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=E-Portfolios=

An e-portfolio is a digital representation of work. “Students can digitize work in various media formats such as podcasts, discussion boards, blogs, digital video, slide show presentations, or electronic journals.” (Ciocco & Holtzman, 2008, p. 70) An e-portfolio will then allow students to share their work easily with teachers, parents, and peers.

Barrett states that an interactive e-portfolio needs a purpose, collection of artifacts, and reflection. (Barrett, Ph.D, 2007) It is then up to the developer to decide what is published online and who has access to that work. Online e-portfolios allow for interaction and feedback through the Internet.

Digi[cation] is a good low cost online e-portfolio resource. They offer teachers and schools templates, storage space, and ability to load to disk. Wikispaces offer a free tool for creating e-portfolios. Work can be saved to a CD, DVD, or thumb drive if online is not an option.

Bulldog Portfolios
For my class e-portfolio students will be required to log in to create and edit their pages. This will allow me to keep better track of work being done on the wiki. Students will be able to upload files and to embed online work into their portfolios. Individual file sizes must be under 20 Mb for our plus account with 2 GB of total storage.

I hope for the students to include at least on file from each program they learn: Word, Excel, Publisher, Power Point, Prezi, and Animoto. The All About Me and Travel projects are two that will definitely be included. A career brochure and magazine cover are also planned for the portfolios.