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diff --git a/source/portfolio.markdown b/source/portfolio.markdown deleted file mode 100644 index 0a83ac7..0000000 --- a/source/portfolio.markdown +++ /dev/null @@ -1,252 +0,0 @@ -% Portfolio -% -% - -About -===== - -The Portfolio Activity creates a slide show from Sugar Journal entries -that have been 'starred'. - -Where to get Portfolio -====================== - -The Portfolio activity is included in OLPC images and available for -download from the [Sugar Activity -Library](http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4437) - -The source code is available on the [Sugar Labs Gitorious -server](http://git.sugarlabs.org/portfolio). - -Using -===== - -Before you launch the activity, use the ☆ on the left of each Journal -entry to mark that entry for inclusion in the portfolio. The Portfolio -Activity will use the entry title as well as the preview image and -description. - -The title text, the preview image, and the description text from Journal -entries is used in the portfolio presentations. - -In the Thumbnail View, you can reorder the slides in your presentation -by dragging. - -With the Edit-description Button, you can directly edit a Journal -entry's description field. - -When running the activity, use the ◀ and ▶ buttons to step one-by-one -through the slide show. Use the auto-play button to start/pause a slide -show. The delay between slides can be controlled by the interval chosen -in the combo box. (The default is 10 seconds.) - -**Did you know that:** - -- you can record audio notes for each slide; the notes are played back - whenever the slide is viewed; -- the colors used in the background are taken from the XO colors of - the user; -- a warning is displayed if there are no starred entries in your - Journal; -- the slide show can be saved as an PDF document that can be shared; -- in the thumbnail view, you can reorder your slides (by dragging - them); and -- you can edit the descriptions for each slide (and save your edits to - the Journal). -- for group projects, try using the Bulletin-board Activity. - -The Toolbars -============ - -Main toolbar ------------- - -from left to right - -**Activity-toolbar Button** -: (toolbar described below) - -**Previous-slide Button** -: returns to the previous slide shown (also activated by typing - \<Ctrl-p\>) - -**Next-slide Button** -: goes to the next slide in the sequence (also activated by typing - \<Ctrl-n\>) - -**Auto-play Button** -: starts a slide show with a user-settable pause between each slide - -**Customize-toolbar Button** -: (toolbar described below) - -**Record-toolbar Button** -: (toolbar described below) - -**Portfolio-view Radio Button** -: used to switch to portfolio view (default) - -**Thumbnail-view Radio Button** -: used to switch to thumbnail view, where you can reorder the sequence - of the slides by dragging them - -**Full-screen-view Button** -: hides the toolbars (Return from full-screen by hitting the Esc key.) - -**Update-description Button** -: Used to edit the description of the entry currently being viewed - (Note: use the Save-annotations Button to make these edits - permanent). - -**Stop Button** -: used to exit the activity - -Activity Toolbar ----------------- - -**Activity name field** -: used to change the name of the activity (The name is used by the - save-to-PDF Button.) - -**Share Button** -: as shown, disabled (Portfolio Activity version since v27 support - sharing: joiners can add comments) - -**Reflection Button** -: used to write descriptions for the Journal entry of this instance of - Portfolio - -**Save-to-PDF Button** -: used to save a copy of your presentation to the Sugar Journal as an - PDF document - -**Save-annotations Button** -: used to save updates to the Journal entry descriptions - -Options Toolbar ---------------- - -**Timer Combo-box** -: lets you select a delay time between slides when using auto play - (Choose two-seconds, ten-seconds, thirty-seconds, or one-minute - delay). - -**Refresh Button** -: scans the Journal to pull in any changes made since the Portfolio - activity was launched. - -Recording Toolbar ------------------ - -**Record Button** -: used to record an audio note associated with the current slide - -**Playback Button** -: active when there is audio associated with the current slide - -**Save Button** -: active when there is a new recording to save - -Saving to PDF -============= - -Each time your launch the Portfolio activity, it will update to reflect -the current contents of your Journal. If you want to save a portfolio -that represents a particular moment in time (or you want to share your -portfolio with someone else), you need to save it as a PDF document. -Click on the "Save as PDF" Button from the Activity toolbar menu and the -content of the portfolio will be saved as a document in the Journal. - -**Tip:** Open your Journal to make sure the portfolio has been saved. - -**Tip:** You may want to copy the PDF file to a USB to open it in a -different XO, or any other computer, using the Browse or Read activity. - -Learning with Portfolio -======================= - -Most education experts agree that the best approach to learning involves -doing and then stepping back to reflect on the doing: What did I learn? -How can I use that? What questions do I have?1 By helping children to -ask good questions about the things they’ve done, as opposed to -remembering the right answers, we are helping them to build the critical -thinking skills that enable them to be independent problem solvers. -Without reflection, learning is an open loop, and an open-loop system -can neither identify and correct errors nor adapt to change. - -Sugar facilitates reflective learning by ensuring that everything a -child does is recorded in an electronic journal which includes screen -capture of a child’s work. After every activity, children are encouraged -to share their observations, which are recorded in an electronic -portfolio. From this record of activities, children can expand their -portfolio into a multimedia narrative that shows what they have done, -how they have done it and what their thoughts are on what they have -created—children essentially become curators of their own work. The -child’s process of telling about what they have learned as a “story” is -a simple way to help reflection become a norm in their education. - -By building upon the automatic accumulation of work in the Sugar -journal, the portfolio process can readily be integrated into the -classroom routine. It can be used as an assessment tool to help -teachers, parents, and school administrators understand better the depth -and breadth of what a child has learned.2 At a “portfolio social”, -parents could be invited to view presentations and ask children about -their learning. The classroom teacher can add addition assessment slides -to the portfolio addressing themes such as work habits and personal -growth. This can become part of an archive that travels with a child -across grade levels. Through juxtaposition, the child and teacher can -see what has changed over the course of the years, trends, and areas for -improvement. - -It is recommended that periodically (once per week, month, semester) -that the children are asked to select and edit items for a portfolio -presentation. For example, a weekly presentation could be made to -classmates; a monthly one to parents; and perhaps once per semester, a -school-wide presentation that makes all of the learning visible to -administrators and community members during a social event. - -Periodic PDF snapshots are also a great way to preserve a record of each -child's work, and as a vehicle for assessing progress. - -Extending Portfolio -=================== - -In addition to using Portfolio as a tool for reflection, it can be used -as a more general-purpose presentation tool. For example, a collection -of photographs can be annotated (by using the title and description -fields in the Journal detail view for each photo) and then made into a -slide show. The order of the slides can be modified from the Thumbnail -view. Modifying Portfolio - -Manuq made some mock-ups of other layouts. It would be fun to add -alternative layout options (or even add support for style sheets). - -See -[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Portfolio](http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Portfolio) - -Another idea would be to add the ability to export video from Portfolio. - -Your suggestions for enhancements and/or use cases... - -A word to developers -==================== - -Reflection is an important part of learning and a good habit to -establish in general. An analog to writing descriptions in the Journal --- the text that is shown in the Portfolio presentations -- is writing -commit messages in git. It forces you to stop, reflect, and then -articulate to others what you have done and why. - -Where to report problems -======================== - -You can report bugs and make feature requests on our bug-tracking system -(You need to create an account first). To list all open tickets of -Portfolio you can use query component=Portfolio. You are also welcome to -leave comments/suggestions on the Talk:Activities/Portfolio page. - -Credits -======= - -Portfolio was written and is maintained by User:Walter. He was inspired -in part by the work of BU Prof. Stefanakis. |