Introduction to E-Portfolios

Pathways

What is an E-Portfolio?

A collection of your work that can be used to:

• Plan your career• Apply for:• A job• A post secondary institution that might interest

you (i.e.: colleges, certification programs, technical schools)

• Documents what you have learned.

Why do you need an E-Portfolio?

• Identifies the qualities you can offer an organization. (ex. employer, internship placement, college and other post secondary institutions)

• Builds confidence in what you can achieve• Documents what you have accomplished• Helps to identify where you want to go next• It gets peoples attention!

Why do we put our E-Portfolioson-line?

• It will not get lost or thrown away by accident• You can easily recreate to tell different stories• It will not clutter up someone’s desk and avoids you

from forgetting it somewhere• Available anywhere, anytime• Demonstrates your technology skills

What goes into an E-Portfolio?

• 2 types of portfolio.– The “working” portfolio.• Holds everything

• The “presentation” portfolio.• A subset of the working portfolio arranged to tell a

story about you.• Includes best samples of your work that support the

purpose of the portfolio.

We will be creating a presentationE-Portfolio

• Allows viewer to see what the strong qualities and characteristics you possess

More Personal Characteristics

What will you include in your E-Portfolio?

P E A K S• Personal Characteristics• Experience• Accomplishments• Knowledge• Skills• Example of E-Portfolio grammar school• Penn State

We will be creating a presentationE-Portfolio

• To acquire a specific job or entrance into a specific school

• To apply to college, jobs, certification program and technical schools

• To demonstrate what you have learned (i.e. projects, essays, volunteer programs, videos, internship, etc.)

Personal Characteristics

• Things about your personality that people will find important

Experience

• Work experiences, projects you have been involved in

Accomplishments

• Acknowledgements, Certificates, Awards, Prizes, Rewards, etc.

Knowledge

• What you know• courses taken each year• courses expected for next year• standardized test scores• knowledge acquired outside of school• (work, volunteer activities, etc.)

Skills• What you know how to do and Identified through

Bridges assessments

What else can you add?

• Career assessment and Do what you Are(Bridges)• Research on career searches (Career Researches)• Research on post-secondary education, military,

employment , internships, and self-employment

You will show what you know using artifacts

• Some you have• Things you will create in this class• Things you will create between now & graduation• Examples:

• Photos• Audio• Videos• Documents• Presentations• Websites• Blogs

How will you do all this?You will useand I will show you how to do this. Please createthe following pages in your Wikispace:

• Home• Personal Characteristics• Experience• Accomplishments• Knowledge• Job Shadow• Graduation Project