It is also important not to reveal any part of their names on student work. 2. I am concerned about, and will control as much as possible, who can access my eportfolio. Only people who have a legitimate reason to view my portfolio (e.g. prospective employers, my instructors) should be able to do so.
When I use Google Sites to create and show my eportfolio(s), I can control who can view my portfolio. If I go to my eportfolio, the default selection, “Public on the Web – Anyone on the Internet can find and view.” appears. But I can click on “Change” and in the next screen, choose between this level of access, “Anyone with the link” (anyone who knows the URL can access my eportfolio), or “Private” – Only people explicitly granted permission can access. Sign-in required. Page-level permissions can also be granted, but I don’t intend to use this level of security. I will choose the moderate access