E-PORTFOLIO VIDEO TOUR TRANSCRIPT

DEREK WONG
ETEC 590
0:00 Introduction - Hello, and welcome everyone. My name is Derek Wong and I'd like to take
you through my journey in the Master of Educational Technology program, or MET program,
completed at UBC. To summarize my learning, I have created this e-portfolio which serves as a
platform for me to demonstrate my educational goals, research, and reflections. In this video, I
will take you through my journey through the MET program step-by-step.

0:22 E-Portfolio Organization - But before we begin I'd like to go over the organization of the
e-portfolio to better serve you in viewing my work. The page that we're starting on is called the
home page. However, as you browse through my e-portfolio, you'll see that my work is
completed in a format known as infinite scrolling. What that means is that content will
continuously load as you scroll down the page. The purpose of this infinite scrolling technique is
to emphasize the equal importance of all my work and to demonstrate the continuous growth I
have experienced through the program. This also has a connection to my metaphor which will be
discussed later on. To make this e-portfolio easy for a user to view, I have created a series of
buttons at the top on what we would call the navigation bar. Each button links you directly to the
corresponding section in my e-portfolio and you can click each of these buttons at any time. An
additional feature is the title of each section. Clicking on any of the major headings will bring
you back to the top of the page. The navigation bar also acts as a table of contents and the
buttons are labeled with the different chapters to my story. Just to take note at the end of the
navigation bar here, there's just a few more tabs under the “more” section.

1:36 E-Portfolio Introduction - As for the e-portfolio itself, it was created as a capstone
experience to my MET program. It encompasses all the research, theory, and practical learning
that has been completed through my time at UBC. We begin the e-portfolio in “The Life Cycle
of a Tree.” This is an introduction to my Master of Education Technology e-portfolio and also
outlines the audience and purpose of my e-portfolio. I'd like to highlight the immediate purpose
was to satisfy TQS Category 6 for BC teachers. However, through the reflection process and in
completing my MET program, I have also wanted to expand my purpose to curriculum and
instructional design and incorporating educational technology at all levels of learning. In this
section, you can also read about my introduction, or the “Seeds of Education,” to my teaching
career. At the bottom, there is a slideshow that shows my journey through a couple photos, and
also through my professional resume, my practicum reports from Steveston-London Secondary
and also my Principal’s report from my first two years of teaching full-time. At this time, I'd like
to remind you that for navigating my portfolio, you may continue to scroll through my project or
you can click on the desired section above on the navigation bar. This is also meant for viewers
who don't have the time to view the whole e-portfolio and they can get right into the sections that
they find the most important.

3:10 Guiding Metaphor - Next, we have reached my guiding metaphor. In completing my e-

portfolio. I've come to realize that a tree and its growth in nature shares many similarities with
the development of the human mind. This is why I've selected a tree and its growth in nature as
my guiding metaphor. In my metaphor, I've included sections of the growth of the roots, tree
branches, leaves, and how we become into a fully mature tree. One tree is a learner, and a forest
is a community of learners.
3:40 Educational Goals - After the metaphor is understood, we reach our educational goals. In
this educational goal section, I have an infographic made to ground our learning with the artifacts
that represent the educational goals I set out to achieve. These educational goals have a more in-
depth section to them just below. Starting with the “Mighty Oak” representing “Design.” It says
“To improve my understanding of education philosophy and the application of new and old
theories to classroom and training practices for the purpose of curriculum design,
implementation, evaluation and assessment.” This goal is set out to satisfy incorporating the
foundation and learnings of educational technology in my curriculum. Our second educational
goal is the “Wise Elm,” or “Experiment,” which is “To integrate and utilize educational
technology in a justified manner to support my personal and professional practices while
upholding the highest standards of curriculum delivery and exceptional assessment of student
abilities.” This is an examination of responsible and appropriate educational technology
incorporation in the classroom. Our third educational goal is the “Prosperous Redwood,” which
is “Reflect.” It stands for “To understand the impact of educational technology and philosophy in
the context of social, cultural, environmental, and the other external factors which influence the
experience of outcomes of best practices in student learning.” This is an examination of the
metacognition of a student and factors outside of the traditional classroom that may affect their
learning.

5:07 Artifacts - Continuing in my e-portfolio, we reach the timeline, which is a schedule of my

Master of Education program at UBC over the year. Next, we reach our artifacts which are all
separated in the sections mentioned in the metaphor earlier. In the first section, we have ETEC
500, 510, 511 and 512 which corresponds to grounding the “roots” in our core courses. Each
artifact is separated into title, course reflection, artifact, and curricular connection. Following the
text reflections, we have the actual artifact itself which is either a PDF or a linked document to
where the project is stored. For example, “Tech Disrupters for Professionals” is a clickable
image that links us right to the guide itself. As we continue, we keep scrolling past the artifact
section and we eventually reach the second part of the artifacts known as “Extending an Olive
Branch.” This is ETEC 520, 522 and 530. Continuing our scroll, we reach “Dancing with the
Leaves,” which includes EDCP 481, ETEC 590 and EDUC 490V. The branches and the leaves
were all elective classes in which they're broken down into their sections as indicated in the e-
portfolio.

6:26 Future Aspirations - Next, we reach “Growing the Forest,” which is a combination of a
snippet of things I've learned, highlights, and educational technology resources such as Weebly,
G-Suite and other kinds of resources I used in my MET program. At the bottom of the section,
we see my future aspirations of my future directions in personal and professional goals. I've also
included a slideshow of different images of current projects and classroom works I've completed.

6:57 Assessment - At the bottom, we reach “Evaluating the Seasons,” which has my assessment
for my e-portfolio. On the left, we have our rubric and our criteria. On the right, we have the
Google Forms that allow you to fill it in and assess my e-portfolio. Continuing our scroll, we
reach “Out of the Woods,” which is our reference list of all the different works we referenced
specifically in the e-portfolio. All other references in the projects themselves will be directly in
the actual project. On the right here, I've included some influential theories and references that
framed my e-portfolio and my learning in the MET program. For example, Constructivism,
Vygotsky and the TPACK framework.

7:42 Conclusion - At the end, I'd like to end off my e-portfolio with a “Thank You to Mother
Nature,” which is a summary of my year-long MET experience. In completing this e-portfolio,
I've come to appreciate the amount of free digital resources we have available to us today. I hope
you've enjoyed this video tour and I hope you also have a chance to take a look at my e-portfolio
itself. Thank you.