Posted to Diigo 08/12/2011

Education Week’s Digital Directions: E-Portfolios Evolve Thanks to Web 2.0 Tools

• “Assessment is only really beneficial for the kids if it’s immediate.”
• All applications are free or have free versions available for use.

• EverNote: An application that clips Web pages, and stores images, audio, video, and screen shots. Files and indexes media for easy searchability.

  Google Apps: A series of services provided by Google that can store information such as Gmail, Google Docs, and Google sites.

  VoiceThread: Allows users to create multimedia slideshows using images, documents, and videos. Other users can then comment using text, audio, or video.

  Weebly: A platform to create free websites or blogs using a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface.

  WordPress: An open-source blogging tool and publishing platform.

  Yola: A website-building platform.

  Mahara: An open-source e-portfolio system created by New Zealand’s Tertiary Education Commission’s e-learning Collaborative Development Fund.

  Elgg: An open-source social-networking engine that provides a framework for building social networks.

• Part of the challenge of digital portfolios is the time it takes to maintain them
• Another challenge in implementing digital portfolios is providing enough access to technology to make them a workable option