How to Present the Portfolio During the Conference


How to Present the Portfolio During the Conference

 

My students present their portfolios to me in an individual conference. I do this so I can ask them questions and push them to be more reflective about their work. The presentations last 10 minutes - 3-5 for their actual presentation and the rest of the time for questions and discussion.

 

After students have created the Table of Contents and put the work in the binder or folder, they take off the post-it notes. These serve as an outline for the presentation. They they write their presentation. I give them the following tips:

 

1. Be prepared and neat.

2. Be specific about what you learned. Point to your work and parts of it to explain why and how that work shows your learning.

3. Be prepared to answer questions.

4. Don't forget about the skills you may not have work for or what you learned that wasn't on my original list.

 

Here are some of the questions that I tell them they need to be prepared to answer: