Using E-Portfolios in KS3 Music

Just a very brief addition.  This is an example of the way we use smartassess realsmart in our Create curriculum (A multi disciplinary course in year 7 & 8, combining Music, Media and Drama).

This video shows how students upload pieces of evidence to their eportfolio in relation to specific targets taken from the national curriculum level descriptors. Teacher can then leave feedback and enter into an online dialogue with the student about next steps.

This is a highly motivational apporach as learning becomes very visual, students are involved in identiying which targets they have met, and through the eportfolio can look ahead to what they need to do to achieve the next level.

Next steps for myself are to add exemplar materials and guidance to every level, so that students can see the kind of work that would be suitable for each level.