Antje Koenen: Engage with your students as partners through a portfolio
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OStR'in Antje Koenen, MA, is a senior teacher for English and German at Max-Beckmann-Schule in Frankfurt a.M. in Germany. She also works for the Hessische Lehrkräfteakademie, facilitating workshops for other teachers in the use of Mahara and digital media in general, amongst other things.
In this episode, Antje shares why portfolios are a central part of her teaching and learning strategy. She explains how portfolios help engage students as partners in the classroom and help create authentic learning tasks that take advantage of the students' own experiences.
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Production information
Production: Catalyst IT
Host: Kristina Hoeppner
Artwork: Evonne Cheung
Music: The Mahara tune by Josh Woodward
Chapters
1. Introduction (00:00:00)
2. Why do you advocate for portfolios? (00:03:10)
3. How do you use portfolios? (00:09:16)
4. How do you support reflection? (00:13:55)
5. Who else is using portfolios in your school? (00:14:43)
6. How do you support other teachers in using portfolios? (00:16:18)
7. Example of a complex learning task in a portfolio (00:18:37)
8. What do students like about the portfolio? (00:23:24)
9. Data privacy and portfolios (00:27:09)
10. Q&A: Words you use to describe portfolio work (00:30:44)
11. Q&A: A tip for learning designers and educators (00:31:11)
12. Q&A: A tip for learners (00:33:20)
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