ABSTRACT
This chapter is essential to those whose portfolios will be used to assess particular competencies or showcase their strengths and accomplishments in an integrated way. Planning and organizing are necessary and advisable for every portfolio type; assessment and showcase portfolios demand a disciplined and systematic approach. Planning and organizing can seem as intimidating as building the portfolio itself. Planning applies to every component of a portfolio, such as a lesson plan, a unit, or a project, as well as to the portfolio in its entirety. Two electronic formats are highly useful in planning portfolio development. Organizing implies structuring or arranging things, whatever they might be, into a coherent whole. Typically, students construct their portfolios on the hard drives of their desk top computers or their laptops.
