Student portfolios are becoming very well known and sought after items. They loan themselves to hosting student led conferences and promoting self efficacy in older grades. It also provides an easy to access files of work, hopefully from Kindergarten up. I will first showcase the portfolios that I created in my Kindergarten classroom. I used Evernote and an IPEVO camera ($69). Here is the link to what the parents would access. I wanted you to see how it could look even though I did not use Google. Using Google is easier and more secure than using Evernote. Here are the steps I recommend you take to set up something like this:
To upload student work
When the school year is over. Change the permissions to include next years teacher (if you know) and remove yourself. If you will not know until the next school year, this would be a great back to school week activity. |