On the Web: Portfolios

On the Web: Portfolios features popular sites that offer software commercial options that are used in teacher preparation programs, e-portfolio resources, and standards-based sites.The sections are listed alphabetically. If you know of a site that is missing from this collection but is would provide helpful information to teachers, please contact us.

Commercial Software Tools || ePortfolio resources ||Standards-based Sites: Initial Licensing and Professional || Rubrics and More Rubrics

Commercial Portfolios Products Used in Teacher Preparation Programs

EPortfolio by Chalk & Wire
This tool uses point and click authoring of web-based portfolios. In addition, file hosting is available with unlimited save space per account. Using EPortfolio, educators can aggregate or disaggregate the data to create progress reports and track attainment of standards. This portfolio system has met current accessibility standards.

LiveText
LiveText provides comprehensive online services in colleges and universities for portfolio development. This growing network is used by many institutions. Read all about this web-based accreditation management system at this site.

TaskStream
Faculty can manage and distribute course materials, review student work, track student progress, create portfolio templates and assess students' portfolios online, develop curriculum, reference state and national standards, and prepare assessment rubrics using this tool. The reporting tools aggregate and disaggregate data for accreditation support.

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Electronic Portfolios

Creating ePortfolios with Web 2.0 Tools
Dr. Helen Barrett, well known expect on the development of Electronic Portfolios, presents ideas for creating portfolios with Web 2.0 tools with how to's and samples. An obvious advantage of Web 2.0 tools is that they are free, however, Dr. Barrett advises that because of security concerns, caution should be used when using these tools in a K-12 environment with children.

Electronic Portfolio Development
Dr. Helen Barrett, well known expect on the development of Electronic Portfolios, presents a series of videos at this site, where she explains what is portfolio is, the reasons that portfolios are such a wonderful way to explain who you are as a teacher as well as how to create portfolios for all learners. Listen to Dr. Barrett as she reveals the process, the standards, reflections, resources to use, step guides for using Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Acrobat, Imovie, iPhoto, and saving these portfolios to CD-RWs. A great resource for learning in a step-by-step guides.

Electronic Portfolios in the K-12 Classroom
Education World presents an interactive article with access to advice from experts, guidelines for developing a digital portfolio program, tools for growth, and multiple links to resources for teachers.

Helen Barrett: electronicportfolios.org
Travel to Dr. Barrett's professional page with much information regarding electronic portfolios with more information about communications, resources, frequently asked questions and digital storytelling.

Portfolio Planning Sheet
Tammy Worcester, a former teacher and technology coordinator and now a instructional technology specialist, provides a planning sheet to serve as a guide for teachers who want to create portfolios for themselves or their students. This sheet presents questions about the portfolio type, the logistic, and the contents. Portfolio options including the framework, the samples to include, the storage, the document format options and more. This is a great resource to support planning.

Teaching Portfolios
Visit the great examples provided by the Carnegie Foundation.

Weblogs "Blogs" and "Wikis" on Electronic Portfolios
Dr. Helen Barrett provides links to information about blogs and blogging at this page. She identifies what "blogs" are, software, educational blogging and much more. In addition, she identifies "wikis" , how they work and tips for using them.

Standards Based Sites: Initial Licensing and Professional

Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC)
This consortium consists of thirty-four state agencies and representatives from the teaching profession. Its mission is to restructure assessment for initial licensing and develop performance standards for beginning teachers. The site presents information regarding the mission, the model State Teacher Policy, INTASC accomplishments and standards and links to INTASC Projects.

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
This board is composed of classroom teachers, administrators and other educational professionals with the mission to advance the quality of teaching by setting rigorous to standards for accomplished teachers.

NCATE (National Council for Accreditation for Teacher Education)
NCATE is an accreditation agency for colleges and schools of education that prepare new teachers. The NCATE site presents information about standards, institutions, accreditation procedures and much more that is valuable for faculty at higher education institutions.

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Rubrics

Teacher helpers: Assessment & Rubric Information
Kathy Schrock and Discovery School offer this huge rubric collection. You'll find web page rubrics, subject-specific rubrics, multimedia rubrics, and rubric generators. A great resource for teachers who use performance based assessment.

Rubrics for Assessment
The University of Wisconsin-Stout presents rubrics for cooperative learning, slideshows, podcasts, web page and ePortfolios, video and multimedia project, writing, games and simulations and more. What a great resource!

Rubistar
Rubistar, a free tool, assists teachers in rubric development for project-based-learning activities. At this site, templates are provided for teachers that want assistance with rubric development for oral projects, multimedia, math, research and writing, reading, art, work skills, science, music and art.

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