I looked at several ePortfolio websites and decided to try a 30 trial version of Pupil Pages. I found the interface very basic and limiting, especially compared to how cool we can make our blogs look. I acted as a student trying to post my original compositions. I added a category and labeled "compositions". I was able to create 2 pages and added mp3s of tunes I had ready to go on my computer. When I added images, I started seeing the images override each other. My bio picture got changed to match one of my pages and that was extremely frustrating. This does not want to make me pay for this after 30 days. I will research other options so I can present another tool for my students to create ePortfolios. I am excited to think about them being able to upload their original compositions and share with the world. They can keep the page active as they move through grade levels and add more compositions and delete others from view by "archiving" them. They could add pdfs of the sheet music so others could try playing their tunes. I could leave comments for each composition if I was sure that no others would see my comments. Here is my sample page on Pupil Pages. You will need to enter the demo16258 as my username.
http://www.pupilpages.com/welcome.aspx
username: demo16258
When I finished my master's degree in 2007, my final assignment was to create an ePortfolio by writing the HTML code from scratch. Here is what I completed:
http://home.comcast.net/~jamescc2/portfolio/index.htm
Your master's program sounds interesting! If I were to work towards another degree . . . =-) The portfolio you wrote from scratch looks great--lots of useful info there. Thanks for posting the link!
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