Adding Content
What Should I Have Students Add to Their Pages?
Vicki Davis, in her Edutopia article "11 Essentials for Excellent ePortfolios" identifies two types of portfolios, the "showcase" portfolio in which students showcase their best work and the "process" portfolio where students reflect on their learning throughout a unit or an entire course. Many experts agree that a combination of the two is ideal. Davis also notes that it is important not to overwhelm your students. So if you and your students are new to digital portfolios, start small and work towards expansion!
Vicki Davis, in her Edutopia article "11 Essentials for Excellent ePortfolios" identifies two types of portfolios, the "showcase" portfolio in which students showcase their best work and the "process" portfolio where students reflect on their learning throughout a unit or an entire course. Many experts agree that a combination of the two is ideal. Davis also notes that it is important not to overwhelm your students. So if you and your students are new to digital portfolios, start small and work towards expansion!
- Identify Key Content Skills to Showcase
- Vertically align content in order to shape authentic reflection/growth over time
- Provide variety! Written work, video, images, audio
- Passion projects. Allow students a voice and the space to be creative. This is their work after all and nothing kills passion like a bunch of "must dos" dictated by authority.
- Blogposts (a great way to reflect)
Pages to Demonstrate Understanding of Key Content and Skills
Pages to Demonstrate Understanding of Key Content and Skills
Vertically align content in order to shape authentic reflection/growth over time
Vertically align content in order to shape authentic reflection/growth over time
This is an opportunity for students to reflect on similar assignments throughout their high school career. By examining their previous work, students can reflect on their own level of skill mastery.
This is an opportunity for students to reflect on similar assignments throughout their high school career. By examining their previous work, students can reflect on their own level of skill mastery.
Provide variety! Written work, video, images, and audio.
Provide variety! Written work, video, images, and audio.
Students demonstrate content area skills as well as twenty first century skills such as video editing, web design, podcasting and more. This is an opportunity for students and teachers to showcase creativity as well as growth. This is a great opportunity for the classroom teacher and the teacher librarian to collaborate on lessons that will bolster these skills for students.
Students demonstrate content area skills as well as twenty first century skills such as video editing, web design, podcasting and more. This is an opportunity for students and teachers to showcase creativity as well as growth. This is a great opportunity for the classroom teacher and the teacher librarian to collaborate on lessons that will bolster these skills for students.
Learning Blog Posts
Learning Blog Posts
Blogging is a great way to establish a professional online presence. The classroom teacher and the teacher librarian will work together to create blogging units that incorporate book talks, literary analysis, process reflections and more! Check out these admission blogs from MIT students.
Blogging is a great way to establish a professional online presence. The classroom teacher and the teacher librarian will work together to create blogging units that incorporate book talks, literary analysis, process reflections and more! Check out these admission blogs from MIT students.