Challenges of Electronic Portfolios: Student Perceptions and Experiences

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Wright, V.H., Stallworth, B.J. & Ray, B. (2002). Challenges of Electronic Portfolios: Student Perceptions and Experiences. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 10(1), 49-61. Norfolk, VA: AACE.
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Journal of Technology and Teacher Education
ISSN 1059-7069
Volume 10, Issue 1, 2002
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)  Norfolk, VA

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Authors

Vivian H. Wright, B. Joyce Stallworth, University of Alabama, USA; Beverly Ray, Idaho State University, USA

Abstract

With the implementation of national standards addressing technology, teacher preparation programs are faced with the issues of preparing teachers to effectively use and to seamlessly integrate technology across content areas. A team teaching approach at one major southeastern university required its methods students to produce electronic portfolios. The teaching team consisted of secondary education language arts and social studies faculty, inservice teachers, instructional technology faculty, and graduate students from both disciplines. This effort of modeling technological best practices resulted from numerous team meetings, intensive planning, and consistent project evaluation. The preservice teachers were required to attend technology seminars as part of regular classroom and methods work. Students were evaluated on their electronic portfolios that consisted of websites, digitally edited teaching episodes, databases, concept maps, and more. Through pretest and posttest surveys, the students were assessed on their perceptions of an electronic portfolio's value and their ideas of how technology can enhance teaching and learning in future classrooms. This article presents a discussion of the results from these assessments, procedural details, and the challenges and successes experienced by the teaching team and the students.

Keywords

• Portfolios
• Secondary Education
• Social Studies
• Educational Technology
• Teaching Methods

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