Carbonmade

Carbonmade Claimed By Tara Biscardi (alternative assessment?)

My Carbonmade Portfolio

===As an art and technology teacher, I was immediately drawn to this site. I am a huge advocate for authentic assessment. In my opinion standard assessments are not enough, especially in our society today. Our students all learn differently and at different paces. Assessing student performance solely by standardized testing is simply not enough.=== ===One of my favorite types of authentic assessment is the use of a portfolio. In art, and in English language arts classes, portfolio use is a necessity. Student’s work progresses throughout the year as they become more involved in the curriculum. The portfolio is the best way to display this. The student and the teacher can view a year’s (or more) worth of work, in one place. They can see the progression or view the areas that need to be revisited.=== ===In my opinion, a portfolio is also a great confidence and self-esteem builder for the students. Students have a sense of pride and ownership when they can show or display their work. A portfolio allows the student to create a space all their own. It is also something they can take with them and use as they grow older.=== ===Carbonmade is a free resource to display works of art. It is available via the World Wide Web, and doesn’t require the user to download to their computer. This makes it easily assessable in schools that have downloading restrictions. The interface is easy to use, and doesn’t require much training. The free version allows you to create 5 projects including 35 pictures. For a student that is sufficient, however as a professional I would require more space. Luckily they have an option to purchase more space for $12 a month. The user also has the option to make the portfolio private or included in Carbonmade’s directory. Overall, I think Carbonmade is a great option for high school art student. However Carbonmade can be used by students in an ELA class in the following ways:===

· A collaborative creative writing storybook activity ( class or individual)
===Although I think this is a great web 2.0 tool, I think it would be more effective for art students (or creative writing with images). The files uploaded need to be image based and in a specific format. I feel that to create a portfolio for assessment in ELA classes a program like Prezi, Sliderocket or Google Docs would be more effective.===

Tara your pictures are amazing! I agree with you on the use of the site being most appropriate for art classes. The site seems to have some limitations that don't make it very easy to use, the size of the available space being one of them. ~erin o

Tara this is awesome. After viewing your carbonmade site, I couldnt wait to share it with the art teacher at my school. This is definitely something students could use to create "portfolios".~Samone