Digital portfolios serve as:
- Storage/Collection
- Workspace/Process
- Showcase/Product
- Assessment tool
Digital portfolios are online collections of student work—projects, rationale and reflections. More than a transcript can, portfolios paint a clearer picture of the work that has been accomplished. It is a body of evidence that demonstrates both what a student can do and how that student has grown.
A digital portfolio provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate achievement, as well as set sights on the next level.
A digital portfolio can be a vehicle through which students can be the authors of their own learning narratives.
Because they are cloud based, portfolios can be accessed both inside and outside of school. Maintaining a portfolio fosters independence and responsibility.
Resources
- The Challenges of Managing Student Data Posted February 26, 2013 by Jack West
- Portfolios for Assessment and Instruction. ERIC Digest. By Arter, Judith A.; And Others
- ISTE 2010
- Implement Electronic Portfolios with K-12 Students using Mobile Devices Online Course
- ePortfolios with GoogleApps
Information that should be collected about each project
- Project Title
- Project Description/Rationale: Information about your project, the what and why.
- Project Procedure: The how. What parts and tasks are involved and how you will go about accomplishing the tasks and putting the project together.
- Project Process: What steps you are taking. This is a section for documenting your sketches, experiments and results—what went wrong, how you did or will fix it, what is working, and what you could do different the next time. Include images, video as appropriate.
- Final Project: This is the final product of your efforts. Include working project, code, schematics, bill of materials (BOM), images, videos
- Project Implications: How might lessons learned from this project be applied elsewhere.
- Project Resources: Include links and resources you consulted while completing your projects.