Saturday, April 14, 2018

Student Led Conferences/Digital Portfolios


               Student Led Conferences allow students to take on a leadership role by presenting their own work. They also help students build on their communication skills. The student led conferences could help me in my future classroom because it builds relationships providing more participation from the parents and students. This would allow the classroom to run more smoothly. I have learned that student led conferences can help build relationships with their families. I did not realize this before when thinking about student led conferences. Because of this different view, I can see how important student led conferences can be and how important it is to get the parents or families involved. This also benefits the teacher, students, and parents through connections. As a teacher, I would benefit from this because of the relationships being built with the families. I would also benefit from this knowing that my students would understand how to speak and present their work.



                Digital Portfolios provides students with a way to document their work without having to keep up with loose papers and other supplies. With a traditional portfolio students would only be able to share their work with a few people. With a non-digital portfolio, students can share their work with the world. Digital portfolios also store and capture other modes of learning that are not possible with non-digital portfolios. Digital Portfolios would help me in my classroom because it would open up communication and allow parents to access the student’s work instantly. Digital Portfolios would be beneficial to the teacher because it would save time on organization. It would also be easier to access for formative assessments.
                Student Led Conferences and Digital Portfolios can both provide a way for the students to self-reflect on the work they have done throughout the year. Also, students can show ownership (feelings of pride, responsibility, and dedication) through student led conferences and digital portfolios.


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