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I love the fact that there are different ways to present portfolios. I really liked the idea of students leading a conference about their own portfolios. I feel like this could be done with parents as well and would help foster a relationship with the student, family, and the teacher as well. Parents would be able to listen to their child present their work and listen to the teacher give the students valuable feedback as well. It is important for the teacher to be involving the families as much as possible. 

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I love the fact that there are different ways to present portfolios. I really liked the idea of students leading a conference about their own portfolios. I feel like this could be done with parents as well and would help foster a relationship with the student, family, and the teacher as well. Parents would be able to listen to their child present their work and listen to the teacher give the students valuable feedback as well. It is important for the teacher to be involving the families as much as possible. 

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I like the idea that portfolios eliminate competition between children. Portfolios, which are used more in a preschool setting, are focusing more on the skills and activities that each individual student excels in. Students are then assessed more on how they grow in the domain of that activity/skill-set that helps them show what they know best. I've seen too many times in my placement that one student who may excel in a typical classroom setting might make fun of other students who do not do as well with those assessments. I can see now that portfolios and assessments that pull from the strengths of individual students can be useful in more ways than just assessing their growth as a student

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I like the fact that students are given the opportunity to share their own portfolio with their parents and other educators. This allows them to feel responsible to put their best work into the portfolio and they are able to share something they are proud of. I have learned that, if a student's parent is going to see the work, the student tends to do their best work on it, rather than if it is just another worksheet in the pile that they have completed this week. This also allows the student to be able to explain why they understand a topic (or explain the struggles they may have had) and how they came to the understanding.

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One new idea I learned was using portfolios as short term or long term goal oriented. Combine this thought with a students centered portfolio and this could boost student moral in a specific subject in which they feel they are struggling. I will give my students small portfolio goals and at the end of each goal I will assess, with the student, how the progressed. This information can then be placed into a larger long-term portfolio.

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One new strategy I learned is student led conferencing about their own portfolios. This allows for them to reflect and present their strengths and weaknesses while stating them verbally. This also allows for teachers to provide a student with direct feedback and how they could fortify their strengths while providing ways for them to improve on what they struggle with. Students are also allowed the opportunity to reflect on work samples and how they progressed in a certain amount of time. Guiding questions can be used by the teacher to ask students what the student specifically wants to improve.

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One thing I think is important for families and teachers is, allow the families to access the portfolios at any time during the school year. This allows the parents to keep up with what their child is doing throughout the year, but it also is a little less for them to discuss with the teacher during conferences. It does, however, mean the teacher has to stay on top of the child's portfolio throughout the year, which means one more thing to add to the list of things to do as a teacher. A quote that stuck out most to me is "A great portfolio tells a really good story of a child's progress."

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An idea I found useful, especially when considering my first year as a teacher, is to immediately from day one start child portfolios. To do this, the teacher can have students create their own self-portraits, in addition to writing their names. This would be the first work sample for each child's portfolio, which will be what the rest of progress will be based on. Another thing I found useful is to include questionnaires for parents in the portfolios, in order to get to know the students on a level that you wouldn't normally see. Children act differently at home than they do at school, and the questionnaire gives teachers insight on what students may need to improve on from the very beginning, and also what to focus on during the course of the year.

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One new idea that I learned about was creating your own portfolio, as a model for the students. This allows the students to visually see the information/work samples that should be included in the portfolio. The teacher can also explain to the students why she chose her specific pieces of work to put in the portfolio. The students will be able to use the teacher's reasoning and apply it when they are deciding which assignments to include in their portfolio. 

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One new idea that I learned about was creating your own portfolio, as a model for the students. This allows the students to visually see the information/work samples that should be included in the portfolio. The teacher can also explain to the students why she chose her specific pieces of work to put in the portfolio. The students will be able to use the teacher's reasoning and apply it when they are deciding which assignments to include in their portfolio. 

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The portfolios are a neat way to help collect and display students work. They are an awesome to help with instructional planning. The portfolios are more than just taking pictures and storing them. The portfolios allow the teacher to reflect on the students development in different areas, and even allows the students input on their work.

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I particularly like the fact that there are multiple types of portfolios that can be used in the classroom, a lot of which allow children to be a part of it so they can see their own work and review it and gauge their own learning progress. One new strategy that I learned about using portfolios is that they can be used to host student-led portfolio conferences with their teacher and/or parents. Again, this allows the students to discuss their own work, talk about the goals they achieved and even the ones they did not achieve, and the steps they can take to improve.

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One new strategy that I learned about using portfolios in my classroom is for students to include work samples that show their improvement in a certain area. This is important for the students to see their own improvement, and compare their work samples.

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One new idea that I learned about using portfolios in an early childhood classroom is to have children add their own pieces to their portfolios. I have always thought about teacher centered portfolios with pieces of work that the teacher carefully chooses. I think it is interesting, and a great idea to have children choose pieces of work that they feel show their progress.