Digital Portfolios with Matt Renwick Transformative Principal 236
Download MP3 Matt Renwick is an 18-year public educator who began as a 5th and 6th-grade teacher in Rudolph, WI. He now serves as an elementary principal for the Mineral Point Unified School District . Matt also teaches online graduate courses in curriculum design and instructional leadership for the University of Wisconsin-Superior. He tweets @ReadByExample and writes for ASCD and Lead Literacy. Digital portfolios - started in 2012 with tiger woods golf, email and watching videos. Need to be strategic about what we are doing with the technology. How do we evaluate the digital portfolio options? You really need to look at your own school’s needs. Kidblog, freshgrade, google sites 6 C’s of digital portfolios. Collect and curate Create and Collaborate Communicate and Celebrate - gotta put something out there that is yours. Age of the student matters when it comes to type of portfolio. Elementary - Freshgrade Middle - Google Site High School - start moving to their own platform. Every on the same tool, using it the same way is really an impossible task. Lisa Snider in Oklahoma web site for journalism class. Making dog toys out of t-shirts. Investigate portfolio assessment to start. There is a need for something physical and not just digital. Plan instruction and assessment with the student in mind. How to be a transformative principal? Now is a great time to try out a tool to give kids access to an authentic audience. Biblionasium.com Kidblog account for a trip to Peru. Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher. Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal. Take Control of your email Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey
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Matt Renwick is an 18-year public educator who began as a 5th and 6th-grade teacher in Rudolph, WI. He now serves as an elementary principal for the Mineral Point Unified School District . Matt also teaches online graduate courses in curriculum design and instructional leadership for the University of Wisconsin-Superior. He tweets @ReadByExample and writes for ASCD and Lead Literacy.
- Digital portfolios - started in 2012 with tiger woods golf, email and watching videos.
- Need to be strategic about what we are doing with the technology.
- How do we evaluate the digital portfolio options?
- You really need to look at your own school’s needs.
- Kidblog, freshgrade, google sites
- 6 C’s of digital portfolios.
- Collect and curate
- Create and Collaborate
- Communicate and Celebrate - gotta put something out there that is yours.
- Age of the student matters when it comes to type of portfolio.
- Elementary - Freshgrade
- Middle - Google Site
- High School - start moving to their own platform.
- Every on the same tool, using it the same way is really an impossible task.
- Lisa Snider in Oklahoma web site for journalism class.
- Making dog toys out of t-shirts.
- Investigate portfolio assessment to start.
- There is a need for something physical and not just digital.
- Plan instruction and assessment with the student in mind.
- How to be a transformative principal? Now is a great time to try out a tool to give kids access to an authentic audience.
- Biblionasium.com
- Kidblog account for a trip to Peru.
Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life!
Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.
Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show.
Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com
Download Paperless Principal.
Transformative Principal on Stitcher
Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey
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