Student Portfolios with Google Sites

What is the purpose of our Google Sites Portfolios?
1.  To house finished work and reflect on it
2. To see growth over the months
3. To house ongoing data
4. To help students make choices about their learning

We just finished up our "Window A" unit, so I took this last week to help kids get items into their portfolio.  Here are two things we discovered last week (I love learning new things with my students!):

Embedding a Book Creator Book

We published our personal narratives on Book Creator last week and put them into our Google Site Portfolio.  I love discovering with my students!  Although we use Seesaw a lot of the time in my classroom, I want certain things to go onto their portfolio site for parent-teacher conferences.  (Things they haven't seen yet.)  My next step is to have them reflect on the writing process, what they  learned, what they're proud of, a goal they have for our next writing project, etc.  I think I will keep it simple and have them record it on the Chromebook camera and then upload it to their site.  

Entering Data 

My students have one page on their site devoted to data.  My next goal is for them to add some of their goals on this page as well.  Last week we figured out how to put our reading data onto our data page.  It was a disaster at first (I hadn't made a copy for each student, so you can imagine how that went down.), but then we figured it out.  

Now, where do we go from here?  
1.  Stay consistent, always post a writing assignment after a 4-week instructional unit.
2.  I am having badges created so students can earn badges for their 40 Book Challenge (Thanks, Book Whisperer).  They would record what they read, too.
3.  Keep putting data in whenever possible.
4.  Support students in creating goals.
5.  What about their blogs?  Not sure where to go with their blog page. I will put that on the side burner for now.

I'm committed to not panicking about this.  It is my first year and I will set my intentions and follow through.  I will keep reflecting.  But I'm not going to feel an urgency to get more, do more, document more, etc.  I welcome feed back on my journey!