Portfolios for K-12 Students

• Booth Fickett Math Science Magnet School is using HyperCard to keep track and assess the progress of their K-8 Students. See samples of student-created portfolios and an overview of how they make them.
• Examples of portfolios from North Woods Elementary School in La Crosse Wisconsin. They also use Hyperstudio and include a sample from Grade 5 and 7.
• A different kind of electronic portfolio can be seen at Ligon Middle School where students created passports to the world with only one online computer.
• See how students in NorthStar Elementary, Alaska are using HyperStudio to develop their electronic portfolios. Instructions are included as well as samples.

Portfolios in Higher Education

• In The Student Portfolio System at Illinois State University, Department of Accounting, students build a multimedia collection of their studies in career planning, formal classroom work and their student life.
• Electronic Student Portfolios are available online at Ohio University. Included at the site are links to an online HTML tutorial of their electonic portfolio process. Student portfolios include information about their courses, skills, associations, personal information, interview responses and a resume.
• The Kalamazoo Portfolio shows how students at Kalamazoo College are using portfolios. Online computer instructions and selected student examples are available.
• Students at the University of West Florida College of Education have Web based portfolios

• Electronic Portfolios can be produced using anyone of a number of multimedia programs or it can be Web-based, coded with an HTML editor or a simple text editor. Six multimedia programs specifically customized for electronic portfolio documentation are reviewed at http://www.conknet.com/krsd/EPSE.html
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• The Ithaca City School District evaluated many approaches to constructing electronic portfolios: simple word processing portfolios, videotapes, Web pages, and multimedia software applications. Read about their experiences and a summary of possible software products. http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan97mms/portfol.htm

• Aurbach_&_Associates at http://www.aurbach.com produce Grady's Profile for student assessment and Teacher's Portfolio for preservice and inservice teacher assessment. Dowload demos and get information about alternative assessment and electronic portfolios. Online demos available at http://www.aurbach.com/demos.html
• Roger Wagner's HyperStudio at http://www.hyperstudio.com has demo versions of both the Mac and Windows version of Hyperstudio and links to some online HyperStudio stacks.
• Sunburst: Learner Profile at http://www.sunburstonline.com:80/lplobby.html has information about software for classroom observations, using either bar codes or Newton or E-mate for Macintosh or Windows.
• Superschool Software's Portfolio Assessment Kit http://www.superschoolsoftware.com is a comprehensive approach to maintaining a portfolio. The kit includes evertything you need to start building portfolios for every student in your class. The program includes I'm a Happy Writer Electronic Portfolio, which is a collection of individual portfolios targeted at specific subject areas.
• Get a demo CD of Digital Chisel, a multimedia authoring program by Pierian Springs by filling out a form at http://www.pierian.com/products.htm
• Learn How to use digital cameras and other Kodak equipment to make Digital Student Portfolios http://www.kodak.com/aboutKodak/bu/dai/hub/education/digitalPortfolios>

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Barrett, H.C. Collaborative Planning for Electronic Portfolios: Asking Strategic Questions. This article addresses things to keep in mind when considering using technology as an assessment tool. It also includes a decision matrix to help implement electronic portfolio development.

Berrett, H.C. Electronic Portfolios. Handout for Site'98. Good interactive piece summarizing approaches to electronic portfolio development

Creating and Using Portfolios on the Alphabet Superhighway provides information on the definition, creation and use of electronic portfolios to encourage students to review their own work, analyze their learning strateies and assess their collaboration with others in a K-8 school.

Davis, H. Mind-ing Assessment with Electronic Portfolios Davis explains the different mindset needed to change teachers from teaching prescribed lessons to tracking the learning process. A number of useful links about work on electronic portfolios is included.

Hogin, Gwen (1995) Portfolios in a Technological Age tells how a teacher of music and language arts used multimedia portfolios with her 4th and 5th grade students.

Lankes, A.D. (1995, Dec) Electronic Portfolios: A New Idea in Assessment. Eric Digest ED390377. Lanke explains why portfolio assessment is becoming commonplace and describes kinds of portfolios and ways to electronically create them.

Proderick, P. (1997, May) Electronic Portfolio Assessment: How do we get there? Proderick tells of his own experience developing an electronic portfolio and reviews his hardware and software decisions. Good bibliography included.

Richards, R.T. (1998, April) Infusing Technology and Literacy into the Undergraduate Teacher Education Curriculum Through the Use of Electronic Portfolios describes how Winthrop University students developed portfolios around Kozol's book, Savage Inequities, using HyperStudio.