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OK guys.  You know how this works.  I want to spotlight examples of FANTASTIC digital portfolio posts.  YOU want to see what greatness looks like in action -- AND earn 10 points for you and 10 points for your house.   There weren't a ton of new posts this week.  Remember that you can't be recognized if  you aren't adding to your portfolio!   Here are this week's winners: --------------------- Vaishakh's Post on Viruses in Devices -- What I love the most about this post from Vaishakh is that it is short and sweet.  There's nothing particularly complicated about it.  Vaishakh had a wonder question and he recorded it in his portfolio.  That's AWESOME.  Here's why:  Learners ALWAYS have questions -- and recording them somehow gives you a chance to go back and follow up on that learning at a later date.  What better place to record them than your portfolio?  The challenge for Vaishakh now is to go back and ANSWER his question in another post.  That show

OK guys.  You know how this works.  I want to spotlight examples of FANTASTIC digital portfolio posts.  YOU want to see what greatness looks like in action -- AND earn 10 points for you and 10 points for your house.   There weren't a ton of new posts this week.  Remember that you can't be recognized if  you aren't adding to your portfolio!   Here are this week's winners: --------------------- Jamie's Post on Root Words :  Jamie's on a roll, y'all.  Last week, she was recognized after writing a post sharing a video resource that she thought was really helpful.  This week, she shared an example of using her knowledge of root words -- something that she learned in Language Arts class -- to help her understand a new word that she encountered in a Read Theory passage.  That's SUPER cool because it shows that Jamie is applying what she is learning -- and applying what you are learning is a sign of a great learner.   Can you steal Jamie's idea?  

Hey Guys, One of the things that I want to do is start spotlighting examples of FANTASTIC digital portfolio posts that are being written by your peers.  Doing so will give you ideas about the kinds of things that go into great digital portfolios -- and it should help you to write better posts yourself. I'll share examples every week.  If  your post is highlighted, you get 10 points for yourself and ten points for your house.  Also, you can use your highlighted post to raise any grade in Science class. --------------------- Casey's Reflection and Abby's Reflection on a Video that they Learned From :  A few weeks back, I challenged you to share a video that you learned something from in your digital portfolio.  Both Casey and Abby shared videos about swimming strokes -- a personal interest of theirs.  What makes their entries terrific, though, is that they were REALLY detailed -- both about what they saw in the video AND how they would improve their own swimming as

Digital Portfolio Challenge:   Create a ranked list of three different study strategies.      There are TONS of different steps that students take to study new content.  We use flash cards, online games (think Quizlet or Kahoot), review with study partners, and study guides. List three study strategies that you have used in order from MOST effective to LEAST effective -- and defend your rankings. ---------------------- When I think about the most effective ways to study for tests, three things pop to mind: Using Quizlet, reviewing my classroom assignments and watching Brainpop videos. Here's how I would rank order those strategies: (1). Watching Brainpop Videos : I think watching Brainpop videos is the best way to study because there are videos about everything in our Science curriculum. Those videos are short -- so I don't feel like I am being slammed by too much information all at once. But they are also entertaining and they tend to cover the important ideas t