Embedded Files
Remember: You only have one digital portfolio. You're adding to one digital portfolio over time.
Remember: You only have one digital portfolio. You're adding to one digital portfolio over time.
Don't be shy about sharing your work in progress. We want to value the learning process by sharing learning at every step of the way. Don't hold back because you're worried it's "not perfect yet."
Don't be shy about sharing your work in progress. We want to value the learning process by sharing learning at every step of the way. Don't hold back because you're worried it's "not perfect yet."
Follow the steps below to add stuff to your pages.
Follow the steps below to add stuff to your pages.
Step 1
Step 1
Determine what the page is for. What is it meant to do?
Determine what the page is for. What is it meant to do?
What is your reason for making the page? Your digital portfolio is meant to show what you really know and what you really can do, and as you add pages, you should have an idea of what the page is meant to show.
What is your reason for making the page? Your digital portfolio is meant to show what you really know and what you really can do, and as you add pages, you should have an idea of what the page is meant to show.
Usually, the page you are adding to your digital portfolio is meant to show that you learned something. Your reason for making the page is kind of like the page's thesis statement--or, the main argument of the page. Some sample reasons for making a page are:
Usually, the page you are adding to your digital portfolio is meant to show that you learned something. Your reason for making the page is kind of like the page's thesis statement--or, the main argument of the page. Some sample reasons for making a page are:
- This page will show that I learned about mitosis.
- This page shows how I learned to code HTML over time.
- This page will prove that I know how to mark the text.
- This page will show that I understand the causes of the US Civil War.
- This page will demonstrate my understanding of the research process.
Step 2
Step 2
Gather evidence and add it to your page.
Gather evidence and add it to your page.
If the reason for a page is like a thesis statement claiming that you learned something, then you need evidence to back up your claim! Gather evidence that shows that you learned what you say you learned. Evidence can include:
If the reason for a page is like a thesis statement claiming that you learned something, then you need evidence to back up your claim! Gather evidence that shows that you learned what you say you learned. Evidence can include:
- Google Docs
- Pictures
- Video
- Audio
- Written descriptions
- more
Very important!! Anything you add to your Google Site from Google Drive must have the proper share settings! If you don't share your embedded Google Drive items properly, nobody will be able to see your work (and part of the point of curating a digital portfolio is sharing your learning with the world).
Very important!! Anything you add to your Google Site from Google Drive must have the proper share settings! If you don't share your embedded Google Drive items properly, nobody will be able to see your work (and part of the point of curating a digital portfolio is sharing your learning with the world).
Avoid other people seeing this when they visit your website:
Avoid other people seeing this when they visit your website:
Be sure to always share what you embed on your site with the world.
Be sure to always share what you embed on your site with the world.
Step 3
Step 3
Explain your evidence, and show how it proves what you want it to prove.
Explain your evidence, and show how it proves what you want it to prove.
Just like in writing, it's not enough to just add evidence. You need to explain your evidence. You need to explain how the stuff you added to your page supports the main point of the page.
Just like in writing, it's not enough to just add evidence. You need to explain your evidence. You need to explain how the stuff you added to your page supports the main point of the page.
For example, if the reason you created the page was to prove that you know how to mark a text, and then you added a Google Doc that you marked and added screenshots showing how your marked the text, then you need to explain how that stuff you added proves that you know how to mark a text!
For example, if the reason you created the page was to prove that you know how to mark a text, and then you added a Google Doc that you marked and added screenshots showing how your marked the text, then you need to explain how that stuff you added proves that you know how to mark a text!
Your evidence does not speak for itself. You need to explain how your evidence proves what you say it proves.
Your evidence does not speak for itself. You need to explain how your evidence proves what you say it proves.
Explain to yourself and others what you are learning.
Explain to yourself and others what you are learning.
Your teachers may ask you to show your learning in a variety of ways, but these 3 steps will be very useful to you as you build up your digital portfolio.
Your teachers may ask you to show your learning in a variety of ways, but these 3 steps will be very useful to you as you build up your digital portfolio.
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