Documentation Analysis

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"Documentation is not about what we do, but about what we                                   are searching for."     -Carla Rinaldi

Documentation is displayed or easily accessible to teachers, children and families to:

• provide a record of the learning process
• reveal connections between events
• review past experiences
• plan future experiences
• make learning visible to children and families
• honor children's words
• honor children's families

Through documentation and display, children see their own images and ideas having an impact on the physical space around them and on others.

Three Elements of the Documentation Process (article).

Agreements are school-wide and align with the PYP.  'This is not a display.  It is interactive.  Kids are involved in making it and using it.  They take responsibility."




I like the metaphor tied to a plant, they are growing, their families grow.  It comes together nicely.  Will help us with connections to out units of how plants grow.
















Teacher observation comments.  Seems to be documenting a lot.  Nice visual we might be missing observations of certain students.







Interactive with pictures.



Nice background.  It validates the kids and play, and exploration.  Adding interpretation and documenting the process....could use more box pictures to create a 'What to do with a box' book.


Describes the activity, what the kids were saying, the connections and developing our community.  Is this connected to mirror on door?  Yes, to have people from outside our classroom to look at themselves with a friend and compare - find connections.


Documenting learning about the everyday.  'Here are the Dolphins.'

Tips and Tricks for keeping on top of your pictures and documentation:
Create folder on desktop and keep adding the relevant ones.