Electronic+Portfolios

= Electronic Portfolios (ePortfolios) = toc Your annotated bibliography will go here. This should be about 7-10 sentences. Yes, it's more than 250 words. Include information like: why this is relevant to our field. Who would benefit from the technology? Who created the technology?

Uses of ePortfolios in Educational Settings
This is your second section. It can contain information about the history of the technology, implications, etc

The focus of a student electronic portfolio, whether for high school or post-graduate higher education, is on reflection and analysis of the learning process as it is experienced. Specific requirements are developed by the individual educational institution requiring portfolio creation and they can differ based on the purpose. Standard elements of a student eportfolio are: personal introduction, reflective essay(s) in a sequential order of occurrence, work examples, resume/CV. A few examples of portfolio requirements for universities can be found at:
 * University of South Carolina at Columbia: School of Library and Information Science end of program portfolio guidelines
 * Portland State University ePortfolio fundamentals for freshman in the University Studies Program

PebblePad
Interacts with the user through seamlessly-integrated pop-up window "pads" which appear like virtual notepads and can be manipulated to add a variety of content (called assets) such as pdf files, hyperlinks, journal entries, media, RSS feeds, and Powerpoint presentations. Each asset added can be notated with descriptions and comments, hyperlinks, additional files and a reminder to follow up at specific time to review and evaluate the asset. Integrated into PebblePad's format are reflective questions and opportunities to enter experiential analysis depending on the type of entry chosen (

Evernote
While Evernote is not strictly a portfolio software application, it is immensely useful as a desktop/mobile device note-taking application. Saving the exact look and content of any note and embedding it into a webpage portfolio is simply done by exporting and choosing file-type //HTML// from the drop-down. All the attachments, such as images and drawings, are saved automatically in a folder named Resources, referenced by name within the HTML file so there's no need for any re-coding. Evernote gives the ability to synchronize your notes to your personal Evernote on the Web, which means that it is fully cross-platform functional. All of the Evernote applications are in regular contact with Evernote on the Web. Whenever a new note is created or edited on any of your Evernote-capable devices, the note is uploaded to the Evernote on the Web where all of your other devices will download it the next time they sync. When saving a webpage, the entire webpage including text, images and links are included. Once a note is created there is no Save button to click, everything is saved as it is created, however there is a time-lag for syncing. Any document file type is accepted and there are multiple apps that are compatible with Evernote, allowing for articles, blog entries, scanned documents and more to be directly uploaded to notes. Some of the apps are free and some must be purchased from the vendor.