A digital portfolio is a collection of student work selected purposefully to demonstrate learning over time. It can be organized and shared using different digital formats like web pages, PowerPoint, or word documents. Digital portfolios have advantages like taking up minimal storage space, allowing for easy sharing and backups, and enabling multimedia and hyperlinks. They motivate students by allowing reflection on strengths and goals. Effective digital portfolios include a variety of student work like essays, projects, and reflections.

1. Digital Portfolios

2. What is a portfolio? A collection of student work over a period of time Purposefully selected Demonstrates how and what the student is learning Conveys a student’s abilities, experiences, and achievements in thinking, understanding and problem –solving

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

4. What is a portfolio? Creative means of Organizing Summarizing Sharing artifacts Sharing information Sharing ideas about learning Reflecting* Evaluating Setting Goals

5. Selecting Your Portfolio Medium Paper Based Digital Online (Web Based)

6. Ask Yourself these 3 questions: What are the advantages of using this format? What are the disadvantages of using this format? Which one best fits my needs?

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

8. Advantages of digital Motivate students Foster active learning Serve as instruments for feedback Serve as instruments for discussion of student performance Exhibit “benchmark” performance Easily accessible Easily upgraded Easily cross references student work

9. 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 Difficult for one teacher to orchestrate

10. PowerPoint WebPages Digital text (word documents, etc) Digital artifacts (scan, photo, video) Hyperlinks Digital portfolio Electronic portfolio

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

12. Web-Based

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

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

15. 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 PowerPoint – excellent application for this

16. 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

17. 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

18. Reflection Requires Instruction and modeling LOTS of practice Feedback Elaboration

19. 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 …

20. Reflection Requires Instruction and modeling LOTS of practice Feedback Elaboration

21. 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 …

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

23. 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

24. PowerPoint WebPages Digital text (word documents, etc) Digital artifacts (scan, photo, video) Hyperlinks Digital portfolio Electronic portfolio

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

26. www.digitalportfolio.weebly.com