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What is a portfolio?

• A collection of student work over a period of time

• Purposefully selected

• Demonstrates how and what the student is learning

• Conveys a student’s abilities, experiences, and achievements in thinking, understanding and problem –solving

• Powerful instrument to encourage students to

become more independent self-directed learners as well as more reflective

learners

What is a portfolio?

• Creative means of– Organizing– Summarizing– Sharing artifacts– Sharing information– Sharing ideas about

learning– Reflecting*– Evaluating– Setting Goals

Selecting Your Portfolio Medium

Paper Based

Digital

Online (Web Based)

Ask Yourself these 3 questions:

What are the advantages of using this format?

What are the disadvantages of using this format?

Which one best fits my needs?

Digital or Electronic Portfolios

– Minimal storage space– Easy to create back-up files– Can be reproduced, shared or sent

(cheap)– Interactive – can link from doc to doc. – Long shelf life– Increases technology skills– Multi-media

Advantages of digital

• Motivate students • Foster active learning• Serve as instruments for feedback • Serve as instruments for discussion of student

performance • Exhibit “benchmark” performance • Easily accessible • Easily upgraded • Easily cross references student work

Disadvantages of digital

• Access to equipment may be limited

• Initially, a great deal of time is needed to train the students in the technology itself

• Difficult for one teacher to orchestrate

PowerPoint

WebPages

Digital text (word documents, etc)

Digital artifacts (scan, photo, video)Hyperlinks

Digital portfolioElectronic portfolio

What can be in a digital portfolio?

• Research papers• KWL charts, Venn diagrams• Initial predictions (hypotheses)• Revised predictions along with reason

why• Drawings, Maps• Photo and video documentation

•Web-Based

Advantages of web-based

• Real-world audience

• Highly motivating for student

• Students can continue documenting learning outside of school

Disadvantages of web-based

• Maintaining student anonymity

• School access to Internet inconsistent

• Digital must be established prior to uploading to web

WORKING PORTFOLIO

Holding tank for work not yet completed

Work may be selected later for a more permanent display

Exists mainly for the student and the teacher

PowerPoint – excellent application for this

SHOWCASE PORTFOLIOS

Most rewarding for the student

Demonstrates highest level of achievement

Audience is real-world (and possibly entire world)

Showcases student perceptions of favorite, best or most important work

EVALUATON PORTFOLIOS(can be digital or web-based)

Used to document achievement for grading purposes

Used to document progress towards standards

Used to place students appropriately

Audience includes teachers, parents, school districts

Reflection Requires

• Instruction and modeling• LOTS of practice• Feedback• Elaboration

Reflecting

What are the strengths of this work?

What are the weaknesses?

From reviewing this piece I learned…

In this portfolio I see evidence of ....

The work would have been better if …

Reflection Requires

• Instruction and modeling• LOTS of practice• Feedback• Elaboration

Reflecting

What are the strengths of this work?

What are the weaknesses?

From reviewing this piece I learned…

In this portfolio I see evidence of ....

The work would have been better if …

What can you put in a digital portfolio?

NEWSREFLECTIONDEBATESRECOGNITIONSESSAYSMAPSEXPERIMENTSMOVIES

MUSICSPEECHESINTERVIEWSPOETRYOPINIONSPAINTINGSNOTESBRAINSTORMS

So…Portfolios help students:

• Determine meaningful work• Reflect on needs and strengths• See their own progress over time• See the effort they put forth• Feel ownership and pride in their work• Realize their work has personal relevance

PowerPoint

WebPages

Digital text (word documents, etc)

Digital artifacts (scan, photo, video)Hyperlinks

Digital portfolioElectronic portfolio

What can be in a digital portfolio?

• Research papers• KWL charts, Venn diagrams• Initial predictions (hypotheses)• Revised predictions along with reason

why• Drawings, Maps• Photo and video documentation

• www.digitalportfolio.weebly.com