Explore Creating a Personalized Portfolio:

Students will create a personalized portfolio template that they can use to curate and reflect on their learning process and/or showcase the work they are proud of throughout the semester. Today’s lesson will be the beginning of a process that will be ongoing. 

• What is a digital portfolio?
• Explore some examples of Spark made portfolios.  MS/High School Examples.
• After looking at the examples provided, explore the following questions with a partner and answer the questions below together:
  • What makes a good portfolio?
  • How might a portfolio be a reflection of my values and/or my best work?

How to Create a Personalize Portfolio:

In this section, you will open Adobe Spark PAGES for the first time and learn how to use the tool. 

How do I create my own Webpage?

Watch THIS  video on how to use Spark PAGE

Apply Your Learning:

Create a Digital Portfolio Using Adobe Spark

1) Make Your Thinking Visible and Share Your Work. 

You will create a template of what will become your digital portfolio for the semester. You can use this to share your process (by taking screenshots or screencasts of your in-progress work) and/or curate “final” pieces of work you want to share. 

Take 10 – 20  minutes to create the template for your digital portfolio.  

Because a portfolio can be very personal, it might change. Please include the following in your portfolio:

1) A Title with your Name and a meaningful picture (can be their own or one from the free photos)

2) An introduction to your learning goals for the semester. 

3) New content from the personal logo assignment. Add a reflection describing what you did and learned. 

2) Getting Started & Publishing Your Spark PAGE

Watch THIS short video tutorial on getting started with Page and how to publish your work with a link.

Share & Reflect:

Publish Your Creation For Feedback Share your PAGE Publishing your work and portfolios is crucial. We will use Padlet to publish your work where other students can review and comment. Your portfolios are meant to be a representation of a work in progress therefore, feedback is crucial to improve your creations.    Reflect  Take a moment to reflect on your creations after reviewing each other’s work. Use the following questions below and add your reflections on a post-it note and share in smaller groups.    How do you think your portfolio will help you improve as a learner this year?  What do you think will be important to share in your portfolio this year? What steps will you take to ensure you are responsible for your portfolio this year?

Class notes:

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