learner records
Magnifying the Power of Learning with e-Portfolios
Over the years, one of the major problems in higher education has been our inability to provide evidence of what students learn, particularly those broader skills and attributes critical to students’ future success. At a time when employers, parents, students, and society are demanding a new level of accountability for the rising costs of college, institutions that help their graduates present solid proof of what they learned will be at a competitive advantage.
Can Six Year Olds Really Demonstrate Their Learning?
This week we finished up another one of our project based learning (PBL) or inquiry-based units in my first grade classroom. It had the grand title of rules, relationships and responsibilities.
Staff Picks: mLearning, ePortfolios, intellectual work & Rethinking ED
Tom Picks “Celling a Great Idea” Tom says, “I agree that the flip from bans to widespread daily use will happen fast and that the BS era (before smartphone that is) will soon seem like a strange and distant past.” Caroline Picks “Technology…
Digital Portfolios for Primary Students
“Mrs. Cassidy, I showed my blog to my parents last night. I showed them everything on my blog. I showed them all the things on the computer!” That was my morning greeting from one of my six-year-old students not long ago. He had received a surplus computer1 from my school division the day before, and had suddenly been able to show his parents all of the learning artifacts he’d been adding to his digital portfolio through the course of the school year.
10 Frames for Education: A Case for Options
The cacophony that is U.S. public education is a function of overlapping frames—the variety of aims and perspectives from which stakeholders approach the ‘system.’ Following is a list of ten dominant frames: 1. Workforce development: the 21st century skills folks are primarily concerned with preparing a larger percentage of students…
A Super Portfolio in Newark
Zuckerberg's breathtaking gift to Newark will require a super superintendent to build a portfolio of new schools
Interview: Steven Adamowski, Superintendent, Hartford Public Schools
Steven Adamowski agreed to answer a few questions from edReformer about the district's policies on education, improvement and raising the standards for excellence in its schools.