Talk:Foundations and Assessment of Education/Edition 1/Foundations Table of Contents/Chapter 14/14.7.1

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I love portfolios and this article made them even more interesting. In my opinion, portfolios are one of the most authentic methods of assessing students, their strengths, their weakness, their learning styles and other important learning features. As a teachers, you can see how well you are teaching a concept and students have a choice in how they want to present their knowledge. Although it works on any level, portfolios can be very motivational among elementary and middle school students because they can see their progress from the beginning of the year to the end. It also shows the teacher and the student on what they need to work harder on, and what they can step away from. For example, a student does a project about volcanoes and did a movie/PowerPoint presentation and short essay on it. If the movie demonstrates that the student clearly understands volcanoes, despite doing poorly on the short essay, it shows that the student knows volcanoes. The only problem that would have to be fixed is his or her writing. Another thing I love about portfolios is that they are so versatile. They can consist of more than writings and drawings; they can also consist of movies, audio recordings, models, experiments and many other things. Portfolios are worth the time spent on them because future teachers can use them as references. Adart001 (talk) 17:44, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

I think portfolios are great! I myself attended a specialized art school where my final grade was portfolio based. I think that portfolios help the teacher and the student see how they have grown throughout the year. I think that portfolios are a great way for students to express them selves creatively and also for them to make them resposible for monitoring their progress in the class. Our world is becoming so technilogical that e-portfolios might become escential for certain types of work. I think that teaching students how to make these is a great way to introduce the use of technology. Portfolios is a great way for students to explore other ways of completing work and proving their knowledge on a subject.Bpenn005 (talk) 02:09, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Wow, your article really opened up my eyes to electronic portfolios. What a great way for students to show off their work thus far to teachers and parents. Since we live in the digital age, this is a perfect way for students to enhance their skills on the computer. What a great assessment tool as well. Teachers and parents can go onto the students site and see first hand, what information they have learned thus far. The only downside I could see would be in critiquing penmanship. On the other hand, it would be easy for the student to go into the site and change spelling, grammar and other things that need attention. Students can also learn various technical applications at a young age to prepare them for the future. Your article was very easy to read, with the exception of a few wiki text errors, and interesting because it explained all of the ins and outs of portfolios that I had not even realized. Nice touch with the side bars depicting sites the reader could explore for more information. I went on the site that gave examples of students portfolios...which was very interesting to see portfolios in action. Great job!Scarlett1 (talk) 03:47, 9 August 2009 (UTC)