Introduction to the Portfolio Project
Introduction to the Portfolio Project
Think of your portfolio as your "tool box" of program planning guides and assessments based on the principles of garden-based learning. By the time you finish this course, you will have a comprehensive program plan and examples of tried and true garden-based learning activities, all which will serve as the framework to build a broader gardening program.
In this module, you will begin working on your Introductory Statement of your portfolio, a brief summary about how you view garden-based learning and what you hope to achieve in this course.
Your portfolio will be a compilation of Word documents and files that you will submit each week. In the end, you will leave this course with a tool box of resources and activities to start or build on your garden program.
Additionally, your self-reflective Journal entries will be included in your portfolio, providing evidence of how you have grown and what you have learned in this course.
Your Assignment
For this assignment, you will submit your "Introductory Statement" of your portfolio, a brief summary about how you view garden-based learning in the setting in which you work or volunteer, and what you hope to achieve in this course. Your statement can emerge out of the completion of the following statements.
- My experience with garden-based learning is:
- I aim to expand my knowledge and skills by:
- My approach to engaging learners is:
- I will maximizing the benefits of gardening for others through the following efforts:
Write out your Introductory Statement in Word, save it in the following format, using your name to identify you as the writer. If I was saving a document for this assignment, I would call it:
Donna.Cooke_Portfolio #1.doc
Then upload the Word file in Moodle in this section.
Your last assignment for Module One, is to submit a Journal Entry.