Teacher+Portfolios

An E-Portfolio for Teachers

Regardless of what standards the committee designs, shouldn't teachers create an e-portfolio for their standards? They could set it up themselves, along the lines of what Melanie’s looks like, or we could create a template for them to use. I'm not sure what software would be best. Some is free but we would need hosting and others are fee-based but provide hosting. I'm having difficulty finding many examples without downloading software. Below are some of what I found. I'm hesitant with respect to the open source software not just because there's little tech support, but also because who knows if it will still be around in 5 or 6 years.

One good option might be Google sites. Quite a few schools have switched to Google Apps so teachers would already have access and if they don’t, it’s easy to create an account. Google sites doesn’t offer much customization, but it still might be the best solution.

For a template with lots of information, I’m thinking of something like this - from Taskstream.

I designed a quick example of what might work in Google sites using the Standard 1 breakdown, for lack of any other data. You can find it here: []

Here’s a list of some other options, if the committee decides to go this way. There are probably more out there, but this list is a start.

Free Open-source [] [] []

Fee-based [] [] [] []

Thoughts? Suggestions?

Thanks, Missy Goldberg St. Matthew’s School

// I really like the idea of portfolios for teachers and for students. What better way to demonstrate proficiency than by creating a showcase of work. It would make quick work of the certification process if everything was in one place and being digital makes the portfolio (and the ideas contained) easily shareable! -- Melanie Weser //