E-Portfolio

What is an E-Portfolio? An ELECTRONIC Portfolio is organized around standards and contains artifacts that reflect your growth and best professional work. The uniqueness about an e-portfolio is that your artifacts (i.e.: research papers, letters of recommendation, lesson plans etc) can be accompanied by a video clip of you teaching, power-point presentation, or audio clips.

Benefits of the E Portfolio include:

• Demonstrate technology knowledge and skills-showcase your best work as a professional and demonstrate your knowledge and skill with technology.
• Facilitate distribution-- e-portfolio's web address can be given or a CD-ROM can be mailed mailed to a prospective principal or superintendent.
• Store many documents--presentation portfolio allows a reviewer to click and point to artifacts that interest them.
• Increase Accessibility--allows the reviewer to access the portfolio wherever there is a computer i.e.: on a plane, in the office, conference room or before the interview.

Creation of an Electronic Portfolio:

• Save artifacts electronically
• Document experiences electronically

Examples of Pre-service E-Portfolios can be found at:

• www.durak.org/kathy/portfolio/
• www.portfolio.rimestimes.net/
• www.kzoo.edu/pfolio/example/totten/

Examples of In-service Teacher Portfolios can be found at:

• www.mandia.com/kelly/portfolio.htm
• www.wizzlewolf.com/ep.html

CITATION: Campbell, D.M., Cignetti, P.B., Melenyzer, B.J., Nettles, D.H., & Wyman, R.M. (4th Ed). (2007). How to Develop a Professional Portfolio - A Manual for Teachers. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.