ntensive process, and the portfolio program was almost dropped until Baralt decided to take a stab at revamping it.
Now, portfolios are created in the 2nd and 4th grades, and students are responsible for documenting their own work, Baralt says.
“It used to be teacher- and administration-driven, but now it’s a true teacher-student partnership,” she says. “The students really have a say in what they’re doing.”
The 2nd graders use a Web-based program called VoiceThread, which archives and indexes images, videos, text, and audio. Fourth graders create their own Web pages to display what they’ve learned throughout their time at Shorecrest.
Part of the challenge of digital portfolios is the time it takes to maintain them,
nother challenge in implementing digital portfolios
is providing enough access to technology to make them a workable option,
Hawaii Department of Education, which runs the 178,000-student statewide school district, hosts a platform for student e-portfolios,
The department used to provide training for teachers to learn how to use digital portfolios with their students,
At San Diego’s High Tech Middle School—part of a group of charter schools created with an emphasis on technology, innovation, and real-world learning—students use digital portfolios to document their progress
the portfolios evolve from a place for students to showcase finished work to a way for them to document the process of learning
“It’s not about being right, it’s about being transparent,” he says. “[For teachers], it’s about being able to access [students’] thinking.”
Good article but more to do with digital portfolios and college admissions. Are admissions going in this direction? Might be something to consider as a hook for HS students to keep a portfolio.
The purpose of the portfolio is to assess learning outcomes and those outcomes are, generally, defined externally OR
"The portfolio is a learning environment in which the learner constructs meaning. It assumes that meaning varies across individuals, over time, and with purpose. The portfolio presents process, a record of the processes associated with learning itself; a summation of individual portfolios would be too complex for normative description.