Now let's travel from Kalamazoo to the
Penn
State ePortfolio page. You will see a series of headers down the left side
of the page that looks like this image:
- Visit the Gallery. Work through the portfolios here, doing the same analysis that you
did with the Kalamazoo portfolios. Note that there is a quote from each student,
with a link to a summary of their portfolio. When you get to the summary of the
portfolio, there may be a link to their Web site, which will give you an even
better perspective. I was especially impressed with Gregory Jenkins'
(African-American male, 7th down from the top) site. Don't miss the hyperlink to
look at the evolution of his site over time. As with any
"construction project," there may be a considerable difference
between the initial conception and the finished product.
- Now go to "Collect." After clicking on the
hyperlink under "Collect," you will get to another window, which
has a link labeled "What kinds of evidence should I collect?"
follow this link to yet another page which has a number of hyperlinks to
information on a variety of types of assignments. (You may want to save some
of these pages for reference (in Netscape, click File, Save Page As...;
in Internet Explorer, the command is File Save As...) or print them
out for easier reading. Get as much as you can from each of the individual
pages. Some information will be specific to the Penn State context, but
there is a lot of good general material, and it's all free!
- Do the same with "Select" and "Reflect."
Take notes, print pages, save pages, or whatever as suits your style.
- Much of the information under "Publish,"
"Faculty/Advisors," and "About" headings is specific to
Penn State. There is no need to read this unless you want to. However...
- Jump to ePortfolio Essentials is worth the trip. There is a lot of
useful information there under both the "Collect" and
"Select" headings.
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