Digital Portfolios

Traditional Assessment Reveals only whether the student can recall or recognize Meets the “need” of the teacher Multiple choice, fill in the blank, true/false, matching (forced choice) Summative, not formative What percentage of your assessments fall into this category? (classroom, school, state, national)?

Reveals only whether the student can

recall or recognize

Meets the “need” of the teacher

Multiple choice, fill in the blank, true/false, matching (forced choice)

Summative, not formative

What percentage of your assessments fall into this

category? (classroom, school, state, national)?

Authentic Assessment Measures ability to apply standard-driven knowledge and skills to real-world challenges

Measures ability to apply standard-driven knowledge and skills to real-world challenges

Students construct their own responses rather than select from ones presented Students choose from an array of tasks Proves to be a tool for improving teacher instruction Improves student performance Promotes reflection on that learning HOW?

Students construct their own responses rather than select from ones presented

Students choose from an array of tasks

Proves to be a tool for improving teacher instruction

Improves student performance

Promotes reflection on that learning

Passed written Passed driving Passed both

Passed written

Passed driving

Passed both

Traditional Selecting a Response Contrived Recall/Recognition Teacher-structured Indirect Evidence Authentic Performing a Task Real-life Construction / Application Student-Structured Direct Evidence

Traditional

Selecting a Response

Contrived

Recall/Recognition

Teacher-structured

Indirect Evidence

Authentic

Performing a Task

Real-life

Construction / Application

Student-Structured

Direct Evidence

The four forces of flight are: ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ Word bank: lift, force, thrust, plane, air, drag, weight Traditional

___________

___________

___________

___________

Word bank:

lift, force, thrust, plane, air, drag, weight

Types of Authentic Assessment Plays, Songs, Poetry, Role-Playing Student-designed experiments/demonstrations Web Pages, PowerPoint presentations And…. Digital Portfolios

Plays, Songs, Poetry, Role-Playing

Student-designed experiments/demonstrations

Web Pages, PowerPoint presentations

And….

Digital Portfolios

Portfolio Basics

Powerful instrument to encourage students to become more independent self-directed learners as well as more reflective learners

Powerful instrument to encourage students to become more independent self-directed learners as well as more reflective learners

What is a portfolio? A collection of student work over a period of time Purposefully selected by the student Demonstrates how and what the student has learned and how they feel about it Conveys a student’s abilities, experiences, and achievements in thinking, understanding and problem –solving

A collection of student work over a period of time

Purposefully selected by the student

Demonstrates how and what the student has learned and how they feel about it

Conveys a student’s abilities, experiences, and achievements in thinking, understanding and problem –solving

What is a portfolio? Creative means of Organizing Creating Summarizing Sharing artifacts Sharing information Sharing ideas about learning Reflecting* Evaluating Setting Goals Our papermaking company earned $200 in profit. We bought and donated supplies to the animal shelter. I felt so happy to be able to help the animals.

Creative means of

Organizing

Creating

Summarizing

Sharing artifacts

Sharing information

Sharing ideas about learning

Reflecting*

Evaluating

Setting Goals

Selecting Your Portfolio Medium Paper Digital Online

Paper

Digital

Online

Paper-Based

Paper-Based

some work samples are too large to be kept in folder samples of work not on paper cannot be kept in a folder easily damaged bulky / take up a lot of room if lost, irreplaceable Paper shortage Paper-Based Portfolio Concerns

some work samples are too large to be kept in folder

samples of work not on paper cannot be kept in a folder

easily damaged

bulky / take up a lot of room

if lost, irreplaceable

Paper shortage

Digital aka “electronic”

Digital

aka “electronic”

Digital Portfolios Minimal storage space Easy to create back-up files Can be reproduced, shared or sent (inexpensive) Interactive – can link from doc to doc. Long shelf life Increases technology skills

Minimal storage space

Easy to create back-up files

Can be reproduced, shared or sent (inexpensive)

Interactive – can link from doc to doc.

Long shelf life

Increases technology skills

Disadvantages of digital Access to equipment may be limited Initially, a great deal of time is needed to train the students in the technology itself or is it? Difficult for one teacher to orchestrate

Access to equipment may be limited

Initially, a great deal of time is needed to train the students in the technology itself or is it?

Difficult for one teacher to orchestrate

What can be in a digital portfolio? Research papers KWL charts, Venn diagrams Initial predictions (hypotheses) Revised predictions along with reason why Drawings, Maps (scanned) Photo and video documentation

Research papers

KWL charts, Venn diagrams

Initial predictions (hypotheses)

Revised predictions along with reason why

Drawings, Maps (scanned)

Photo and video documentation

The Great Potato Experiment We wondered which spice would preserve a potato the best. I thought it would be salt. What is your hypothesis?

