Week 1 - Introduction
2. Review of SPP requirements and workflow documents:
3. Review Mentor/Reader Rubric
By September 3 – first, read & watch:
- Watch weekly asynchronous lecture – Intro to Reflective Practice & Exploring Artifacts
- Read The Skills Gap is Actually an Awareness Gap – And It’s Easier to Fix
- Read Why Reflect?
- Review ePortfolio Artifacts Guide
By September 7, do (email all assignments to Dr. Davis at [email protected]):
- Make a short list of faculty to ask to be your mentor & reader(s). Come up with your plan to ask them in order to turn in your SPP Proposal by Sept. 21
- Time management: block weekly ePortfolio time on your calendar
- Make a list of 10 artifacts that you think you might want to include in your ePortfolio – pull from curricular and co-/extra-curricular sources as you see fit. Write one sentence next to each one justifying its inclusion.
Week 2 - Intro to Reflective Practice & Exploring Artifacts
What we’ll do in class:
1. Brainstorm list of your internal supervisors, justifiers and saboteurs - these are the negative influences that make you question whether your work is "good enough" or that might contribute to an imposter syndrome. We want to identify these so that we can neutralize them.
2. 6-minute free write, then “Names” in-class writing prompt
3. Peer review and group discussion about artifact selection
By September 10 – first, read & watch:
1. Watch weekly asynchronous lecture – Understanding the Name: Reflective Practice & Imagining Another
2. Watch Introduction to Portfolium ePortfolios
3. Read How Authors and Readers of ePortfolios Make Collaborative Meaning
By September 14, do:
1. Brainstorm list of your internal supervisors, justifiers and saboteurs - these are the negative influences that make you question whether your work is "good enough" or that might contribute to an imposter syndrome. We want to identify these so that we can neutralize them.
2. 6-minute free write, then “Names” in-class writing prompt
3. Peer review and group discussion about artifact selection
By September 10 – first, read & watch:
1. Watch weekly asynchronous lecture – Understanding the Name: Reflective Practice & Imagining Another
2. Watch Introduction to Portfolium ePortfolios
3. Read How Authors and Readers of ePortfolios Make Collaborative Meaning
By September 14, do:
- Familiarize yourself with the Portfolium platform. Connect with Dr. Davis on Portfolium if you haven't already.
- Explore Portfolium JMU Honors network
- In Portfolium, click “Discover” and check out the “Expert Picks” and “Staff Picks.” Choose one you like & submit to Dr. Davis.
- Submit your ePortfolio audience – go back to your initial list of artifacts and see if they should change given your choice
- On own time, do 6-minute free write, then “Who Thought What?” writing prompt
Week 3 - Understanding the Name: Reflective Practice & Imagining Another
What we’ll do in class:
1. Troubleshoot any issues getting logged into Portfolium for the first time
2. Talk about your "Expert/Staff Picks" choices
3. Discuss how your scheduled reflective practice is going
4. 6 minute free-write, then "Milestone" writing prompt
5. Group discussion about audience selection
By September 7 – first, watch:
By September 21, do:
1. Troubleshoot any issues getting logged into Portfolium for the first time
2. Talk about your "Expert/Staff Picks" choices
3. Discuss how your scheduled reflective practice is going
4. 6 minute free-write, then "Milestone" writing prompt
5. Group discussion about audience selection
By September 7 – first, watch:
- Watch weekly asynchronous lecture - Values & Principles of Reflective Practice
By September 21, do:
- You should have figured out your Mentor/Readers by now - submit your ePortfolium Proposal form by today at midnight. Email both to the Honors College (address on form) AND to Dr. Davis
- On own time, do 6 minute free-write, then "Insights" writing prompt
- After completing "Insights" assignment, build out your Profile page in Portfolium. Pay close attention to your "Introduction" statement. After you write your "Introduction," email text to Kendra for peer review
Week 4 - Values & Principles of Reflective Practice
What we’ll do in class:
- Meet with a partner to share Introduction statement for peer review
- 6-minute free write, then "My Work" in-class writing prompt
- Values group activity: Place your GOALS in capital letters in the hexagons. Place your VALUES using regular case letters in the hexagons next the to the goals that your values will help you achieve. On your second slide, write a few sentences to explain what you think are your strongest connections. Use Dr. Davis's slides as an example.
- Watch weekly asynchronous lecture - Theories & Contexts of Reflective Practice
- Recipes for Reflection
- Complete first self-assessment
- Make appointment with your Mentor to meet and review your progress/SPP rubric by October 12.
- On own time, do 6-minute free write, then "Why and What and When, Where and Who and How?" writing prompt
- After completing "Why and What and When, Where and Who and How?" assignment, upload an artifact to your Portfolio section and complete reflective writing
Week 5 - Theories & Contexts of Reflective Practice
What we’ll do in class:
- Meet with a partner to share artifact and reflective writing for peer review
- 6-minute free write, then "Critical Lenses" in-class writing prompt
- Discussion about visual literacy and design aesthetics in Portfolium
- Reverse Engineering Portfolium assignment
- Continue adding artifacts to your Portfolio and work on reflective writing
- Continue refining Profile page as necessary
Week 6 - The Power of Narrative
What we’ll do in class:
- Discuss Reverse Engineering assignment with focus on visual literacy
- Discuss Personal Brand assignment
- 6-minute free write, then "Film of Your Life" writing prompt
- Watch weekly asynchronous lecture - The Power of Narrative & Perspective
- Read The Smell of Garlic
- Read How an ePortfolio Captures Your Professional Brand
- Complete Personal Brand assignment
- Continue adding artifacts to your Portfolio and work on reflective writing
- Continue refining Profile page as necessary
- You should have 1 meeting by this point with your Mentor
Week 7 - Perspective
What we’ll do in class:
- Discuss Personal Brand assignment
- 6-minute free write, then "Who are You? What is Your Story?" writing prompt
- Watch weekly asynchronous lecture - The Power of Metaphor
- Submit your Progress Powerpoint
- Complete second self-assessment
- Continue adding artifacts to your Portfolio and working on reflective writing
- Continue refining Profile page as necessary