Schools are full of paper. If you are a teacher, you are well aware of the amount of time that can be spent standing in front of the copy machine. It can seem endless. Between practice sheets and secondary resources, it is easy for student work to get lost in the hand-to-hand shuffle.
While programs like Biteslide might not turn your classroom into a “paper free zone”, they can offer exciting new opportunities for students to showcase portfolios and archive their work. The best news is that Biteslide can be used across many different classes and curriculum areas making it easy for students to share their work with other students, teachers, and their parents.
Basic Portfolio Example
The simplest way to create a portfolio using Biteslide is to scan and gather student’s work into useable “bites”. The students can then use their bites to create a slidebook portfolio.
Below is an example of an art portfolio that showcases a student’s different art projects as they learned about folk art.
Progress Portfolio Example
Don’t let the title fool you, this type of slidebook is just as easy to create as the basic portfolio. Biteslide can be used to mark a student’s progress on a specific project over time. The beauty of this method is that students can go back and explain their problem-solving process. They can document both their successes and their failures and explain to others how their arrived at their final product or conclusion.
Below is a portfolio example of a Biteslide presentation that documents a team of students as they work on an egg drop project for science class.
“My Favorites” Portfolio Example
Biteslide projects can be used for reflection. Much like the folders that students prepare for their parents during parent-teacher conferences, Biteslide can offer children a chance to look back on a unit or period of the school year and collage projects, interesting facts, and relevant material into a unique presentation portfolio.
It is easy for students to send the final project to their teacher which is, in turn, easy to store and share with parents and other interested parties.
The following is an example of an Ancient Egypt “favorites” portfolio.
Student-led Conference Portfolio Example
Parent-teacher conferences are time-consuming and stressful. If your school allows or requires children to be present, students can feel shy and put on the spot. Biteslide can really help students prepare for the upcoming conference.
Have your students answer questions such as:
- What have been my favorite units so far?
- What subject is easy for me?
- What subject is hard for me?
- What projects am I really proud of?
- If I could change one thing about the classroom, what it would be?
- If I could ask my parents/teacher one thing, what would it be?
When they have completed their answers, let them spend time putting together a portfolio slidebook and then have them present it at the conference. It will give them a way to interact and to be involved in the conversation. And the bonus – it’s all done online so there is no need to shuffle papers across the desk.
Biteslide offers teachers and students the unique opportunity to showcase student portfolios digitally. The program is easy to use and the projects are easy to share. With minimal (and fun!) work, students can create beautiful portfolios that are both informational and attractive.
I hope these student portfolio examples have inspired you. If so, register now so your students can create an amazing student portfolio of their own.
