Whose Portfolio Is It, Anyway? Implementing Digital Portfolios in K-12 Schools

Abstract

For every creator of a portfolio, there needs to be a reader. In this chapter, we look at several samples of how the issue of audience has affected a digital portfolio system. Our samples come from high school and elementary schools, and from the original research on digital portfolios in the 1990s to schools using them today. As students and teachers become clearer about the purpose and audience of their school’s digital portfolio, they can better understand how to build and read the portfolio’s contents.