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The heard of the portfolio is "projects" --show work that you have done. Tony Wagner
"The single most important thing you could do tomorrow for little to no money is have every student establish a digital portfolio where they collect their best work as evidence of their skills. Where they’re working with their teachers and other adults to present their best work, to iterate their best work, so that they actually have real progress they can show. "
Pathbright article -- Tony Wagner, Harvard University SEVEN SURVIVAL SKILLS
High Tech High
High Tech High
Bill Gates says, "Projects are the way to go." Oprah's tour of High Tech High gives a good introduction to projects.
Dozens of schools encourage their students to display their work. A pioneer in the use of Digital Portfolios is High Tech High school.
Click here to download two books that highlight High Tech High
Big Picture Schools (click here)
Big Picture Schools (click here)
See TINYURL.com/TransformTeaching for a video about FrA+ser Schools GoToFraser.com
Finnish Schools
Finnish Schools
http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/feature/finnish-project-shapes-schools-of-tomorrow/
There is a BBC article that discusses the focus on "projects"
Napa Valley School
Napa Valley School
New Technology High School Portfolios
This high school uses blogs as a way to keep track of a portfolio.
This high school uses blogs as a way to keep track of a portfolio.
“We prepare children to learn how to learn, not how to take a test,”
“We prepare children to learn how to learn, not how to take a test,”
said Pasi Sahlberg, a former math and physics teacher who is now in Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture. “We are not much interested in PISA. It’s not what we are about.”
said Pasi Sahlberg, a former math and physics teacher who is now in Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture. “We are not much interested in PISA. It’s not what we are about.”
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