The use of e-portfolio in computer science subjects in primary school

The following graduate paper is dedicated to the introduction of e-portfolio into computer science lessons in elementary schools. E-portfolio is mostly used as the technology for expressing the user's abilities or as the basis for their expression. We wondered whether introducing the new e-portfolio technology into education was sensible and how pupils and teachers cope with new technologies that come along with Web 2.0. The first part of the graduate paper describes the e-portfolio, its application in education and the authors, users and contents that are appropriate for publishing in an educational portfolio. In Slovenia the use of e-portfolios is not established to such an extent as it is in other parts of Europe or in the USA. We made a short overview of possible scenarios of e-portfolio use in education environments that use it often. Digital Bloom taxonomy helped us analyse the use of technologies that support various levels of learning. In the second part we conducted an empirical research of a possible introduction of the e-portfolio at a chosen elementary school. Pupils included their products made in computer science class into their own portfolios. Pupils and their teacher assessed the e-portfolios in a peer assessment following the next criteria: content, operation, looks and reflection. Pupils expressed their opinion in a questionnaire, whereas the teacher was interviewed. It has been established that the pupils have a positive attitude about using the e-portfolio as it was pointed out that they had quickly learned how to use the new technology that enabled publishing of all products in the same place. The teacher also underlined the fast introduction to the technology and the possibility of immediate evaluation of the products