This activity provides further information on digital or electronic portfolios and insight to creating and using them on the Internet. Access the following website to anwer the questions on this worksheet:

http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/teacher/portfolio.html

Complete this worksheet by answering the questions and filling in the bullets and checkoffs found at the above URL.

1. What are electronic portfolios?

2. Why use electronic portfolios?

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3. Creating electronic portfolios.

• Deciding on the areas of assessment.
  Below are a few examples of the areas of assessment from an elementary reading portfolio:

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• Selecting assessment measures.
  For each assessment category, you may choose different types of evidence based on students’

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• Selecting portfolio content.
  At the beginning of the learning task, students should answer questions such as:

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• Who should decide what to include in a portfolio?

• How should a portfolio be organized?
  A portfolio should include:

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4. Using electronic portfolios. (Complete the description below by filling in the blanks.)

Making ___________________________________________ “happen” is a matter of

___________________________, technological sophistication, time and energy. None

of these would be _________________________ in making electronic portfolios a

“success” without changes in the __________________________________________.

... Therefore, schools should be developing __________________________ for the use

of ___________________________ within the school. ...

5. Portfolio connections.

Who conducts research on important topics related to K-12 educational testing?

 

6. Glossary. On the back of this sheet, list these terms and their definitions:

authentic assessment, criterion referenced, dialogue journal, formative assessment, metacognition, performance assessment

Return to Digital Portfolios Curriculum Guide.