Documenting the process of student work benefits children, engages parents, and guides teachers. People display student work in many ways.
Some teachers videotape their students at work, capturing their comments about what they are doing.
Others take digital photos and scan the student work, then post it on a school Web site. Carter recommends bulletin boards be used to document children's' work, not just display it. Including descriptions of the creative processes children use adds meaning to what they create, Carter explained. Adult art galleries often include descriptions of artists' processes and backgrounds that provides more understanding of the final products. Pictures, however, are just one part of chronicling the process.