Simon Sinek, in his wonderful TED Talk, discusses How great leaders inspire action – talks about the Golden Circle. Leaders talk a lot about What and How, but really need to focus on Why.
Adjectives to describe purpose
Who knows what this means?
How do portfolios and reflection fit into the learning process?BEFORE - goal-setting (reflection in the future tense), DURING - immediate reflection (in the present tense), where students write (or dictate) the reason why they chose a specific artifact to include in their collectionAFTER - retrospective (in the past tense) where students look back over a collection of work and describe what they have learned and how they have changed over a period of time (in a Level 3 portfolio)
“Portfolios should be less about tellingand more about talking!” Julie Hughes, University of Wolverhampton
How do we implement ePortfolios in a manner that engages students and helps achieve the purposes?
Glória Soares
