Blogs+as+Portfolios

**Standards-Based Blogging Portfolios**
Michelle Krill / AL10

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link to her presentation

Think of a **binder** for your **portfolio** so take all of your paper and put it **online** Assessment of your learning

Can keep your document ongoing, it does not stop

Show the students the diagram of questions before

Great **graphic** about **ePortfolios**

IF you use a blog, you can get interaction about your work Can track of your student work, your essays

Great book...**Curriculum 21**...essential education for a changing world

In Rhode Island, all students have ePortfolios...is a graduation requirement

Each student has their own blog The blogs are then on the teacher page
 * Teaching blogs**
 * create them as class
 * make teacher as administration...add users, type in username with underscore
 * look at dashboard to see links
 * manage themes...show how to choose theme
 * either make blog public or private so parents can comment
 * can save as draft so post is private until it is finished
 * use **tags** that are stardards of education....**wow great idea...**this shows the student why teacher is teaching
 * username.....must think about this so their name is not out on the web
 * **categories** are the folders and **tags** as the papers inside the
 * use **inspiration** to create a story map to plan out their portfolio

[|**Standards** pde site] Could add their blog to their website of their portfolio Blogging can **encourage creativity** in students The students can add poems, stories, essays to their blog comments4kids is a great way to get comments about their blog
 * transliteracy standard ...great standard for blogs and wikis
 * Go on the PDE site