Recently, I changed jobs and started working in another school district to be closer to family. My current school district uses the same learning management system (LMS) that my previous district used. This fact brought me great joy since it left one less thing I had to learn about as I adjusted to my new position. Over the past three years, I have built on and improved my classroom inside the (LMS). The learning management system allowed me to create videos, assessments, links to other activities, and countless projects and google slides. None of my work transferred to my current (LMS) although it was the same system created by the same company I used in my previous district. When I view ownership of the eportfolio, the experience of creating and losing all of your work comes to mind. Actual ownership would allow me to keep and build on my previous work regardless of the employer. That is why it is essential to create an e-portfolio that is not only portable but one where I‘m free to make it my own.
Ownership for our students is also essential to drive deeper learning. To do this, the student needs to have a voice and choice in creating their evidence of learning. Giving students more control of their education is usually scary for me as a teacher because you never know what you will get back. But this is frequently driven by the need to classify students (Mastery, Meets, approaches) for state standardized exams.
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