For teachers, digital portfolios are
helpful in two ways. The first is that
is allows them to save material that will help them with current and future
classroom instruction. Just as in this
class, where we are saving website and bookmarking them for later use, teachers
can do the same. This enables them quick
access to material that was helpful to them.
This makes lesson planning and information gathering much quicker,
saving the teacher time, but not taking away from the quality of instruction.
The second way is that can show a
sort of time-line of the growth of a teacher, not only for themselves, but for
being evaluation purposes. Anyone can
see how far a teacher has come and how the quality of work has increased. From their resume to their accomplishments, a
digital portfolio will help in all aspects of teaching and evaluating.
Tech Tool 11.2
Tech Tool 11.2 explains what Polls
& Survey sites and Apps are available to use for educational purposes. For instance, one of my recent Sunday School
classes used a poll on SurveyMonkey to see if the students liked the lessons
that had been taught that month. Other
sites such as Zoomerang can be used and offers so many different types of
surveys and options to formulate the exact type of survey needed. Sites like this can make it more fun and
engaging for students. Students can use
these sites to do their own surveys and incorporate it in their projects and
assignments using real data they collect from the surveys and their peers.
Summary & Connection
Chapter 11 goes over the topics of
student assessments and the use of digital portfolios for both students and
teachers. I believe Performance based
assessment is the best tool for evaluation as it allows for us to see the real
application of the knowledge learned throughout the year. Seeing what a student has learned through
actual applied work and assignments shows how well they have grasped the
concepts of the lessons.
There are a lot of benefits for both
teachers and students to use digital portfolios to enhance and showcase their
work. They have quick access to all
their achievements later. This can be
used for evaluation or for help with lesson planning in the future as well. For students, it can also be used as a tool
for refreshing on a subject they haven’t worked on in a while. I have had my
son save his work from previous grades in a folder on our computer and label
them so he can go back when he needs help.
Resources:
Textbook- Maloy,
Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly
Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition.
Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.
YouTube. “Teachers e-portfolio.wmv ”. Author: samispil. May 2010. Retrieved from Web.
YouTube. “Introducing SurveyMonkey, the World's Largest Survey Company ”. SurveyMonkey. April 2013. Retrieved from Web.
Great points made in this post about portfolios and performance based assessments - they really do show a bit more about a student's learning and piggy-backs on the differentiated instruction ideas from the previous learning. There are some great technology tools that can assist in the digital format, too! Great video enhancements, too! :)
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