The first thing that I learned today was the actual difference and that there is a difference between collection and portfolio. I have used portfolios in the past and I think that they can be beneficial to the students. However, I think I will use student portfolios again this next school year, but I feel that I have identified the difference in a student collection, being myself and instructing the students what to put into it and now, I will allow them the choice of certain assignments. I really liked how Tawn explained what she used her portfolios for and how they led a student-parent conference. What a big relief for the teacher and all of the information is there.
The second thing that I knew, but at times we are told there should be no competition in the classroom between students. Well, it is o.k. and as we all know there are so many extra curricular activities outside of school that are competitive that even the younger children are learning about winning and losing, but I really and truly believe it is how you as the teacher approach the topic and how we address each other. Further, I have to say that Carly did an excellent job with her presentation. I really liked how she incorporated the resources into her lesson, because that to is a question or two on that wonderful test that we tend to teach toward.
The third thing that I learned today was from Jackie's presentation which was the parallel poem. I had never seen or heard of that and I really enjoyed when we have create our own. In the beginning, I was struggling with a start, but once you have it, it seemed to flow along. I am really trying to figure out a way to incorporate it with younger children and even thought about the more familiar nursery rhymes until they understand the parallelism. They will definitely have to learn how to read it amongst a group. I really enjoyed Jackie's presentation and she has left me with a lot of useful ideas and techniques to help engage the students.
It was a great day! WOW, it keeps getting better!
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I did like the clarification with the portfolio. I attempted to use them last year but the concept didn't work out very well. I think that now that I have a more concrete idea of how to structure portfolios that the next experiment will be more successful.
I agree with all the rest too. My students really respond to competition, sometimes in ways that they haven't responded to anything (this is a good thing).
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