After reading the article, Electronic Portfolios as Digital Stories of Deep Learning, I came across one of the research based principles related to AFL that I seemed to truly relate to:
“AFL develops learners’ capacity for self-assessment so that they can become reflective and self-managing”
I believe I can relate to this principle because of my strong belief in student self-reflection. I find it very important for our students to learn the importance of reflection and the idea of assessing themselves as individuals.
Portfolio assessments have great potential in education today. I believe it can serve as a way for students to reflect upon their learning experiences and give them a sense of motivation towards achieving a successful display of their knowledge. As the article stated, this gives students the opportunity “to tell their own story”. I also learned through the article that the portfolio may increase student understanding of what, why, and how they have actually learned.
I personally am very excited to begin the process of creating and developing my own portfolio. I believe it will help enrich my learning experience and will help me better understand what and why I have learned these new concepts. It will also help serve as a reminder for future reference and possibly be used as an example for other educators and even student portfolio opportunities.
Yes, it's so important to come back to your portfolio! It will help to bring you back to center (what you believe is important) as opposed to running all over the place
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