Digital Student Portfolios: A Whole School Approach to Connected Learning and Continuous Assessment

by Matthew Renwick

Overview

In principal Matt Renwick's K-5 elementary school, digital student portfolios are comprehensive collections of work that teachers and their students curate and reflect upon on a regular basis are examples of digital student portfolios. Using highly flexible software, the portfolios are "receptacles for learning from the past, reflections on our current capacities, and goal-setting resources for the future."

Product Details

BN ID:	2940151306669
Publisher:	Theory and Practice
Publication date:	07/31/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Matt Renwick is an elementary school principal in Wisconsin. Prior to becoming an administrator, Matt was a 5th and 6th grade teacher. You can follow him on Twitter at @ReadByExample and read his blog, Reading by Example (readingbyexample.com).

Editorial Reviews

Digital Student Portfolios is a carefully researched book, a pleasure to read and continually reference, and an outstanding example of how effective technology use can deepen teaching and learning.

Author of Read, Write, Lead: Breakthrough Strategies for Schoolwide Literacy Success (ASCD, 2014) - Regie Routman

A practical, delightful handbook to seamlessly tracking student progress. I loved the examples and it was a joy to read!

Author of Unleashing Student Superpowers: Practical Teaching Strategies for 21st Century Students (Corwin, 2014) - Kristen Swanson

A much-needed book in the world of digital literacy. It's time to move away from old-school pencil and paper and traditional assessment. 21st-century technology makes this possible, and Matt Renwick shows how anyone can reimagine teaching and help students demonstrate mastery with the power of student portfolios. Throw out those large, yellow folders and plastic crates and create some digital portfolios today. Here's your blueprint.

Author of Assessment 3.0: Throw Out Your Gradebook and Inspire Learning (Corwin, 2015) - Mark Barnes