Different tools for different kinds of ePortfolios

There are different types of tools we can use for creating e-portfolios. Of course they all have pros and cons but pros are many more than cons. To start with, they all have free versions so that students don’t need to spend any money on using them. Also they all have many easy-to-use features that allow students to be creative and imaginative. Since young people are usually into technology, they don’t have any trouble working with these apps.

Let’s take Google Apps as an example. It has great capacity and lots of templates. They also allow students to work collaboratively or independently. It has been said that Weebly is a very fun tool to use because you can include photo galleries and slide shows in your portfolio.  On the other hand, Wordpress is a fantastic blogging tool that helps you make your ePortfolio more appealing. It’s not that easy to use at the beginning, though. At last but not least, there’s Yola. It allows students include images in their ePortfolio and there are lots of free templates they can use.

Personally, I need to get familiar with all these tools because I haven’t used them that much. I think I’ll have to ask my daughter to teach me how to make the most of them :)