Digital Portfolios are online collections of learning artifacts to showcase a student's accomplishments and growth over time. These portfolios are a way to demonstrate what students know and how they got there.
Rebecca Hare, Education Community Program Manager for Adobe
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Portfolios help students demonstrate growth and understanding by asking them to share their strengths and challenges, and their process of learning.
Backwards Planning
Open the Teacher Planning Guide and let's plan together.
- Teacher Planning Guide
- Student: Cumulative Checklist
- Student: Science Checklist
Reflection Video
- Create new project: Video
- Title your video: Reflection Video
- Choose a template
- Change the theme
- Title: Digital Portfolios in my Classroom
- Add a background
- On slide 2: change the layout to Split Screen
- On one side write the question: "How will I use digital portfolios in my classroom?"
- On the other side add a photo relating to portfolios in your classroom
- Record yourself answering the question
- On slide 3, change the layout to Caption
- Write the question: "What do I want students to include in their portfolios?"
- Add a photo of something you want students to include in their portfolio
- Record yourself answering the question
- Change the music
Portfolio Web Page
- Title: First and Last name
- Subheading: Course/Grade Level/Purpose
- Give it a background
- Add Split Screen: On one side add a picture of yourself, on the other write a short bio
- Add Glideshow: select one picture related to something you have taught recently
- Write 2-3 sentences about the topic/lesson/project
- Add an artifact from that topic/lesson/project (hyperlink, button, or screenshot)
Adding in Artifacts
Hyperlink to a Google Drive Document. (Make sure your sharing permissions are set correctly.)
Creating a Video in Adobe Express
Great for student reflections.
Resources
Credits
Rebecca Hare, Education Community Program Manager - Adobe
Stark State College (Portfolio Based Assessment rubric)
The Muse article: Why You (Yes, You) Need a Professional Portfolio
Kristina Kennedy - kristina.kennedy@aps.edu - Twitter: @KristinaEdTech
Karn Gustafson - Customer Success Manager: Create New Mexico
email: kgustafson@adobe.com - Phone: (505) 250-5607
Create New Mexico Education Exchange - Create New Mexico Professional Learning Site
Kelly Mitchell - kelly.mitchell@aps.edu - Twitter: @kbclassroom
Credits:
Created with images by kitsana - "abstract colored dust explosion on a black background.abstract powder splatted background,Freeze motion of color powder exploding/throwing color powder, multicolored glitter texture." • magele-picture - "Portfolio" • WavebreakMediaMicro - "School kids using computer in school "