Showcasing Portfolios

a. Which of the showcasing ideas could you most easily incorporate into your own classroom?
Small group and whole group work best for service learning. The service learning project curriculum requires a back brief of the project that reflects the learning of the individuals that took place during the development and implementation of the associated community service project. The whole group is involved in developing the project. I will use small groups to develop parts of the finished product for the briefing.
b. What would you need to do to prepare your students for an effective showcase?
Student learning logs and time for reflection to develop answers to What? Now what? So what? We will need multimedia technology to develop their presentation and time to rehearse.
c. How could you support students in providing constructive feedback to their peers?
During reflection have students ask; What do you think you did well? What could you have done better? What do you think you learned from your peers? How has this experience made you a better person/student?
d. What strategies could you use to ensure students use the feedback from their peers as well as their self-assessments to improve their work?
As individuals we usually accept self criticism and apply it in our lives. The teacher must observe the student for trends in application of knowledge gained and direct students to make connections with what they already know and what they just learned.