Municipality of Stenungsund

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Municipality of Stenungsund

StenungsundStenungsund

• 42 km from Göteborg• 21.500 inhabitants• Popular summer resort area

(watersports, trekking etc)• Petrochemical industries• 7.000 students• All levels of education

Municipality of Stenungsund

What is a Portfolio?What is a Portfolio?• Port = carry Folio = paper• 360.000 hits using Google• Most hits associated with showing art, houses etc.

Municipality of Stenungsund

PortfolioPortfolio• Definition

– A collection of work thatis a representation of development over time.

• Comprehensive portfolio– Contains all work.

• Selective portfolio– Contains representative

samples of work.

• Usage– A well established way of working

(New Zealand, USA etc)

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Municipality of Stenungsund

WHY do we use Student Portfolios?WHY do we use Student Portfolios?• To document efforts and achievments.• To show progress. • To make the student active in choosing

the content.• To make the student reflect on his/her

progress.– What?– How?– Why?

• To make the school accessible from home.– For students AND teachers.

• To help parents in following the work of their children.

Municipality of Stenungsund

HOW do we use Student Portfolios?HOW do we use Student Portfolios?• For evaluation.• For parent, child and teacher consultations. • The student owns the results!

– The selective portfolio is burned on a CD on leaving the school.

Municipality of Stenungsund

What’s in a Portfolio?What’s in a Portfolio?• Texts

– Essays, reflections etc

• Images – Digital photos and

scanned drawings etc

• Sounds– Students reading texts,

playing instruments etc

• Movies– Lectures, performances etc

Municipality of Stenungsund

Other functionsOther functions• Questionnaires• Diagnostic tests• E-mail• Calendars

– Individual– Group

• Forums for discussions• Goals

– Individual– School– National

• Newsletters etc

Municipality of Stenungsund

Digital Portfolio in StenungsundDigital Portfolio in Stenungsund

2. Multimedia Lab- like HyperCard

5. SchoolFronter- LMS modified for portfolio work

4. Internet Portfolio- our own LMS platform

3. Manually made web pages

1. Files in folders