Portfolios

As PreLEAD students, you have several options for your Master's and/or field experience portfolios. Remember that they should be in the appropriate hands 10 to 14 days ahead of your defense.


 * 1) **Ring-binder.** Make a paper binder for each of your committee members. Mail or deliver it to each committee member.
 * 2) **Iowa State University e-portfolio system.** Directions are at []. Having difficulty with the e-portfolio?Contact eportfolio@iastate.edu or 515-294-6072. You also can e-mail Pete Boysen at pboysen@iastate.edu.
 * 3) **Free web site tools.**There are many free, easy-to-use web site creation tools. The advantage of these is that they're more customizable than ISU's e-portfolio system. They're also accessible by you after you graduate, unlike the ISU system. Here are a couple of suggestions, both of which are pretty self-explanatory and thus extremely easy to learn:
 * 4) [|Google Sites]
 * 5) There is a Google Sites template available for PreLead portfolios. To access it, search the template gallery for "Iowa Portfolio" when you create a new site.
 * 6) [|Weebly]


 * Resources**
 * Here is the ISSL self-assessment form that you'll need.
 * Here are Dr. Marshall's portfolio directions: [[file:prelead.port11.v2.doc]].

Contact Dr. Jan Beatty, Program Coordinator, at jan1@iastate.edu if you have any other questions or difficulties.