The following scenarios are meant to serve as examples for individuals and groups that might benefit from using the Electronic Portfolio. These hypothetical situations provide a blueprint for how individuals or groups might make use of the EP's many features.

That said, there are no limits to the potential of the application-any organization that would like to take advantage of the EP's functionality will find it indispensable.

• Ms. Donna Simonds is a Resident Teacher working on her Masters degree while teaching second grade at a school in the Montgomery County, MD Public School system. Donna wants feedback on an instructional strategy she is using with her students. Through the EP she has access to faculty members at her university, fellow students, colleagues, and supervisors. Using the EP's tools Donna can access her "educational community" for feedback, and ultimately evaluate the lesson and determine its appropriateness for user in her classroom
  
  
• The Professional Development Office of the Jefferson County Public Schools has been investigating the use of portfolios for its reading specialists. The Electronic Portfolio would provide the office with a space where the reading specialists could organize, sort, and select artifacts that they wanted to use formally in their presentations. Reading specialists would be able to collaborate and share best practices with the Professional Development Office as well as with one another.
  
  
• The National Council of Mentors (NCM) is a non-profit organization active in 32 states, with 147 employees and 225,000 members. NCM, a nationally recognized leader in mentor training, has established a set of principles against which all of their members are evaluated for certification. An Electronic Portfolio would allow the organization's members to store, annotate, organize, and share their exemplary work. This would increase the organizations knowledge exchange with members and establish a process by which certification could be standardized.

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