Podcasts as an Assessment Tool 

 

Recording an audio file can be a powerful way to share information with parents. Listen to the brief files below. They were recorded by an elementary school both as a permanent record of the child's progress, and as a way of providing concrete examples of student work to share with parents at conference time.

 

 

(Note to Firefox users: for some reason, these files work better in an IE tab.)

 

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ELA:

This is a sample of a kindergarten child reading:K Sample

 

...and from spring of her first grade year: 1st sample

  

 (The above files links will take you to: Richer Picture--Sample Digital Portfolios, a company which sells a digital portfolio product.)

 

 

 

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