A lot of the people making e-Portfolios are pre-service teachers. By having e-Portfolios easily visible to the world, the portfolios are not made in a way that the accrediting institution has any filter on what is put into said portfolio. This is a recipe for disaster as students in my generation tend to "over share". I can think of 2 examples of being on a hiring team, wanting to hire some one and doing a quick "facebook" check to see if they were posting to the world about teacher - inappropriate things that students could get into. Needless to say neither of these individuals were hired. I think it is smart that institutions do not let a professional portfolio go out into the world without oversight.
Here are four different examples of portfolios that I have found that might be useful for getting familiar with the whole portfolio as a professional development tool.
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- https://lehmanedu.digication.com/topnoahberger/Independent_Learning - This ePortfolio is a more recent one that is used for a pre-service science teacher to show off what they have learned. It provides a more current example than those above.
In addition I have found a really good blog on issues of technology in education. Check it out if you have a couple of minutes: http://schinker.wordpress.com/
I too thought that I would be able to find a large amount of examples. I did find a couple of useful resources but not nearly as many as I first thought. I did find a useful template created by Dr. Barbara Schroeder. She is a professor in the Department of Educational Technology at Boise State University. Here is the link to the template:
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This will definitely be beneficial but I think that we need to make it more personable and meaningful to the individual. I am excited to see your final product.
Excellent observation about the digital generation's habit of over-sharing. I have found this to be a common problem in my virtual school. The filters that people my age applied seem to have vanished. Young people need to understand the permanency of sharing personal information online - or what's commonly referred to as their digital footprint. If you were to have your students create digital portfolios, what would you tell them about including personal content?
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