I attended “Powerful Portfolios With Google Sites” presented by Pamela Aulakh and Tom Daccord. The presenters noted that portfolios can be used with a wide variety of students to provide evidence of content mastery. Portfolios provide myriad opportunities for creative expression — students can upload animations, slideshows, podcasts, videos, audio, etc. in order to reflect on content and demonstrate mastery.
The advantage of online learning portfolios is that evidence of learning can travel with the student as they move from grade to grade. Students can begin to amass a body of evidence of learning beginning in elementary school that travels with them through secondary school. Evidence might include work that shows specific learning, demonstrates mastery of a standard, or showcases activities in which a student is particularly interested. Portfolios could become important for RSU1 students in particular as we move towards a standards-based learning environment.
For more information on using Google Sites, Padlet, or Blendspace to develop a digital online portfolio, download the online teacher planning document at http://goo.gl/4SYJCz or email Mandy Nalls at analls@rsu1.org.
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