ePortfolio

"Readings on Portfolios in Education: A Broad Sweep through the Literature from 1998-2008 "

"Qualities of "Authentic Performances" A Final Performance Across the Disciplines A Final Performance Across the Disciplines A Final Performance in History and English The APU Assessment of Mathematics (Great Britain) Walden III's Rite of Passage Experience (ROPE)"

Looks at the future of education and concludes technology will be an ever-increasing role in the changes to come. Mentions ePortfolios as an integral part of that change.

This blog post lists several examples of tools used to make ePortfolios, along with pictures and links.

"Believing the teacher knows best how they can make a better impact in their classroom, Fund for Teachers awards fellowships for self-designed professional growth to PreK-12 teachers who recognize the value of inquiry, the power of knowledge, and their ability to make a difference. Each Fund for Teachers fellowship is as unique as the teacher who designed it, and since 2001, approximately 5,000 teachers have been awarded $17.8 million in Fund for Teachers grants-up to $5,000 for individuals, or $10,000 for teams. Fund for Teachers fellowships have taken place in 124 countries on every continent, empowering teachers to explore countless ideas, terrains, and cultures. The Fund for Teachers fellowship application becomes available online each October, with an application deadline in January. Awardees are notified in April and fellowships take place during the summer. The fellowship application asks teachers to thoughtfully consider not only what objective they'd like to pursue, but also why, and how they foresee the proposed experience making a difference for them as teachers, for their students, and for their school community."

"GetEdFunding is a free and fresh grant finding resource, dedicated to helping educators and institutions identify the funding they need in budget-tight times. GetEdFunding hosts a collection of more than 600 grants and opportunities culled from federal, state, regional and community sources and is available to public and private, preK-12 schools, districts and educators, higher education institutions, and nonprofit organizations that work with them. "

This article offers a look into the assessment of ePortfolios from the teacher / school perspective.

This article looks at the 5 reason why students have ePortfolios. These reason are . Positive digital footprints, communicating with digital tools, transparency for parents and family, new ways of thinking about Web tools and effective digital citizenship.

This TED Talk looks breifly at how ePortfolios can be used to grade academic performance and growth outside of the 4.0 GPA traditionally used.

This article focuses on use at the university level mostly, but it is well-written and much of the content is applicable at the high school level as well.

A scholarly article reviewing many sources on the impact of ePortfolios on student learning and teacher assessment.

Canadian teacher who uses weebly to have students create ePortfolios discusses some of the benefits for students and teachers.

A high school teacher in Hawaii writes a resolution to the Hawaii State Board of Education suggesting they use her school's model of using ePortfolios to meet the PTP requirement for every student at every school.

Discusses K-12 students making myCampus ePortfolios. Some benefits include being able to store and display best work for future employers as well as for college applications.

A teacher lists several benefits of ePortfolios, including benefits to students, teachers, and parents.

A great blog post describing the impact of e-Portolios and their implementation at Somerville HS

i like these two quotes: 1. "making communication about learning more possible among students and between students and teachers can increase student success." 2. "Introducing ePortfolios gradually into classroom practice over time could possibly have an innovative and positive influence on school learning culture."

This article looks at the systematic implementation of ePortfolios and how to reach the potential benefits successfully.

This PDF looks at the personal, educational and cost benefits associated with using eportfolios.

These are examples of teacher rubrics used the for assessment of learning with ePortfolios.

This PDF looks at what beginners should do as they start looking into ePortfolios. It covers everything from advantages, disadvantages, to changing school policy pedagogy.