Using Adobe Acrobat for Electronic Portfolio Development by: Dr. Barrett
After almost having my electronic portfolio completed, I hope that it will be accessible to the majority of my viewers. Using Adobe Acrobat or PDF formatting to house some of your documents guarantees that anyone can view your work. It is important to also include a link to a free download. The best part of this format...it's free! Teachers always flock to items on sale or FREE!
Portfolio Assessment
We have spent the last few days discussing electronic and traditional portfolios. The main idea of implementing a portfolio is it provides authentic material on either the student, teacher, or whoever owns the portfolio. This article highlights three separate kinds of portfolios: Documentation (working portfolio), meaning you add to this portfolio over time to show growth; Process portfolio, basically the same as a Documentation portfolio, but student reflections and higher order thinking are involved; Product or Showcase portfolio, which show the students' best work over a period of time or for a particular class. This type of portfolio is a summative assessment. The biggest challenge is making sure your portfolio stay current. Keep adding and/or deleting items as you see fit.
Kathleen Fischer's Electronic Portfolio
This electronic portfolio modeled good ideas on what a finished product may look like. I can't wait to get mine up and running on the web!
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I agree with Miss Fischer's portfolio. I found it encouraging me to complete mine in just as professional way as she did hers. It was very aesthetically pleasing to look at. Though I wonder if she got parental permission to use all of those photos. Here nor there, it was a nice way to end our class, looking toward our own e-folios as a reflective piece. Compare and contrast if you will.
Interestingly, I had a different take on the whole Adobe thing.I think it's boring in e-folios for the most part. Isn't the point of an e-folio to get away from the 3 ring binder thing, not just make it more portable / accessible. I want all of my "pages" to look like something new and different from one another. Not the same blank computer paper printout. Yuck. Now, I see the relevance of the PDF formatting when it comes to resumes, etc. but overall, ewwww is what I have to say to that.
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