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The idea of "portfolio" implies that the sum of the parts is greater than its individual parts, that there is some benefit to seeing the whole work longitudinally or from start to finish. A portfolio, here, is a collection of written work, related or not, presented as well as it can be, by a student for the purposes of showing, well, the best that the student can do at a given time. ... The idea of "portfolio" implies that the sum of the parts is greater than its individual parts, that there is some benefit to seeing the whole work longitudinally or from start to finish. A portfolio, here, is a collection of written work, related or not, presented as well as it can be, by a student for the purposes of showing, well, the best that the student can do at a given time.

"A portfolio, here, is a collection of written work, related or not, presented as well as it can be, by a student for the purposes of showing, well, the best that the student can do at a given time. Online, portfolios allow wide latitude in individual expression, and can contain a wide variety of kinds of work: research papers, essays, weblog entries, paragraphs, journal entries, summaries or creative work. There is a kind of dynamic tension at all moments with weblog portfolios: on the one hand, they should have visible, from the first screen, all the best of the student's work, properly formatted, edited, looking crisp and nice (defined more carefully below) and properly linked. On the other, the weblog is a dynamic thing, receiving the latest of the student's work, and pushing older stuff down and out of sight." article by Steve McCarty

"The idea of "portfolio" implies that the sum of the parts is greater than its individual parts, that there is some benefit to seeing the whole work longitudinally or from start to finish. A portfolio, here, is a collection of written work, related or not, presented as well as it can be, by a student for the purposes of showing, well, the best that the student can do at a given time. Traditional portfolios were glossy notebooks full of typed papers, some with cover pages, that people would thumb through at our end-of-term exhibits; they would then often go home with the student, to be buried at the bottom of some drawer somewhere, having very little practical influence in terms of what the papers said, or in terms of their influence on the presumed audience of English speakers in the community."

"This wiki is a collaborative learning space. If you want to contribute to this e-portfolio or digital portfolio page, please join the wiki and then add your thoughts, your notes or describe how you created digital portfolios for your students." This wiki has everything about wikis and much more: using blogs, words clouds, comics, Vacebook HTML, online collaboration, etc., etc. Join and contribute

A blog with some interesting ideas on using portfolios and different kinds of portfolios.

"Teachers using the Portfoliogen Classroom service can create their own webpage allowing their students to register and create their own portfolio websites. Collaboration between teacher and student is easy with administrative visibility to view students portfolios." This might be a good way to create a safe place on the Web to create and store student portfolios.

R. Byrne: "Over the course of the school year our students create some fantastic digital products. Building a digital portfolio is a great way for students to look back at everything they've done and organize it into a cohesive package. The following five tools are good services for creating digital portfolios." As always, Byrne gives some good brief examples of the kinds of lessons the tools can be used for. He includes Silk, Dropr, Google Sites, Weebly, and eduClipper. Some instructional videos included.

Reasons why graduating students need e-portfolios. The blog also has a series of articles on evaluating e-portfolios, links to examples, how to developed a networked school, etc.

Details the process of getting all students ready to use Evernote across devices, and how to set up portfolios for meaningful assessment.

A pdf book with papers and articles describing pedagogic models and approaches to developing the VITAE e-portfolio "Chapter 1: Teacher competence development - a European perspective, Chapter 2: The VITAE Approach, Chapter 3: Exploring Web 2.0 and Mentoring as Tools for Lifelong Learning, Chapter 4: Guided course development on the basis of an e-learning patterns template, Chapter 5: Fun and Games in professional development, Chapter 6: The VITAE e-portfolio - a catalyst for enhanced learning, Chapter 7: Community-based mentoring and innovating through Web 2.0, Chapter 8: Web 2.0 - Learning Culture and Organisational Change,"

R. Byrne suggests you try Silk, Dropr, and Weebly for creating digital portfolios. I've tried only Weebly, and it seems hard to remove items once you've put them into the template -- or to change templates. But these might be worth a trial. Links to these tools at the blog.

Eventually, schools and colleges are probably going to fall in step with the trend toward digital portfolios as a way to assess applicants. Schools of art, music, and writing are already using them. Give your students a chance to learn this valuable skil.

R. Stannard's video tutorial on LiveBinders.com, which is useful for creating online digital portfolios. Use LB to create webpages. This video has some examples to show the potential (entry level LB is free), ways to set up tabs and creating a good design, embedding video, and so on.

This brief slideshow tells why portfolios are useful for younger students and shows some of the tools you might use to create them. You may need to sign in to Google to see the show.

A student-driven digital portfolio tool -- mobile- and computer-based.

A fifth-grade class (approximately 11 yrs old) wiki has examples of students e-portfolios

This article talks about how 5th graders use electronic portfolios to document their work in school.

A nice article about how to create a Twitter worthy of a professional. One might use Twitter as an e-portfolio, for example.

This is a little complex, but students will catch on fast. One use, pointed out in the QR tutorial, is to create an electronic portfolio where all docs, references, video, photos, etc. can be collected and shared in one place with drag-and-drop. Connects to Twitter and Facebook, of course. Brief video tutorial on the front page, and lots of fun backgrounds and colors to play with.

These all look like interesting ways to create portfolios, and include mobile devices as well. T/H R. Byrne

Make a video with one of the 3 editors suggested; create a collage importing pictures from your device; create a slideshow with Google Drive; use Silk to create a portfolio that includes docs, video, graphics, and links; invite relatives to virutally attend a graduation ceremony with Skype or Google+. The blog also mentions several other tools for creation and collaboration.