Favorite quotes - so far

I wrote a proposal regarding my eportfolio project. I had to look up Lee Shulman's definition of a teaching portfolio and realized I hadn't included it in this blog. I must! It's a lovely summary of what a teaching portfolio entails:

"A teaching portfolio is the structured, documentary history of a set of coached or mentored acts of teaching, substantiated by samples of student portfolios, and fully realized only through reflective writing, deliberation, and conversation" p. 37. The full citation is:

Shulman, L. (1998). Teacher portfolios: A theoretical activity. In N. Lyons (Ed.), With portfolio in hand: Validating the new teacher professionalism (pp. 23-37). New York: Teachers College Press.

Which brings me to a favorite quote from Helen Barrett....
"An electronic portfolio is really a living history of lifelong learning" from the Expert Showcase on Apple's website.