ll students will begin working on this assignment at the start of each new school year or as soon as you start as a student during the school year. The groundwork for this digital portfolio is part of the New Student Assignment and part of the 3x4 Returning Student Assignment. Near the end of each spring semester, at our Open House Night, you will present your digital portfolio. It is our "Open House Portfolio Night" !
You have to make an entirely new portfolio each year.
Research has shown that academic portfolios are an outstanding opportunity for students and so we don't want Valley Oaks students to miss out! Below is a page of text explaining the importance of your portfolio.
Good luck, students, and have fun being creative and reflecting on your lives, your education, and who you are!
Importance of Your PortfolioThere are many types of portfolios but the primary purpose of these particular portfolios is to showcase your learning and personal and academic growth that occurred during the school year. These portfolios will be the focus of our Open House Night in May. We want you to make the display of and reflection on your work samples the highlight of your portfolio.
Schools hold Open House Nights to let students and teachers (and parents and other staff members) "brag" about what an awesome year students have had in terms of learning and growth. Our job as teachers and adults in your life is to challenge you to grow and learn. At Open House Night, we teachers and staff and your parents/family/friends all want to see and celebrate all the most significant evidence of your learning and growth.
In the old days of Open House Nights, teachers would physically display student work samples around the room and would stand in front of the classroom and give a talk about all the great things that happened for students' growth and learning over the year. Our modern-day Digital Portfolio Night is much better!
Groundwork for Building Your Portfolio from the New Student Assignment and 3x4 Returning Student Assignment (see the document linked below).
In addition to earning over half of an elective credit for the time you spend doing this groundwork, you will also earn more elective credit for all your time to complete your final portfolio and to come to Open House Portfolio Night and present it.
Groundwork for Building Your PortfolioOf the four platforms that you can choose from to make your portfolio, Google Sites is the platform to use if you are a beginner. Below are the instructions for building a Google Site. We highly recommend that you do not use Google Sites if you already know how to use Google Sites. The other three platforms will introduce you to many unique creative features, challenge you and develop your technical skills, and allow you to create an impressive and professional portfolio. The new skills you learn will benefit you in your post-high school academic and professional lives. The four platforms to choose from are:
How to Build a Google SiteAt our 9/12/23 assembly, Laura Bradly, our school district's tech expert, presented a slideshow of instructions for each platform. Please study these slides and then ask a staff member for help if needed.
View SlideshowView the document below to see the instructions for the Work Sample Reflection Paragraphs.
Work Sample Reflection Paragraphs