Students Own Their Learning - ePortfolios & Student-Led Conferences at ISTE17

Students Own Their Learning!

Poster session at ISTE17

Monday, June 26, 11:00 am–1:00 pm

Tower View Lobby, Table 18

Student achievement increases when students take ownership of their learning. Goal setting, monitoring and reflection all play an instrumental part of this process. An ePortfolio provides an avenue for students to archive their learning from year to year. The combination of ePortfolios and student-led conferences affords students, parents, and teachers to have the ability to watch a child's growth over time.

Resources:

• Click here to view Students Own Their Learning Google Site
• Click on Resources to find documents that have been used... use them if you like
• Click here to view the 2017-2018 proposed timeline
• Click here to view a generic sample of the 2017-2018 proposed Google Slides

You are welcome to use any of the resources provided. 

Wow! Students Own Their Learning (2016-2017)

It's time for students to be engaged in their learning!

Students are accountable for their own learning as we continue to embrace student-led conferences. My students use Google Sites along with various tools to take ownership of their learning by creating an ePortfolio. The ePortfolios allow students to tell their own story about their learning journey. Google Sites provides an avenue for students to archive their learning from year to year. Students, parents, and teachers alike have the ability to watch a child's growth over time. Note: My entire grades 4/5 building has now embraced student-led conferences!! Exciting times!!

There are many ways to create an ePortfolio. Google Sites was chosen for it's ability to enable students to incorporate digital storytelling, digital publishing, and collaboration seamlessly. The ultimate goal is for students to create a life portfolio that would carry on with them. This timeless story would show the learning and passion over a course of time.  

Don't take just my word for it... listen to what my students say about student-led conferences and ePortfolios... student blurb video Then visit my Students Own Their Learning site for more information and resources. You may modify the resources and make them your own.