{"id":331,"date":"2013-05-07T15:59:39","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T08:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neilcommons.com\/?p=331"},"modified":"2013-09-12T21:29:52","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T14:29:52","slug":"how-digital-portfolios-have-killed-portfolios-at-my-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/neilcommons.com\/?p=331","title":{"rendered":"How digital portfolios have killed portfolios at my school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/neilcommons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/portfolio_wai_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-332\" alt=\"portfolio_wai_1\" src=\"http:\/\/neilcommons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/portfolio_wai_1-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/neilcommons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/portfolio_wai_1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/neilcommons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/portfolio_wai_1.jpg 593w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/b>Students at my secondary school use a blog (set up and organised by the school) to organise their digital portfolios and I think this does a disservice to both blogs and portfolios alike<\/p>\n<p><b>Why is a portfolio important?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A school portfolio of work should provide an honest representation of a student\u2019s school achievements.\u00a0 Format discussion can be saved for another time.\u00a0 The required content can range anywhere from just the highlights to absolutely everything \u2013 the good, the bad and the ugly.\u00a0 However, I accepted that there should be evidence from all subjects.\u00a0 For all the evidence which enters the portfolio, a student should reflect upon what has been learnt from the whole associated experience \u2013 not just a final grade.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>The downfall of the portfolio<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Few people enjoy looking at themselves critically and, unless well supported, the vast majority of students will not choose to do this.\u00a0 Furthermore, a blog is open to the world and demands interaction whilst a portfolio is a something which is shared with those that you trust, admire or want to impress.\u00a0 Therefore, the use of an individual\u2019s student blog to represent a student portfolio defeats its purpose, and hence stifles both.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>The re-birth of the portfolio<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To help our students produce informative portfolios will require our guidance and our support and our time and an expectation that this should be done.\u00a0 Our guidance must be shown in teaching our students how to reflect effectively.\u00a0 Our support must come in the form of templates and\/or scaffolding for student to initially follow.\u00a0 As educators, we should be setting aside time both in class (when work is returned) and before that (in extra feedback that will ignite their thoughts).\u00a0 Our expectations mean that this needs to be done and it is not something a student can avoid.\u00a0 Now I appreciate that the blog provides excellent digital portfolio functionality \u2013 an opportunity for a reflective statement and to embed school work.\u00a0 But this needs to be private in order to avoid plagiarism issues and to increase the value of events such as a Student Led Conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Students at my secondary school use a blog (set up and organised by the school) to organise their digital portfolios and I think this does a disservice to both blogs and portfolios alike Why is a portfolio important? 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