My+Portfolio


 * MyPortfolio **

[|MyPortfolio] is an eportfolio tool provided to New Zealand schools built on the [|Mahara] eportfolio platform. In a recent [|press release], it has been announced that this service will continue to be provided free to schools until the end of 2013. This is great news and reinforces the Ministry of Education’s continued support of eportfolios for teachers and students in NZ schools.

Not only is the service confirmed as being free, it has also been updated to include a wide range of new features and improvements. More information on these enhancements can be read in this[|document] but for me the most interesting development is in the new [|Moderation Online] tool.

I think online moderation has huge potential for teaching and learning, if not just to get teachers collaborating and participating online unpacking and reflecting on learning. I see it as having such a close relationship if not being integral to a teacher’s professional eportfolio. I have yet to have a play with this new functionality but thanks to [|Paul Seiler] at the MOE, I am all set up and ready to see how it works. More to come on this.

[|GUIDELINES FOR BEGINNERS (MY PORTFOLIO) - Ian Munro]