Each semester, my middle school students prepare for student-led conferences by reviewing what they have actually learned in my classes. To help them, I build a Student Skills slide deck for each course I teach ( currently in fall 2026: Computer Applications, Web Design, Computer Programming and Broadcast Media). Every skill on it is tied to a published assignment, page or discussion students have already completed, not to drafts I might still change. Students pick three skills from their class’s slide and use them in a one-page reflection form to talk about their growth with a parent or guardian. I built the Fall 2026 midterm versions with help from Claude, which reviewed my Canvas course exports and compared them with last spring’s lists. I checked the results against what I actually taught. Feel free to view, copy and adapt both for your own classes: [Student Skills Slide Deck (Fall 2026)] and [Student Reflection Form (Fall 2026)]. I’d love to hear how you adapt them.
(Started in Fall 2023, used in Spring 2024 and Fall 2024.)
Reflect on learning this semester in this class.
Prepare to share in the student-led conference.
On your iPad: Open and make a COPY of this Reflection and Feedback Form
Open the document in NOTABILITY. (or another app you like for editing PDFs)
and select TWO for your reflection.
Complete the LEFT SIDE (left column only) of the document. (All boxes!)
Save your completed document as a PDF.
Upload your completed PDF here in Canvas.