Welcome to the Digital Student
Portfolios After School Special!
Today we will be exploring the ins-and-outs of all things portfolio: frustrations, wish list,
tech tools, favorite student work samples, assessment, sharing, and more!
My goal is for you to walk away from today with the following:
-New ideas for varied student work submitted for portfolios
-Exploration of a variety of tech tools available for digital portfolios
-Narrow down or make a decision about the best portfolio tech tool for you.
-Set goal for digital portfolios: Will you try them immediately for spring conferences?
Will this be something you use for the REMAINDER of the school year AFTER conferences?
Are you planning ahead, learning more, and looking forward to using this next year?
tech tools, favorite student work samples, assessment, sharing, and more!
My goal is for you to walk away from today with the following:
-New ideas for varied student work submitted for portfolios
-Exploration of a variety of tech tools available for digital portfolios
-Narrow down or make a decision about the best portfolio tech tool for you.
-Set goal for digital portfolios: Will you try them immediately for spring conferences?
Will this be something you use for the REMAINDER of the school year AFTER conferences?
Are you planning ahead, learning more, and looking forward to using this next year?
ENGAGE: I feel your pain...
...so we might as well laugh about it!
Do you fee like Ralphie's teacher??? TOWERS of papers to grade {only we don't have
time to sit and do that during class}, frustration with managing it all.....and WISHING for
the "perfect" student work piece(s) like Ralphie's essay?
time to sit and do that during class}, frustration with managing it all.....and WISHING for
the "perfect" student work piece(s) like Ralphie's essay?
How about this one? Are you every overwhelmed, confused, and frustrated with assessment, Common Core aligned rubrics, grading scales, and numbers used for assessment?
ENGAGE: Love - Hate - Wish
Click below to access the group document and add your thoughts.
After we brainstorm as a group, I will share my own love-hate-wish journey
with digital portfolios and introduce solutions I've explored along the way!
After we brainstorm as a group, I will share my own love-hate-wish journey
with digital portfolios and introduce solutions I've explored along the way!
EXPLORE: Digital Portfolio "Doctors"
"Find the cure for what ails your portfolio process" using any one resource or combination of tools to curate, assess, communicate, and share student work using the power of digital portfolios.
You may have already checked out the resource links to the tech tools below. If not, now is your chance.
If you have already explored, now is your time to dig DEEPER into the tools to watch user tutorials,
learn the techniques for using each tool, and possibly choose your favorite(s) to start setting up!
Click on the image below to explore the grid of tech tools and find your PORTFOLIO PRESCRIPTION!
You may have already checked out the resource links to the tech tools below. If not, now is your chance.
If you have already explored, now is your time to dig DEEPER into the tools to watch user tutorials,
learn the techniques for using each tool, and possibly choose your favorite(s) to start setting up!
Click on the image below to explore the grid of tech tools and find your PORTFOLIO PRESCRIPTION!
EXPLAIN: Nuts & Bolts from Trial & Error
As I continue to learn throughout the portfolio process, I've gleaned what will hopefully be useful for you. No matter what tech tool you find to be your "portfolio prescription," some universal tips, tricks,
& techniques should be applicable.
& techniques should be applicable.
-Organization-
Turn-in tubs made from drawers, labeled by subject (or category of your choosing) take the sorting off of your plate & put responsibility on
the students. You could use these for turn-in drawers for daily work, or to mass-collect pieces for portfolios. |
Portfolio collection crate: A milk crate and hanging folders. Each folder is labeled with a student name, and you could even put manila folders with subject labels inside each student hanging folder.
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Personal portfolio pockets can be made out of multi-pocket, spiral bound folders or accordion-style pouches. Each pocket has a label by subject (or other category). You could use a drawer system for turn-in work and these pockets for portfolios.
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-Assignment Turn-in-
You may already use a paper gradebook, and many of the tech-tools listed above include checklists or gradebook-style components. However, if you are still looking for an easy, "LIVE," tool for students to note when they have completed an assignment and/or portfolio submission, feel free to use the spreadsheet below. Please MAKE A COPY of this original document and then populate with your own class and assignment information. Then, as students finish work, they may mark their spot with an "X" or other notation to indicate they have completed the task.
-Perfect Portfolio Pieces-
We’ve added everything under the sun to our ePortfolios, from traditional paper work, to digital
21st-century learning products. See students in action collecting, capturing, and sharing work below!
These are a few of my favorite student pieces:
21st-century learning products. See students in action collecting, capturing, and sharing work below!
These are a few of my favorite student pieces:
ELABORATE: Try it! ...to Infinity & Beyond!
You've seen my students in action...now it's your turn! Choose at least one of the tech tools to explore and try making a few assignments and submissions by creating a "fake" portfolio to practice. Hopefully, you will find one that fits your needs & students, so that you may further explore after this session.
Then, set your GOALS:
Will you try them immediately for spring conferences?
Will this be something you use for the REMAINDER of the school year AFTER conferences?
Are you planning ahead, learning more, and looking forward to using this next year?
With digital portfolios, the possibilities are ENDLESS. I'll be using portfolios during our Spring student-led conferences but have goals beyond that for myself:
Then, set your GOALS:
Will you try them immediately for spring conferences?
Will this be something you use for the REMAINDER of the school year AFTER conferences?
Are you planning ahead, learning more, and looking forward to using this next year?
With digital portfolios, the possibilities are ENDLESS. I'll be using portfolios during our Spring student-led conferences but have goals beyond that for myself:
- Parent homework: Following conferences, parents will be asked to review their child's portfolio and add comments to each student entry.
- Keep adding: Continued addition of teacher-assigned, student-created uploaded portfolio pieces for the remainder of the school year.
- Constant communication: Since we don’t have end-of-year conferences, I’ll be sending parents notifications throughout the remaining trimester as students upload pieces, as I complete rubrics, and to monitor their child’s progress.
- Student-generated projects: Now that students are used to the format and process of using OpenSchool, my goal is for them to use the student-generated projects function of this tech tool for self-directed exploration, work production, and evaluation.
- Ongoing authentic assessment: My goal is to use student portfolio submissions as part of our end-of-year assessment and report card grades using the CCSS-aligned rubrics.