Your ePortfolio (E-Me), as well as helping you to record your learning and achievements, will also help you to learn and achieve. To be successful in the future you will need to become an independent learner. To do this you will need to learn how to learn.
Your ePortfolio can help you. It provides a structure that you can use to store your plans, achievements and development.
As you develop your ePortfolio you will record your 'thoughts' or 'reflections' on what you have done, learnt or achieved. By 'thinking about' or 'reflecting on' what you have learnt, what you have found difficult, what you have done well, you will begin to understand a little more about who you are and what you can do. By taking stock of your abilities, experiences, qualities and skills you will recognise your progress and achievements. This will help you to plan what you need to do, to improve. By taking more responsibility for 'planning' your learning, you will become a more independent learner. You will produce better coursework and do better in examinations.
As your ePortfolio grows it will provide a digital record or story showing how you have developed.
As you build your ePortfolio you will link in your latest reflections and evidence into your existing 'pages'. This linking and organisational process will help you to make new ‘connections’ with what you have previously learnt. This, in turn, will help you to learn more about how you learn. You will become a more independent learner and will be more 'marketable' to employers, to universities and to training providers.
Your ePortfolio can also help you to prepare for interviews and, in the near future it is likely that you will be expected to take your ePortfolio into interviews so that you can demonstrate your competency. You will find your ePortfolio useful when you sit down with your teachers or parents to review your progress and plan how you can move forward.
As you develop your ePortfolio you will practice and develop your ICT, multimedia, communication and organisational skills. It will free you up from having to use paper to record your achievements. You will create something that is organised, searchable, and transportable. Because you have used multimedia evidence, you will be able to provide the ‘viewer/user’ with a more accurate picture of what you can do, what you have achieved and something of your personality.
To develop an ePortfolio, you need to take responsibility, it is personal and unique to you. You decide what goes in it, what it looks like and who sees it. Encourage your teachers, parents and others studenst to look at your ePortfolio. Ask them for comments and feedback. Be honest with yourself; make sure that it includes evidence from outside of school including your own interests and personal goals. Keep it up to date and most of all, enjoy developing it!
Wolsingham School and Community College
Wolsingham School and Community College, situated in picturesque Weardale, has a long and proud history. It is a good and successful school and are proud of their specialist status as a Performing Arts College (Drama and Dance), with a Rural Dimension.
ePortfolio and PLTS Discussion Group
Promoting discussion on the topic of ePortfolios and their use within the structure of the new PLTS framework.
MOSEP - More Self-Esteem with my E-Portfolio
MOSEP is a European project, funded under the Leonardo da Vinci Programme 2006-2008 (Pilot Projects). The aim of the project is to develop a set of measures for the use of ePortfolios in different contexts in order to strengthen the self-esteem of young learners.
You?
If you are able to support this project in any way, please contact John Pallister at jpallis001@aol.com
