D I G I T A L P O R T F O L I O S
This week in tech we talked about digital portfolios. Digital portfolios hold the same value and content as a regular portfolio but the content is digitized. Digital portfolios can contain photos (of student work), videos, voice recordings, drawings, documents and other digital things. Another cool thing about digital portfolios is parents can have continual and immediate access to the content. Parents can also communicate and respond to work through the platform containing the portfolio.
In addition to parent communication, Seesaw (digital portfolios) is great as a classroom tool for other things. Students can upload content and actively contribute and create their own portfolio. This can help students to take ownership of their learning.
Digital Portfolio: a collection of digitized artifacts of student work
Allie
There are many different platforms available for digital portfolios – we looked at Seesaw. See saw is available in web browser and as an app.
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You could use digital portfolios in the classroom in so many ways. Parent communication and student learning are both very prevalent features of the Seesaw. This app in particular has lessons included in the app that can be assigned to students. Especially in the aftermath of covid, being aware of different resources available in case you ever needed to conduct your classroom in a distanced manner. Teachers can also use the portfolio when they are assessing student work. I also think this would help prepare students for a more digitized education in later years.
How Would I Use It
I can see myself using Seesaw in the classroom in every way possible. I would love to let students create and add their own content, and then have that available to me for assessing throughout the year and to communicate with parents and show them what we’re doing in class. It would be a great way to keep students up to date if they have to miss a bigger chunk of school. I can see myself using it as a secondary way to communicate with parents and remain a very positive way to keep parents in the loop – they don’t have to hear about anything that went wrong here, it can all be positive. I also think it would be a great way to keep students involved and engaged and use the relationships they have at home to help motivate them.
