What are the benefits of ePortfolios?
- They help promote Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) and Metacognitive skills: Planning-Doing-Reflecting. Students set goals, identify strategies, and list tasks to accomplish those goals. They can get formative feedback on tasks and strategies to support their reflection process.
- They support interdisciplinary learning and provide a means for authentic assessment.
- They can demonstrate the development of digital literacy and 21st century literacies.
- They support Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for literacy in content areas:
READING: multimedia, evidence, range & complexity; WRITING: Plan, revise, rewrite, use technology, use multiple sources