Learning is a continuous process and I have always been told if I am breathing, I should be learning something new every day. I enjoy learning and believe that eportfolios are a great way tool for assessment on learning. The first time I used a portfolio was in 6th grade art class, we kept every piece we created in class throughout the year and stored them in a portfolio that was also a piece of art. I remember showing that portfolio to my parents, grandparents, and anyone else that would pay attention. I also remembered the pride I had in my art work and how the anticipation grew as the pieces in my portfolio got better as my skill and understanding grew throughout the year. Today’s eportfolio is no different to me. I still want to show my parents, grandparents, potential future employers, and anyone else that will look at my work. Even as an adult I am proud of what I have learned and I believe it shows in the work I produce. I think that the eportfolio is a great tool because it allows you to store information from many sources and you can see the growth of a person on many different subjects. Also, it gives you the ability to use your past work as a source or reference to build upon and continue learning. You have the ability to conveniently revisit that lesson, which eliminates or lessons the chance of you forgetting something you have already learned.
The article, Electronic Portfolios as Digital Stories of Deep learning, discussed two assessments; assessment for learning and assessment of learning. A few comparisons between the two assessments are: Assessment of learning checks what has been learning to date, usually compares the students’ learning with either other students or the ‘standard’ for a grade level, and does not need to involve the student; Assessment for learning checks learning to decide what to do next, usually focuses on improvement, compared with the student’s ‘previous best’ and progress toward a standard, and needs to involve the student – the person most able to improve learning. These are the main reasons I have to say I most relate to the use of eportfolios as assessments for learning. I believe that learning is individualized; you decide what is important to you and study those things to learn them. In other words the ability compare your current work to your previous work is a bigger motivator for improvement and growth than comparing your work to your peers. I believe the potential for portfolio assessment is great and a terrific way for assessing a student’s knowledge of that subject before moving forward. As stated before, I also see it is a personal motivator and as a tool to recall prior learning and build upon instead of forgetting. I believe that the creation of my class eportfolio will assist me in the future because I am already thinking of the many things I can utilize this for in my classroom. I love the idea of having a site that I can share with my students and their parents as a tool for communication, I can create a contact form where students and parents can email directly from that with any questions or concern they might have. I can share homework assignments and instructions; this would be a great tool for students who were working on projects over the weekend or anytime outside of school. I can share class and school information conveniently, such as field trips and holidays. I can brag on students and good work examples, such as student of the week/month in my classes, pictures or videos of projects being worked on in class.
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