Safely and seamlessly sync your files with Dropbox. It's the innovative way to share your files and access them anywhere. As more and more people become interested in using eportfolios they are looking for information to help them along their eportfolio learning journey. Here are some great places to get started: 
Via TeachingEnglish 
As mentioned in my previous post , JISC Netskills is running a workshop at New College Nottingham on the 24th January (for more information and to book, click here ) and I'm pleased to be able to give you more details about the 3 guest presentations. Via Heinz Krettek 
The New Zealand Ministry of Education saw so many benefits in having a nationally sponsored system that, in collaboration with Catalyst, they developed an ePortfolio system and offered it to every school in New Zealand...//..One student showed me the system she uses for writing reflections on her work. The system is a series of colored hats (based on Edward de Bono’s “Six Thinking Hats”) that represent various ways of reflecting on a particular work/artifact. 
Should everybody have an ePortfolio? How do ePortfolios contribute to the identity construction process? How do ePortfolios support the acquisition of 21st century skills? How do ePortfolios support lifelong learning, orientation and employability?
[Check out this site and please submit your contributions - big or small - RT] Via Ray Tolley, Heinz Krettek Though it is not a high number, but more and more schools and colleges are using some sort of tool for student assessment whether it be through Chalk&Wire or some other company. 
Online Career Services: Using the Blog Format to Present Your Career Portfolio... |
Reflection does not always have to be in written form. For some students, reflections can be oral, shared with peers or teachers. However, we need to capture those stories in our portfolios to make them objects of reflection. With the addition of multimedia technologies, these stories can be captured, in either audio or video formats. Via Nik Peachey Blogging may have psychological benefits for teens suffering from social anxiety, improving their self-esteem and helping them relate better to their friends, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. Via Neil Ballantyne 
Some of my notes on ePortfolios from "Innovate to Educate: System [Re]Design for Personalized Learning." 
In the project to educate our students to be digitally savvy and empower them to use the resources of the web to best pursue their own passions in learning as well as to research, evaluate, and use information in their coursework, we could stand to be more intentional in helping them shape their online environment than we have been thus far. Via Nik Peachey Hello and welcome! The UCSF Portfolio tool, which is based on the Mahara Platform, is a fully featured electronic portfolio, journal, resume builder and social networking system, connecting users and creating online communities. This Support Center provides instructional resources to UCSF Portfolio users. Here you will find training videos, documents, a user forum and updates about the tool from system administrators. For tips on using this Support Center, please click here. Via Gary Bertoia 
This is Wes Fryer's interview with Maine educator Kern Kelley about how students in his school district use iPod Touches, email, and Picassa Web albums to digitize content for their digital portfolios on Google Sites
I was fascinated by the fact that students are given their own domain when they graduate. A novel approach to giving students ownership and perhaps a good way of keeping in touch with Alumni. Via Heath Sawyer |
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