My ePortfolio Purpose:

As a Teacher who works in an Area School (Year 1-13 or 5-18 year olds) in New Zealand I wish to set up my school with ePortfolios in order to:a.

Build a stronger learning support team for the student that wouldinclude teacher, family members and other knowledgeable peers.Together this team would foster learning through

formativeassessment

collaborative projects

and

celebrating successes

. b.

Develop greater student ownership of the learning process byencouraging a child owned digital portfolio. The portfolio will includethe students’ chosen artefacts and will show the processes they gothough as part of their learning.c.

Provide a resource bank of students’ data for information,accreditation and accountability purposes.

ePortfolio Platform Selection Criteria:

(Note: for the purpose of this table the term ‘user’ refers to the student or owner of the ePortfolio.)

Criteria Description

MultipleSpaces orViews

Private Space:

for personal use like note taking, reflectionsand unpublished work. This space will be securely locked.2.

Collaborative Space

: where users can invite others to work collaboratively. This space would also allow for socialdiscussions. Admittance to this space is granted via a group password.3.

Showcase View:

selected pages made public for particular audiences eg: future employers.

Interoperable

The ePortfolio files will be able to be exported into or importedfrom other learning management systems. This gives users theability to move from platform to platform (eg: school to school).

Easy to Use

The eportfolio must be easy to use for users of all ages, includingthose with learning or communication difficulties.

A system thatcan be quickly navigated by beginners eg: simple test editor, dragand drop functions, post previews and wizard supports. For multiple users; internal email and a class homepage is necessary.

Subscriptions

Viewers (eg: parents) will have the ability to subscribe to theePortfolio and receive email alerts when a new post has beenmade. (Both RSS and email subscription options.)

Categoriesand Tags

The user will be able to set up categories and tags that archivetheir data for:a)

Thematic/subject viewing b)

Quick searching of information.