Teachers! Start here.
Using portfolios in your classroom can be powerful tool to improve student engagement with the community.
Idea: Integrate an online, collaborative platform through Medium into the classroom, enabling students and teachers to share work with the community and parents.
Benefits: 1) Promote and share student work, and 2) Contribute with students collaboratively towards an online learning community
Project-based learning has continued to rise in popularity in K-12 education, and there are various opportunities to expand how these projects are assigned. One way is to encourage students to present their work on a public facing platform. A platform like Medium can be used to present a collection of individual projects in a classroom and contribute towards a greater learning community.
Here are just a few ways that you might use Medium in the classroom…
- Students produce a write-up for their final project with photos and videos
- Students research their own subtopic in the classroom and write a short article, with an opportunity to get feedback and comment on each others’ articles
- Teacher reflects on a class and highlights student work and achievements for the greater community
Check out the resources below for other ways to use Medium!
Examples andTemplates
7th Grade Environmental Science
Other Resources
Getting Started with Medium (Short tutorial videos)
