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=NSTA Portfolio= How could we use Web 2.0 technologies to facilitate this e-portfolio through small pieces, loosely joined: blog, wiki, RSS feeds?

What is the purpose that NSTA wants to propose as the primary purpose for developing the portfolio (Wolf, 1999)? The AAHE Electronic Portfolio Clearinghouse identified six primary functions of electronic portfolios, which I have cross-referenced to Wolf’s three types: A portfolio needs to include the following functions:
 * Learning (professional development),
 * Assessment (high stakes/summative or formative?),
 * Employment/Marketing
 * **AAHE Functions** || **~ Learning ~** || **~ Assessment ~** || **~ Employment ~** ||
 * educational planning ~ || **~ XXX ~** || ||  ||
 * documenting knowledge, skills, and abilities ~ || **~ XXX ~** || **~ XXX ~** || ||
 * tracking development ~ || **~ XXX ~** || ||  ||
 * finding a job ~ || ||  || **~ XXX ~** ||
 * evaluation within a course ~ || || **~ XXX ~** ||  ||
 * performance monitoring in the workplace ~ || || **~ XXX ~** ||  ||
 * Set professional development goals & plan PD
 * Maintain a learning journal – track development in achieving NSTA Prof Standards

What is the process for developing portfolios, with the value-added of Web 2.0?

 * ~ Portfolio Development Process ~ || ~ Value-Added of Technology ~ ||
 * Collection || Digital Archive ||
 * Selection || Hyperlinking/Thinking/Metacognition ||
 * Reflection and Direction (Goal-Setting) ~ || Storytelling ||
 * Presentation || Publishing ||
 * Assessment & Evaluation || Collaboration ||

Questions to ask at each stage of the process:

 * Collection/Digital Archive**:
 * What is the content of portfolio items (determined by the assessment context) and the type of evidence to be collected?
 * Which storage medium is most appropriate for the situation (will you use computer hard disk, videotape, local-area network, a WWW server, CD-ROM, etc.)?
 * What multimedia materials will you gather that represent a learner's achievement?


 * Selection/Hyperlinking:**
 * How will you select the specific artifacts from the abundance of the working portfolio, to demonstrate achievement of the portfolio's stated goals?
 * What are your criteria for selecting artifacts and for judging merit?
 * How will you organize the digital artifacts? Have you selected software that allows you to create hyperlinks between goals, student work samples, rubrics, and assessment?


 * Reflection/Direction/Storytelling:**
 * What do your selected artifacts say about you and your learning?
 * How will you record self-reflection on work and achievement of goals?
 * How will you record goals for future learning based on the personal reflections and feedback?
 * Portfolios tell a story. What story does your portfolio tell?


 * Presentation/Publishing**:
 * How will you use some of the graphics capabilities of current computer systems to add style and flair to the portfolio, and to interject personality and individuality?
 * How will you record the portfolio to an appropriate presentation and storage medium?
 * How will you or your students present the finished portfolio to an appropriate audience?


 * Assessment/Evaluation/Collaboration**:
 * How will you share work and record faculty or teacher feedback on student work and achievement of goals?
 * How will you evaluate the portfolio's effectiveness in light of its purpose and the assessment context?
 * Depending on portfolio context, how will you use portfolio evidence to make instruction/learning decisions?
 * Will you develop a collection of exemplary portfolio artifacts for comparison purposes?