E-Portfolios

I am very interested in the idea of creating E-portfolios.  I am interested in using them to better capture the learning and development of my preschool students.  I have a few checklist type assessments that I use throughout the year to assess their developments.  These lists cover a variety of categories of learning like physical and social emotional development as well as cognitive aspects.  I also take pictures and videos throughout the year.  An e-portfolio would be a great way to bring all of these pieces together to give parents a complete view of their child's "puzzle" instead of handing parents a pile of pieces.

I am also interested in it for enhancing my own résumé.  The one page résumé is something that has been ingrained in my head.  I recognize that schools and employers want to give quick looks over applicants and need one page of well-presented information to quickly sort.  However, I feel that as a teacher, my job description and a photo or two of me teaching cannot come close to capturing my experience and skills.  Despite e-everything being the direction of the world, I feel that if I walk into a job interview tomorrow (for a preschool teaching job or directorship) with an interactive, multimedia portfolio presentation, my application may not be taken seriously.  I am pretty sure that that this will quickly change to be the norm and very soon, anyone walking in with a résumé on paper will be the one who is not taken seriously.

In my browsings, here are a few links to articles and information about e-portfolios.  I hope you find some of the information useful.  The links are from a variety of sources from K-12 and college but the base of information seems to be good.  The information gathered can be developed into a proposal for your school to implement. 

If YOU have any links to share please do!  Thanks in advance!

REAL* ePortfolio Academy for K-12 teachers to be facilitated by Dr. Helen Barrett
http://electronicportfolios.org/academy/

The Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning

http://aaeebl.org/

Use ePortfolio to achieve your goals
http://www.eportfolio.org/

WELCOME to the MCC ePortfolio Project
http://eportfolio.middlesexcc.edu/control.cfm

ePortfolios in K-12 and in Teacher Education

http://electronicportfolios.com/portfolios/ePortCanadaBarrett.pdf