With the end of the semester approaching, I'm busy researching e-portfolio options. How will I convert my typical paper assessments, in the form of reflective or creative portfolios, into dynamic e-portfolios?
I've come across "WeLearnedIt", a fascinating app. It is both accessible and full of wonderful options for presentation. I imagine that it will also offer an entirely new component to my classroom culture, I think, in which students will organize a multi-media creative project, for example, submit their work electronically, receive feedback (perhaps video feedback via the app--so cool).
In the particular project that I have in mind, students have to pick four poems in four poetic forms, and then organize in a creative form around the poem their own original resonant photography, creative emulations, and critical analyses into a colorful form. This app looks just right. Perhaps they might include sounds, music, or video.
Here's a great video on using WeLearnedIt for portfolio projects.
Another thought: I've asked students to report via video presentations on their independent reading assignments. Initially I thought that they might use the iPad as a recording device, but perhaps for future such assignments they might use this app to embed their videos
Next Steps: download the app, roll out the poetry portfolio project, and then attempt a trial-run with my freshmen classes.
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