Why digital portfolios?

Which of these are NOT a reason to have students create digital portfolios in the classroom?

• Real world skills
• Paper portfolios get thrown out
• Practice digital citizenship/literacy skills
• Makes you look like a great teacher.

Digital portfolios help students reflect on their learning? 

• True
• False

Digital portfolios are a good way for students to showcase skills through...

• developing typing skills
• authentic performances, self assessment and goal setting
•  memorizing content
• copying information off the board

According to Helen C. Barrett (e-portfolio researcher) which of these are good reasons to use digital portfolios?

• Portfolio as storage collection
• Portfolio as workspace collection & reflection
• Portfolio as showcase presentation
• All of the above

By creating digital portfolios, students can feel a sense of....

• sadness
• failure
• personal ownership over their work and take pride in it.
• anxiety

More than the tools, portfolios are about....

• process
• product
• process and product
• learning text skills

Digital portfolios are a good way to focus on grades as opposed to progress, effort and the process of learning. 

• True
• False

Digital portfolios can be used to collect artifacts of student learning.

• True
• False

As you develop your own use of a digital portfolio, which of these are NOT an essential? 

• Developing a clear portfolio vision and strategy for implementation
• Including families in the conversation early on.
• Use the tools that allow for easy documentation, reflection and presentation. 
• Making sure that students are technically advanced. 

Why should we use google sites?

• Free website builder
• Easy to use
• Automatically stores pages online
• All of the above