And they did it. Yes, I will. The Hewlett workshops, consultations, and resources were helpful. I also benefited tremendously from collegial conversations about portfolios. Helped maintain focus on critical thinking.
Portfolios provide students with hands-on experience.
Portfolios will also be valuable as our students enter the job market. My colleagues are using them. All of us are at different stages of the adoption process, but I think that is to be expected. My status as a novice with portfolios probably made me more tentative until late in the term, I was able to give a clear rubric for the final portfolios. They did more self-assessment of their papers than in the past.