• To make work in many media accessible, portable, examinable, widely distributable
  
• To make performance replayable and reviewable; it is important to see more than once
  
• To address ownership issues of student­ created work
  
• To address storage issues
  
• Hypertext links allow clear connections between standards and portfolio artifacts
  
• Modeling: A teacher with an EP will be more likely to have students with EPs.
  
• It's fun & easier to manage the process!(especially storage, presentation, and duplication)

Sheingold's Reasons (1992)

Connie Swiderski e­mail: cswiderski@esc11.net

Education Service Center Region XI

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