I am so very excited to be piloting Schoology portfolios for the elementary department of TCIS. I am documenting this experience and the thinking behind each step so that I can make informed reflections. First, a bit of background…

I have been using Schoology for about a year. In the elementary, we mainly use it as a communication tool: keeping up-to-date with school events and our fellow teachers across our PreK-12 campus. In the second half of the year, after trying a few other options, I started a ‘group’ in Schoology with all Grade 1 students and teachers (homeroom and single subject) as members. It was really a trial run for next year.

This group is like a digital bulletin board hanging outside our classroom that communicates our learning to interested parties. Yet unlike a bulletin board; it is never stagnent, it has multiple authors (all members can post), it is interactive (people can comment or like an update), it can include video and audio media, and it is accessable from any connected device.