Ricardo Elizalde: See the whole student and their learning journey

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Dr Ricardo Elizalde is a Digital Learning Partner at San Francisco Unified School District and has been working with portfolios for over two decades. He creates portfolios for himself and supports students and teachers create them in his school district.
We talk about his personal portfolio experience, how he assists people in his learning community, and also creates department level and group portfolios.
Click through to the episode notes for the transcript.
Connect with Ricardo on Mastodon
Resources

• Digital portfolios at San Francisco Unified School District
• San Francisco Unified School District podcast 'Stories from the digital learning field' and slides
• Slides for 'Towards a culturally responsive multimedia digital portfolio'
• Stephen Harlow's episode on digital storytelling: 'Tell your story through your portfolio'
• Leticia Britos Cavagnaro's episode on reflection and her AI chatbot Riff: 'Make learning visible'
• Megan Mize's workshop on AI tools
• Zaretta Hammond's 'Ready For Rigor' Framework
• PBS Media Literacy Educator Certification by KQED Teach
• KQED youth media challenge

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Production information
Production: Catalyst IT
Host: Kristina Hoeppner
Artwork: Evonne Cheung
Music: The Mahara tune by Josh Woodward

Bab

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. When did you get started with portfolios? (00:02:24)

3. How have you incorporated portfolios into your teaching? (00:04:46)

4. What were the reactions from students? (00:06:02)

5. What portfolios do teachers create? (00:07:33)

6. New initiative: Department portfolios (00:09:05)

7. The Ready for Rigor framework by Zaretta Hammond (00:10:50)

8. Do you use a reflective framework? (00:12:42)

9. Student and teacher perceptions of portfolios (00:14:08)

10. Portfolios and storytelling (00:15:24)

11. Trends in portfolio practice (00:17:27)

12. What can't you yet fully do with portfolios? (00:18:34)

13. Q&A: Three words / phrases to describe portfolio work (00:20:42)

14. Q&A: A tip for learning designers or instructors (00:22:18)

15. Q&A: A tip for learners (00:22:46)