If you have made an eportfolio in your school domain using google sites, you might need to consider transferring it into your private gmail account so if you leave the school, it won't be accidentally deleted by the school, and you can keep the eportfolio no matter what school you are at.
I recommend that you make your eportfolio in your private address to begin with, but if you haven't, then this video will explain how you can transfer it
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Put simply, the first step is to make your "private self" a co-owner of your school site. This will allow you to make a copy of it in your "private" account, making you the owner of the copy and that is the site that you should use from then on. You should delete the original eportfolio in your school account. If you stay in the same school you should make your school email address a co- owner of your private site account. That way you can edit the site when signed into your school domain account.
If you transfer to a new GAFE (google apps for education) school, you can add your new school email address as a co-owner.
Even if the school deletes the site when you leave, you will be able to restore it within 31 days from your private account.
Don't forget to delete the orginal eportfolio so that you don't get confused about which one you should be updating.
I love this latest drawing from Sylvia Duckworth, inspired by Austin Gagnier (@Austin_Gagnier8). If only some would try even one of these things. It would be a step in the right direction. A seat on the right bus. A paddle on the right waka.
They are all such powerful and useful things to do I wonder why some teachers are not. And maybe it is that they don't get why. Or maybe their school curriculum has been overcrowded with other things to do. Or maybe they do not have enough devices in their classroom. Or maybe they are afraid. Or maybe they do not have the support of the leadership of the school.
What is your reason for not doing any one of these things? I would love to hear.
A couple of people have asked recently how to embed their blog into their site, so I have made this youtube tutorial of two different ways to do this.
If you want to see other tutorials, have a look in my youtube channel. My videos are made in the traditional Flipping way - warts and all, so I hope they are of use to you.
Here is an introductory video for those New Zealand Teachers wanting to use Google Sites for their eportfolios of evidence against the registered teacher criteria. In the true tradition of flipped learning, it is warts and all.