100 100 200 200 400 400 300 400 Volcanoes Earthquake Erosion & Weathering Misc. 300 300 300 200 400 200 100 500 500 500 500 100

Row 1, Col 1 Shield, Cinder Cone and Composite What are the types of volcanoes?

Videos Using Animoto , students documented what their potatoes looked like after eight weeks !!!

Using Animoto , students

documented what their potatoes

looked like after eight weeks !!!

Web-Based

Web-Based

Web-Based Portfolios Published in a digital format, on-line

Published in a digital format, on-line

Student web pages – Free host: www.weebly.com

Advantages of web-based Real-world audience Highly motivating for student Students can continue documenting learning outside of school

Real-world audience

Highly motivating for student

Students can continue documenting learning outside of school

Disadvantages of web-based Maintaining student anonymity School access to Internet inconsistent Digital must be established prior to uploading to web ?????

Maintaining student anonymity

School access to Internet inconsistent

Digital must be established prior to uploading to web ?????

TYPES OF PORTFOLIOS

TYPES OF PORTFOLIOS

WORKING PORTFOLIO Holding tank for work not yet completed Work may be selected later for a more permanent display Exists mainly for the student and the teacher

Holding tank for work not yet completed

Work may be selected later for a more permanent display

Exists mainly for the student and the teacher

SHOWCASE PORTFOLIOS Most rewarding for the student Demonstrates highest level of achievement Audience is real-world (and possibly entire world) Showcases student perceptions of favorite, best or most important work

Most rewarding for the student

Demonstrates highest level of achievement

Audience is real-world (and possibly entire world)

Showcases student perceptions of favorite, best or most important work

EVALUATON PORTFOLIOS (can be digital or web-based) Used to document achievement for grading purposes Used to document progress towards standards Used to place students appropriately Audience includes teachers, parents, school districts

Used to document achievement for grading purposes

Used to document progress towards standards

Used to place students appropriately

Audience includes teachers, parents, school districts

REFLECTION

REFLECTION

Reflection Requires Instruction and modeling LOTS of practice Feedback Elaboration

Instruction and modeling

LOTS of practice

Feedback

Elaboration

Reflecting What are the strengths of this work? What are the weaknesses? From reviewing this piece I learned… In this portfolio I see evidence of .... The work would have been better if …

What are the strengths of this work?

What are the weaknesses?

From reviewing this piece I learned…

In this portfolio I see evidence of ....

The work would have been better if …

Equipment Needed

Computer(S)

Computer(S)

Scanner

Scanner

Scanner Alert!

MICROPHONE $5.03

MICROPHONE

Power of Audio PowerPoint Windows Accessories G Cast Audacity

Power of Audio

PowerPoint

Windows Accessories

G Cast

Audacity

Record narration into PowerPoint Slide Show – Record Narration – OK - Talk

Record sound files using Windows BACTERIA

Record sound files using Windows

G-Cast Make a phone call and students record their voices. The file can be embedded into their web pages (podcast). SAMPLE

Make a phone call and students record their voices. The file can be embedded into their web pages (podcast).

SAMPLE

Audacity Journey on the Mayflower

Digital Camera

Digital Camera with close-focus adjustment focus in close enough to capture student writing samples capture video and take single frame pictures. easy to transfer to computer

Digital Camera with close-focus adjustment

focus in close enough to capture student writing samples

capture video and take single frame pictures.

easy to transfer to computer

Digital Camera Field trips Assemblies Learning in special areas Board work Convert photos into movies Windows movie maker Animoto STUDENT ARE THE PHOTOGRAPHERS

Field trips

Assemblies

Learning in special areas

Board work

Convert photos into movies

Windows movie maker

Animoto

STUDENT ARE THE PHOTOGRAPHERS

Venn Diagram – Caribou and Musk Ox

Video Camera

Video Camera

TRIPOD Or Dramamine

Or Dramamine

What can you put in a digital portfolio? NEWS REFLECTION DEBATES RECOGNITIONS ESSAYS MAPS EXPERIMENTS MOVIES MUSIC SPEECHES INTERVIEWS POETRY OPINIONS PAINTINGS NOTES BRAINSTORMS

NEWS

REFLECTION

DEBATES

RECOGNITIONS

ESSAYS

MAPS

EXPERIMENTS

MOVIES

MUSIC

SPEECHES

INTERVIEWS

POETRY

OPINIONS

PAINTINGS

NOTES

BRAINSTORMS

So…Portfolios help students: Determine meaningful work Reflect on needs and strengths See their own progress over time See the effort they put forth Feel ownership and pride in their work Realize their work has personal relevance

Determine meaningful work

Reflect on needs and strengths

See their own progress over time

See the effort they put forth

Feel ownership and pride in their work

Realize their work has personal relevance