The following resources have been kindly provided by Heather Ritchie and Peter Nix from Thomastown East Primary School and were used as part of their presentation at the Central Highlands-Wimmera Regional Assessment and Reporting Conference held in Horsham on May 18th, 2001.
Portfolios are ' collections of artifacts of students ' learning experiences assembled over time.
There is no one portfolio. There are many portfolios for all different educational contexts and purposes. Often, the terms ' electronic portfolio ' and ' digital portfolio ' are used interchangeably. In a 'digital portfolio', all artifacts have been transformed into computer readable form. Two Ways to Use Learning Tech Record observations and student learning data in electronic form.