Electronic Portfolios

Electronic Portfolios: Students, Teachers, and Life Long Learners

What's a digital or electronic portfolio?

How can I develop a student or teacher portfolio?

How can text, photos, diagrams, audio, video and other multimedia elements be integrated into a portfolio?

Electronic Portfolios are a creative means of organizing, summarizing, and sharing artifacts, information, and ideas about teaching and/or learning, along with personal and professional growth. The reflective process of portfolio development can be as important as the final product. In many cases, they are used as part of faculty and student evaluation along with other assessment tools such as standardized tests. A portfolio is a sampling of the breadth and depth of a person's work conveying the range of abilities, attitudes, experiences, and achievements.
Explore a couple examples

• Teaching Portfolios - Carnegie Foundation - teaching examples
• Student Portfolios - Mt. Edgecumbe High School - student examples

Technology and Electronic Portfolios

Traditionally, portfolios have been stored in boxes and three-ring binders. Although this format works fine for paper and other print-based materials, it misses many other ways ways of communicating ideas. Over the past decade, many people have found electronic portfolios as an effective way to more clearly present information not only through text, but also through visuals, audio, and video formats. Documents can be stored on hard drives, Zip disks, or CD-ROM in many digital formats such as text documents, picture files, web pages, digital video, and presentation files. They can be stored on hard drives, Zip disks, websites, or CD-ROM. Use the following websites to learn more about the development of electronic portfolios.

: Students, Teachers, and Life Long Learners

What's a digital or electronic portfolio?

How can I develop a student or teacher portfolio?

How can text, photos, diagrams, audio, video and other multimedia elements be integrated into a portfolio?

Electronic Portfolios are a creative means of organizing, summarizing, and sharing artifacts, information, and ideas about teaching and/or learning, along with personal and professional growth. The reflective process of portfolio development can be as important as the final product. In many cases, they are used as part of faculty and student evaluation along with other assessment tools such as standardized tests. A portfolio is a sampling of the breadth and depth of a person's work conveying the range of abilities, attitudes, experiences, and achievements.
Read and watch Dr. Helen Barrett on Electronic Portfolio Development from Apple Learning Interchange.
Explore a couple examples:

• Teaching Portfolios - Carnegie Foundation - teaching examples
• Student Portfolios - Mt. Edgecumbe High School - student examples

Technology and Electronic Portfolios

Traditionally, portfolios have been stored in boxes and three-ring binders. Although this format works fine for paper and other print-based materials, it misses many other ways ways of communicating ideas. Over the past decade, many people have found electronic portfolios as an effective way to more clearly present information not only through text, but also through visuals, audio, and video formats. Documents can be stored on hard drives, Zip disks, or CD-ROM in many digital formats such as text documents, picture files, web pages, digital video, and presentation files. They can be stored on hard drives, Zip disks, websites, or CD-ROM. Use the following websites to learn more about the development of electronic portfolios.