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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence, but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. ― Henry Ward Beecher (via Thoughtful Mind) As both a father and a building principal, education is a personal endeavor as well as a professional one. My two children have always attended…
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On Tuesday, August 8 from 2-3 P.M. CST, I will be hosting a free one-hour webinar for my upcoming book Digital Portfolios in the Classroom: Showcasing and Assessing Student Work. I’ll go over some of my favorite tools for facilitating digital portfolios and share teaching strategies for making this authentic approach to assessment work…
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At the risk of sounding like a know-it-all, I have wanted to point out a misconception that some educators have regarding digital portfolios and what is facilitated in classrooms. This post comes from the idea that by merely publishing student work online for families and a wider audience to view, that students now have…