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Portfolios - Web Mastering
Students develop a portfolio that showcases major class projects that were completed during the year. The portfolio provides structure for developing and understanfing criteria for good efforts.
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PLANNING A DIVERSIFIED INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO
Twelfth graders research stocks and how to read and interpret financial data. They choose 5 companies to invest in and track their performance over 10 weeks. They create a spreadsheet which shows the results.
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Designing Your Professional Portfolio
Students identify the performance categories of a professional portfolio, select items to include in each category, and complete a reflective entry.
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Portfolio Open House Celebration
Seventh graders present their Great Depression portfolio to parents. In this social studies lesson plan, 7th graders evaluate their own work using the self-evaluation form. They watch a movie and discuss its relevance to the unit of study.
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Portfolio Reviews
Students engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the steps needed to put together a teaching portfolio. They collect artifacts to accompany the portfolio and then present them as a part of a cumulative project grade....
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Pictorial Portfolio
Young scholars develop a pictorial portfolio of important assignments, projects and activities through their high school years. They use a camera and decide what makes a good photograph. Students organize their photographs into a...
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What is the Character of Maine?
Pupils create an individual portfolio using assignments from a unit on the character of Maine. They choose two of the best assignments from each of four chapters studied and then write an essay or create a magazine which synthesizes the...
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Essential Questioning PowerPoint
Sixth graders create a powerpoint presentation about a research topic of their choice. They brainstorm several topics to identify an essential question that they would like to research. Using traditional and technological resources, 6th...
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Student Created Course Descriptions
Sixth graders create a powerpooint presentation for next year's incoming class outlining the curriculum. Working in groups, 6th graders are assigned a portion of the curriculum to cover in their presentation. Multimedia slides are...
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ESOL Obtain Employment
Students discuss the items needed to be prepared for a job interview. They generate a list of action verbs needed to prepare a resume of their own. They construct a cover letter and match it to an ad in the newspaper.
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Powerpoint Portfolio
Students create a ten slide Powerpoint presentation as the culminating project for their Language Arts class. Slides include information based on a school related topic or question. Powerpoint presentations are peer reviewed by the class.
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Lesson Plan: (Stock Market Investigation)
Students simulate making a $100,000 investment in the stock market following a specific set of criteria. They track the stocks for two months, buying and selling stocks in a diversified portfolio.
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Designing Your Professional Portfolio
Students watch a video about professional portfolios. They brainstorm ways they could use this information to build their own portfolio. Students identify five things they have accomplished in student teaching that could be included in a...
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Mars Mission Logbooks
Students design and create a logbook into which a variety of data is kept to document and assess their involvement in the Live From Mars module. Academic progress is tracked as materials are added to he portfolio.
CNN
Cnn Money: Investing in Bonds
Information about investing in bonds. Including why buy bonds, how they work, the risks and a glossary.
CNN
Cnn Money: Tax Guide
Information about taxes including paying taxes, filing a return, audits, tax planning.
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: A School Wide Performance Assessment System
[Free Registration/Login Required] Look into a school using a portfolio project to measure students success during their four years of a school using PBL. Site includes both an article and a video. Also learn how school-wide rubrics are...
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Theispot: Illustration Showcase
The i spot, the internet illustration source, showcases a wide range of materials and information on illustration. The topics covered include stock, portfolios, art talk, gallery, and what's new.
Harold D. Underdown
Publishing for Illustrators: Portfolio Portent
An informational resource concerning what to include in a portfolio for publication submission. Is geared toward illustrators, but many of the concepts in this article can also be applied to writers.
EL Education
El Education: 20 Years Project Portfolio
This project is a portfolio of an 8th grader who projects herself 20 years into the future including her future occupation and life. To prepare students interview someone who works in a field similar to their projected one. The project...