Student Portfolios

1. Student Portfolios

2. What is a Portfolio? • A student portfolio is a compilation of academic work and other forms of educational evidence assembled for the purpose of: • Evaluating coursework quality, learning progress, and academic achievement. • Determining whether students have met learning standards or other academic requirements for courses, grade-level promotion, and graduation • Helping students reflect on their academic goals and progress as learners • Creating a lasting archive of academic work products, accomplishments, and other documentation. • Three Types: • Developmental Portfolios • Assessment Portfolios • Showcase Portfolios

3. Types of Portfolios • Developmental Portfolios: • Demonstrate the advancement and development of student skills over a period of time. • Considered works-in-progress and include both self-assessment and reflection/feedback elements. • Primary purpose is to provide communication between students and faculty. • Assessment Portfolios: • Demonstrate student competence and skill for well-defined areas. • Purpose is to evaluate student competency as defined by program standards and outcomes. • Showcase Portfolios: • Demonstrate exemplary work and student skills. • Created at the end or during a program to highlight the quality of student work. • Students typically show this portfolio to potential colleges or employers.

4. Types of Portfolios For the purpose of this activity, we will be creating a hybrid portfolio of the three types. Rarely will you find a portfolio that is not hybrid, and strictly one of the three. Hybrid Portfolios: • Most portfolios are hybrids of the three types of portfolios listed above. • A portfolio without standards, goals and/or reflection is just a fancy resume, not an electronic portfolio. • Self-reflection is an important component of electronic portfolio development. • Without self-reflection, students will not gain from the rich learning experience that e-portfolio development can provide.

5. Printed vs Digital Portfolios Printed Portfolios: Printed portfolios are just what you would think: physical collections printed documents and artifacts of a person’s work. Printed portfolios are most convenient and powerful for presentations. From a presentation standpoint, print has the added advantage of depth. We can touch it, see it beyond just aesthetic but in terms of texture and craftsmanship. Digital Portfolios: Digital portfolios (e-portfolios) are electronic documents and artifacts organized online combining various media (audio/video/text/images). The digital portfolio has an obvious advantage that can’t be ignored: speed and convenience. Additionally, digital portfolios are less expensive and more convenient.

6. Digital Portfolios For the purpose of this project, we will be creating digital portfolios. You will document activities throughout the semester and continue through all engineering classes. Rather than loading your notebooks down with loose papers or potentially losing projects in a sea of emails, we will scan and upload all projects throughout the year. This will allow quick and easy access for you, your teacher, your parents, and future colleges or employers. When done correctly and consistently, you will have built a portfolio that will showcase all projects and activities completed over the course of your engineering program.

7. Digital Portfolios We will be using Wix or Weebly to create your student websites. These websites will be treated as our digital portfolios and will include: projects, activities, and some instant challenges completed in your STEM classes. If you choose to do so, you may include projects from other classes once approved by your teacher. Each student will create their own individual website, and will upload documents throughout the semester of their group and individual projects. Instructions and guidelines will be provided on how to create your website and what is required.

8. Portfolio Design Home Tab This tab will act as your “Welcome” page. It will include at least the following: • Favorite Quote(s) • Mission Statement Personalize this page, and make it your own. It is the “cover page” of your website and should be intriguing and appeal to your audience.

9. Portfolio Design About Tab This tab will provide your audience with information about you as a student. It will include at least the following: • Brief description (4 to 5 sentences) of who you are and what they will see on your webpage. • Activities/Hobbies/Clubs • Achievements/Honors You may include more than the above items. This is a place for you to show your future college or employer who you are as a person. This also allows you to sell yourself. Don’t hesitate to put anything you are proud to be involved in.

10. Portfolio Design PortfolioTab This tab will have subcategories that include at least the following: • Instant Challenges • Projects • Resume – this may be empty until you have one available You may include an “other work” subcategory as well. If you are proud of other projects or papers completed in other classes, feel free to add them in this area. Again, this is your website to “sell yourself” and you should include anything you believe highlights your skills and abilities.

11. Sample Student Portfolios http://kaileemarasco.weebly.com/http://hannahguthrie.weebly.com/http://emmajharris.weebly.com/http://annamurphree.weebly.com/ http://emilyoppmann.weebly.com/ http://morgancsullivan.weebly.com/ http://lucyrinks.weebly.com/

12. Mission Statement A mission statement offers the opportunity to establish what's important and perhaps make a decision to stick to it before we even start a career. • What you want to focus on • What you want to accomplish • Who you want to become • Focus energy, actions, behaviors and decisions toward the things that are most important to you

13. Mission Statement Guidelines: • Keep it simple, clear and brief (three to five sentences) • Should touch upon what you want to focus on and who you want to become as a person (character) and specific actions that support this • Should be worded positively • Think about how your actions and character affect important relationships in your life. • Create it as a guide for your day-to-day actions and decisions • Make it emotional – passionate, inspiring and energizing Keep in mind: your mission statement can and likely will change over time. Don’t worry if you decide to change it as you get older.

14. Mission Statement Below are some example starters you may use as a guide to creating your personal mission statement. • “To… (what you want to achieve, do, become)… so that… (reasons why it is important). I will do this by… (specific behaviors or actions you can use to get there).” • “I value…(choose one to three values)… because…(reasons why these values are important to you). Accordingly, I will… (what you can do to live by these values).” • “To live each day with… (choose one to three values or principles)… so that…(what living by these values will give you). I will do this by…(specific behaviors you will use to live by these values).”

15. Mission Statement Personal Mission Statement Examples: “To serve as a leader, live a balanced life, and apply ethical principles to make a significant difference.” – Denise Morrison, Campbell Soup “Through faith, vulnerability and an anchoring presence, I hold space for others to courageously risk revealing their messy, broken pieces; discover the redemptive power of grace, and stand in their most authentic truth so they may unravel into their best selves.” - Makeda Pennycooke, “Makeda Pennycooke” Business Strategies “To be a teacher. And to be known for inspiring my students to be more than they thought they could be.” – Oprah Winfrey, OWN

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