Ningbats+-+Project

//Values - What do we want?//
 * Our Thought Process:**
 * Take anxiety away from experimenting
 * Help colleagues gain confidence, make lives easier
 * Continuity of skills for kids
 * __Model__ + tool
 * Take anxiety away from Ningbats - start small, measurable
 * Should influence our practice as a group
 * Professional development for faculty --> kids
 * Document on Ning
 * 3 divisions

//Alternatives so far://
 * Google Docs
 * Electronic portfolio - assessments
 * Advanced Team - __Curriculum 21__ summer reading
 * Using maps
 * Social networking --> how it affects writing
 * Visual literacy --> what's our curriculum

//We need://
 * Question/problem
 * Objectives/outcome
 * Document



//Possible Question//: How can we use portfolios to improve student assessment? How? Pilot portfolio assessment

//Product?// Example for JK-5-6-9-12

//Data?// Sample portfolio, student/teacher/parent comments

//Where?// PLP Wiki - Where will we share our samples?

//Issue:// Permission

//Other thoughts related to portfolios/assessment:// Skills?

Differentiated Instruction?

How can teachers use portfolios?

Our ultimate question: **✻ How are we using portfolios to assess student learning?** //-Opening a discussion of portfolios!// =Trailer=

= **Where are we now? 4/20/10** = Digital Portfolios