The underlying goal of
any portfolio is to showcase information of an individual’s progression and expansion
in any field of study. Multimedia collections offer the advantages of hard copy
collections in many ways. With the introduction of laptops, tablets, and smart
phones portability and accessibility have made digital portfolios the preferred
for many contemporary students. I really did not know the advancement and
importance of a digital portfolio of both the educational and business field.
It is becoming as important as books and of great importance in classroom discussions.
Penn State University recognizes academic portfolios as, “the integrated and
progressive presentation of evidence, reflection, and assessment of
learning and teaching.” E-Portfolios allow students to capture images, videos,
documents, or other digital media to share evidence of one’s success and
growth.
I’m
the AVID counselor in my school, the student’s curriculum included hard copy portfolios
when I first started, and the portfolios have transitioned to E-portfolios. The multimedia based portfolio allows AVID students
to evaluate achievement relative to earlier performance, recognize patterns in
work, pinpoint areas of improvement, and target areas of challenge for future
focus. The digital age is amongst us,
because of this digital portfolios offer an electronic multi-media cloud to
save and harness ones work without the worries of losing one’s notebook or
paper based assembly of completed scholarly material.
Digital portfolios are
one of the best ways for students to interconnect interactively with their peers. These types of portfolios differ from past
hard copy portfolios due to their joint information and proficiency related to
their use of technology through the internet. Times of technological eBooks are
the way of the future and portfolios fall into this category. The Association of American Publishers
reported that in the first quarter of 2012, eBook
sales sold generated more sales ($282.3 million) than hardcover sales ($229.6
million). This trend will continue because
of media marketing and new electronic platforms geared for consumers.
With the
introduction of House Bill 5 portfolios are becoming an integral tool in goal
setting, setting, measuring progress, and modifying career pathways.
Ultimately, the portfolio will document growth and aid students in becoming
self-directed learners. While researching eportfolio websites I found a free
one called Pathbrite (https://pathbrite.com/). Pathbrite is a cloud-based educational
portfolio platform that serves k-12 and higher education scholars. The company
stands on the principles of, “showcase all digital evidence
of what they have created, achieved and mastered.” I was in awe of how this web based institution
condones the use of their product to educators so that students can comprehensively use their database platform in the
classroom for day-to-day coaching and learning.
Our current student population has embraced web based technology; classroom
instructors must take advantage of this niche to add interactive collaborative
instruction to their daily lessons with hopes of increased engagement and
understanding to all type of learners and teachings.
Figure 1.
– Here is Googles Interactive platform when establishing personal/social/educational/
business Multimedia platforms.
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Pathbrite Portfolios - Show What You
Know. (n.d.). Retrieved April 12, 2015, from https://pathbrite.com/about-us/
PSU Homepage | Penn State University.
(n.d.). Retrieved April 11, 2015, from http://portfolio.psu.edu/
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