Interactive Digital Portfolios Across The Curriculum

As I talk to others about ideas that I learned about at the 2016 TCEA and FETC conferences that I recently attended, people always smile when I mention the , Mark Nickelson and Kristoffer Smith. Aside from a great organizational name, they did an excellent job in expanding the application of Weebly in the classroom.

As two media technology teachers, they use Weebly as a platform for students to set up Interactive Digital Portfolios to display their student work. This is a great idea that can be applied across the curriculum.

Why IDPs Across the Curriculum?

Possibly the most powerful applications of IDPs that the 2 Bald Dudes presented on is that students are able to apply to colleges based on their work in high school, and many have been able to get jobs based on a well-presented Weebly IDP. Wow! What a powerful application of what is learned in the classroom.

But, all education should have practical applications, or else it becomes an issue of compliance. Educators should think of what a real life demonstration of learning could be for whatever the students are learning about.

The refined demonstrations of learning over the course of a year can be put on a website to function as an IDP. A demonstrated application of learning in a…