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"I think I used Portfolio in a different way than it was originally designed for," says Philip Howard, assistant professor of communication, who taught Politics Online 495B Autumn Quarter. "I wanted to let students do annotations of political Web site content, with analysis on one side and actual content on the other."
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"The idea of putting your comment next
to the digital content in Portfolio is a powerful way of testing students'
understanding." —Philip Howard, assistant professor of communication |
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Using Portfolio was just one option. Students could also write a traditional paper or create their own political Web site. About a third of the students used Portfolio after a tutorial by Mark Farrelly, a member of the Catalyst team.
"Students either had to have a political personality or be willing to develop one through the projects, so Portfolio let them explore that," says Howard. "A student interested in African American political identities visited a number of sites and built a critique of what was good and not so good about the content."
Courtnei Milonas, a senior in communications, used Portfolio for her assignment. "I definitely think more teachers should use Portfolio as a project option," she recommends. "It allows for a large amount of text, like a paper, but it also gives space for visuals, links, and comments."
Howard thinks Portfolio would be useful for any class where the assignment is to review some kind of content. "The idea of putting your comment next to the digital content in Portfolio is a powerful way of testing students' understanding."
