Creating+Digital+Portfolios

Here is a list of her favorite sites covering one of the topics near and dear to her heart. It covers sites giving instruction as well as sites containing examples and ideas for both K-12 and Higher Education teachers and students.
 * [|Dr. Helen Barrett's Favorite Links on Alternative Assessment and Electronic Portfolio] s**

A paper summarizing the steps in the process of developing digital portfolios.
 * [|An Introduction to Electronic Portfolios in the Language Classroom]**

Developed by Helen Barrett, this guide contains one-page guides that teachers can reproduce and use for professional development purposes in their schools. It covers all facets of the technology needs and implementation requirements.
 * [|At-a-Glance Guides for Developing Electronic Portfolios]**

Written by David Niguidula. This report covers the rationale as well as the benefits of using portfolios in schools. It also details how portfolios can be used to help in the planning and design process for curriculum implementation as well developing a plan for systematic change in programming. By Dr. Helen Barrett. This web page provides information on common software tools available on personal computers and/or the Internet to facilitate assessment FOR learning (classroom-based assessment) in electronic portfolios.
 * [|The Digital Portfolio: A Richer Picture of Student Performance]**
 * [|Authentic Assessment with Electronic Portfolios using Common Software and Web 2.0 Tools]**

Prepared by David Brear. A portfolio at the K-12 education level is essentially a collection of a student's work which can be used to demonstrate his or her skills and accomplishments. This is a comprehensive collection of resources, examples, referenced works from other authorities in the field and other important topics covering digital portfolios, assessment and digital storytelling.
 * [|Developing Student Electronic Portfolios]**

These brief, one-page guides, are developed for using common software tools for creating electronic portfolios. These guides assumes prior knowledge of the particular software package, or access to other training materials. A comprehensive handbook with more detailed instructions and digital video screen recording demonstrations is available on CD-ROM. Permission is granted to educational institutions to print each page for non-profit educational purposes only. All other rights reserved. These files are all in PDF (each approximately 40K)
 * [|At-a-Glance Guides: Common Software Tools for Creating and Publishing Electronic Portfolios]**

This Apple exhibit by Dr. Helen Barrett provides educators and parents with an overview of using technology to document learning. A portfolio is defined as a purposeful collection of student [or teacher] work that illustrates efforts, progress, and achievement in one or more areas over time. An electronic portfolio uses digital technologies, allowing the portfolio developer to collect and organize portfolio artifacts in many media types (audio, video, graphics, text). A standards-based portfolio uses hypertext links to clearly show the relationship between standards or goals, artifacts, and reflections. The learner's reflections are the rationale that specific artifacts are evidence of achieving the stated standards or goals. This exhibit will illustrate many ways that Apple technologies can be used to create electronic portfolios for learners of all ages, from Early Childhood, through graduate school and into the professions.
 * [|Dr. Helen Barrett on Electronic Portfolio Development]**

[|The Florida Educational Clearinghouse - Assessment] This site contains an extensive list of resources on alternative assessment methods utilizing technology.