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Portfolios in Education

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Introduction

The following links are a collection of web sites to help pre-service and new in-service teachers create a portfolio. If you are looking for information on using portfolios as an assessment tool in the classroom, please see the General Education subject page under Assessment.

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Background Information/Articles

Teaching Portfolios - University of Wyoming
Description of a portfolio and a bibliography of resources on portfolios.
by Scott Walker, Education Department, Our Lady of the Lake University.
Guidelines for Portfolio Use in Initial Teacher Education
by Valentina Klenowski Institute of Education, University of London in Paper and Monograph Series in Education, Center for Research and Collaboration.
Educational Progressions: Electronic Portfolios in a Virtual Classroom
by Leonard P. Herman and Mark Morrell, Bridgewater Raritan Regional School District in T.H.E. Journal, June 1999.
Portfolios: A New Wave in Assessment
by Anna Maria D. Lankers in T.H.E. Journal, April 1998.
Using CD-ROM Technology with Preservice Teachers to Develop Portfolios
in T.H.E. Journal September 1998.
For more journal articles, search one of the education databases.
ERIC - Off-Campus access requires UW-W login
Education Full Text - Off-Campus access requires UW-W login
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Constructing

Creating Online Portfolios- Articles
A block of links that focus on developing an electronic portfolio. Perspective is on both student portfolios and teacher portfolios.
How to produce a teaching portfolio
Excerpts from Peter Seldin's book "The Teaching Portfolio - A practical guide to improved performance and promotion/tenure decisions, 2nd Ed." Chapters 1 and 2 (The Teaching Portfolio and Choosing Items for the Portfolio) are presented. Copyright information noted on page.
Intro Selling Yourself Creating the Ultimate Teaching-Interview Portfolio
A short tutorial that describes good elements of a portfolio and tips to make it a good portfolio.
Purdue University framework for how portfolio fits curriculum
Part of an instructors lecture, this web page describes the artifacts possibly used in an electronic portfolio and how these artifacts relate to course work.
UW-Madison's EPCS Portfolio page
Portfolio help from the Educational Placement and Career Services at the School of Education - University of Wisconsin-Madison. Their Teaching Portfolio Information (which opens in a new window) is set up in an online help format and includes a list of portfolio terminology. The online help is searchable.
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Examples

Links to Others' Electronic Teaching Portfolios
Links to examples of Portfolios at the University of Virginia.
Electronic Portfolio examples, University of Virginia
More from the Curry School at UV, this list of examples includes pre-service teachers, inservice teachers, teaching portfolios for graduate students and professors and non-education portfolios.
Electronic Portfolios in Physical Education,
Examples of student e-portfolios in Physical Education from Florida State University.
Illinois State University Pekin Professional Development School
Sample portfolios from 2001.
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Other Resources for Portfolios

CETaL Teaching Portfolios
from University of Texas-El Paso "This site aims to provide tools for developing and assessing a faculty teaching portfolio--both as a formative tool and as a summative evaluation of scholarly work." Perhaps geared toward faculty but useful information all the same.
Dr. Helen Barrett's Electronic Portfolios
Dr. Barrett's main webpage. At A Glance guides look useful. Link to the ToC for her CD on developing electronic portfolios. Link on Tutorials somewhat useful.
Portfolio Explorations
Collection of links about portfolios from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Portfolios - Links
List of links to external sites about creating and using portfolios in a variety of settings.
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Other Wisconsin PT3 Web Sites

http://www.uwrf.edu/pt3/welcome.html
University of Wisconsin - River Falls
http://soe.uwm.edu/techgrant/
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Books on Portfolios

The following books are located in the University Library at UW-Whitewater.

eResumes : everything you need to know about using electronic resumes to tap into today's job market by Susan Britton Whitcomb
HF5383 .W453 2002 Main Collection
Building your career portfolio by Carol A. Poore
HF5381 .P664 2001eb NetLibrary
Electronic portfolios : emerging practices in student, faculty, and institutional learning
LB1029.P67 E45 2001 Main Collection
How to develop a professional portfolio : a manual for teachers
LB2838 .H56 2001b Main Collection
Portfolio and performance assessment in teacher education
LB1728 .P667 2000 Main Collection
The portfolio organizer : succeeding with portfolios in your classroom by Noreen Carol Rolheiser-Bennett
LB1029.P67 R65 2000 Main Collection
The power of portfolios : what children can teach us about learning and assessment by Elizabeth A. Hebert
LB1029.P67 H43 2001 Main Collection
Developing a professional teaching portfolio : a guide for success by Patricia M Costantino
LB1728 .C67 2002 Main Collection
With portfolio in hand : validating the new teacher professionalism
LB1029.P67 W58 1998 Main Collection
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