So as promised, this entry will give some insight into Elgg Presentations. For starters, watch the Google Video posted below about Elgg Presentations (originally in the Elgg blog entry from one of the developers). It gives a short description on how to use Elgg Presentations. To say that I was impressed with the ease of use and the power of the tool would be an understatement. As you can see from the video, the whole process of creating an ePortfolio is intuitive and interesting.
Since Elgg packs all the necessary Web 2.0 tools like blogging and secure file repository, it is really easy to set up links to blog entries and files in the ePortfolio - all your information is in one place!! Plus the ability to import your information from anywhere on the web is a big plus for people who dont want to start a new blog or re-create the whole information again on the Elgg platform. Protecting personal information and identity on the web is of foremost concern to teachers and students. The ability to restrict access to content in Elgg Presentations is another aspect of well thought out design. The ability for others to add comments to each entry makes a great way to get feedback. Going back to the uses of this tool in the Math Lab, I think we can even keep a tab on the whole process of our shift to online tutoring in addition to the uses mentioned in the previous blog entry. We can keep a track of any meetings, any blogs we decide to make or links we want to share.
This Elgg Presentation stands as a great example on the various possibilities for this tool
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Hi Amey!
Very cool tool indeed. You talked about several capabilities of ELGG, but what about the social aspect? If you were blogging on ELGG you could add the ELGG guys as friends!
Great tool Amey. Love it. I think I could do a lot with this with my students. I am happy you shared this on your blog. You could do some really cool cross-curricular activities with this.
"If you were blogging on ELGG you could add the ELGG guys as friends!"
Using our other tool Explode - http://explode.elgg.org - you can create a friends network regardless of which service each individual prefers to use for their daily activity. It is only a proof of concept just now but it seems to work quite well.
Cheers.
Thank you for sharing this really cool tool. ePortfoilios are becoming a hot topic at my school and this seems so easy to use. I wonder if this tool could be used throughout a high school students four years as a way to document their growth and learning. Thanks for sharing this interesting tool.
Megan
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