ePortfolios - eFolios - Webfolios All offer an opportunity for any stage of learner to have a place to house, showcase and reflect on their work. The characteristics of an ePortfolio's potential that draw me are that they are or represent evidence of:
Helen Barretts Planning Guides 1 2 3 4 5 Tools Google Sites & Google Docs PBWorks or Wikispaces (note: easy to keep backups) Weebly Blog sites: WordPress, Blogspot, Blogger, etc. Helen Barrett Helen Barrett has been researching ePortfolios since 1991 and is the ISTE expert on the process of developing a quality and effective ePortfolio. She runs discussion groups and speaks on the subject all over the world. I include her as my primary source because her cannon of work is the most extensive. Keynote speech in Hong Kong Conference on ePortfolios, March 2007 These presentations breakdown into: Introduction, Literature, Stages of Development Electronic Portfolio Development from Apple Distinguished Educator Expert ShowcaseHow-to create an ePortfolio with Google Sites Other Resource Pages Diane Krause's Wikispace that breaks down ePortfolio into Rational, Applications, Tools, and things to spiff up a site. Digital Portfolios Made Easy - provides templates and examples Programs and Systems for Creating ePortfolios (many work with existing student management systems) Open Source Portfolio (OSP) - through Sakai and free ISTE Templates for ePortfolios based on 21st Century standards Blue Ridge Virtual Governor's School ePortfolio project instructions, format and evaluation  
| Example ePortfolios  Student Examples High School Students from Blue Ridge Governor's School in VA Westwood Schools, Camilla, GA My experiment using PBWorks for Collaborative and Reflective Project University Level Portfolios Adult ePortfolios Record your evaluation here. Follow the guiding questions here and add your own. Evaluation Tools Generic Rubric from Dan Wilton Create your own |