Birds of a Feather Session on Digital Portfolios
lots of schools move to portfolios because of 1:1 initiatives
some have paper portfolios and want to move to portfolios
tool for keeping portfolio documents
Rhode Island public schools has a new graduation requirement to demonstrate
portfolio.du.edu/pc University of Denver (go to graduate student association)
scrapbook kind of system
issue of control - teachers need to have some control so students don't put in inappropriate things or delete all their old "babyish" work
high tech high (www.hightechhigh.org/schools all the portfolios are public
multiple audiences - current teacher, future teacher parent
need to have a basic framework - can give students freedom after that for older grades
security and privacy are issues for portfoio's stored on the Web
example
first grade teachers get together and agree on one piece of work that al will do and put in their portfolio, do these a few times of year; tied to the 6 traits of writing rubric can look at the class as a whole and how they performed on that task using richerpicture software
collect, select, reflect - collect a bunch of samples, select the ones that you want, reflect on why you chose those
Helen Barrett - wrote about portfolios
alternative to standardized tests
use it to track cross curricular skills i.e. ICT skills
set of essential questions - how do we decide what is good, how do we create a portfolio culture
portfolio addresses the things that you can't address in a standardized test
when you put something in the portfolio make sure that it it tied to a particular standard, can make it part of the process for the student
teacher may specify the work to be included or say select 2 of your lab reports to include
spend time focusing on the reflection piece also - document that in the portfolio also
3rd graders and up can put the artifacts in
each artifact is assessed as normal part of school work
the portfolio itself is assessed also, maybe with a rubric
one school does 15 minute interviews with student and two teachers
can use very short snippets of video to show reading proficiency, analysis skills
Research educational leadership article by david niguidula
writing by Helen Barrett
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