Student-Led Conferences / Student Portfolios

What technology tools are teachers using for the creation of student portfolios to be used at elementary Parent/Teacher Conferences? We have a few teachers ready to take on student-led conferences and want to include images of student work, audio (fluency recordings) and video in the final product without a teacher-micro-managing nightmare.

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Permalink Reply by Denise Harris on September 11, 2011 at 6:00pm

Angie,

I really love this idea! Last year I had a few students work on a digital story book. They drew the pictures and I trained them on how to create and name folders and scan in their own work on my desktop scanner. These were mature third graders working on this, but two of them came away from the experience boasting how they loved the scanner (even though it was ridiculously loud, old and bulky) and wanted one of their own! :)

If I were taking on a project like this, I would have students read their favorite book each quarter or a piece of their own writings in audacity. I would also have them scan in their work into their own folders. Then, when you have computer lab time or if you have stations of a few computers in your classroom, have the students develop thier portfolios in Google Docs Presentation (like PowerPoint) or in Microsoft PowerPoint. Just from experience, I know thei enjoy PowerPoint more because of the ease of use and the fun animated clipart.

I have not had a lot of experience with video recording, but that could really be a lot of fun. I saw one of my students reading like a teacher in the library line the other day. She had the book up showing pictures, then she read the pages and made sure everyone could see the pictures- so cute! This is something I would love to record and put in her electronic portfolio ;)

Please keep us up to date with what you decide and how you plan to attack this project!

- Denise