Sharing #Beyond4

Digital Portfolios

“The portfolio is a laboratory where students construct meaning from their accumulated experience.”

Paulson & Paulson, 1991

via Helen Barrett, slideshare.net/eportfolios

Why

ACTIONS

  • Celebrate Learning
  • Capture Learning
  • Demonstrate Learning
  • Assess Learning
  • Reflect on Learning

USES

  • Application (school, program, job)
  • Assessment / Accountability
  • Planning
  • Presenting / Sharing

How

Collect

Learner gathers artifacts (items that may become part of the final e-portfolio) based on the purpose, audience, and current/future use of the e-portfolio.

Select

Learner, often in collaboration with the teacher, develop criteria for choosing artifacts to include in the eportfolio based on established learning objectives.

Reflect

Learner documents how a particular artifact shows growth in specific curricular requirements or learning goals.


(credit to Alice Kristie, alicekristie.org)

What Can Be Embedded?

    1. Google Docs (notes, essays, reflections, research)
    2. Google Slides (presentations, slideshows)
    3. YouTube videos (screencasts, films, interviews)
    4. Google Photos (experiences, artwork, sketchnotes)
    5. Google Drive folders (resources, series)
    6. Google Sheets (data sets, data visualizations)
    7. Google Drawings (memes, infographics, visuals)
    8. Google Maps (historical maps, tours, streetview views)
    9. Google Culture Institute (curated exhibits, artifacts)
    10. Google Calendars (milestones, performances, events)
    11. Virtually any website…
      1. Padlet
      2. Smore
      3. Tackk
      4. Thinglink
      5. Photos
      6. Canva