You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward. -- Conrad Hall

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Overview

As an alternative to test-based assessment, to provide an authentic audience, and to foster deeper learning, I assisted students in creating digital portfolios to host their work and reflect on their progress throughout their school year. We began by exploring the student portfolios to co-create success criteria as we do with all related classroom assignments and routines, and they are available here.
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I was initially inspired by Tony Wagner's talk at Deeper Learning.

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Exemplars

Elementary School Teachers

• First Grade
• Second Grade
• Fourth Grade
• ​​Art
• Engineering
• Science​

Middle School Teachers

• Sixth Humanities
• Eighth Math and Science
• Drama
• ​​Makerspace​

High School Teachers

• Director
• Dean
• ​​Ninth Math and Science
• ​Tenth Humanities
• Tenth Math and Science
• ​​Eleventh Math and Science
• ​Twelfth Humanities
• ​Digital Media
• Engineering
• ​Spanish​ ​

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Additional Resources

• Written Directions
• Video Tutorial​
• Other Tips
• ​​Reflection Sentence Frames
• Comment Sentence Frames
• Rubric​
• Permission Slip

Students displayed QR codes for their portfolios, along with their self-portraits and critique drawings, in the hallway to encourage visitors to engage with their work.