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E-Portfolios

E-Portfolios. Karen May Assistant Division Chair for Business, Information Technology, and Public Service Blinn College Bryan, Texas. Topics. Purpose Getting Started Components Process for Writing The Completed Project Advantages of an E-Portfolio. Purpose. Employment

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E-Portfolios

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  1. E-Portfolios Karen May Assistant Division Chair for Business, Information Technology, and Public Service Blinn College Bryan, Texas

  2. Topics • Purpose • Getting Started • Components • Process for Writing • The Completed Project • Advantages of an E-Portfolio

  3. Purpose • Employment • Demonstrate writing skill • Proof of skill through projects • Contact information • Summary of skills • Assessment • Program learning outcomes • Course learning outcomes

  4. Program learning outcomes

  5. Getting Started • Organization • Folder structure • Folder and File naming • Discussion • Questions • Assigned articles

  6. Components • Cover Page • Picture • Contact Information • Table of Contents • Summary of Qualifications • Soft Skills • Hard Skills • Teamwork • Coursework Descriptions • Resume • Cover Letter • Service Learning • References • Sample Work • Reflective Journaling • Short and Long-term Goals • Teamwork • Recommendation Letters • Thank You Letter • Internship Evaluations • Mock Interview Evaluation • Internship Reports • Other Awards, Certificates

  7. Process for Writing • Turn in assignment to Instructor • Instructor returns assignment to Student • Marked errors • Comments for rewriting • Student corrects • Student places final writing in portfolio folder

  8. The Completed Project • Professionally Bound • Adobe Portfolio Creator • Drop the files and folders into the Adobe file • Choose a layout • Add files • Choose visual theme • Choose font • Other • Save file • Include Student Name

  9. Advantages of e-Portfolio • E-mail file • Upload file to a web page • Edit as you gain experience and education • Format for specific jobs • Historical evidence of education • All documents in one place

  10. Adobe portfolio creator • Advantages • No need to get permission from students for publication • Can include personal contact information for employer • Can send e-mail, hard copy, or download from a web page • Disadvantages • May not be as easily updatable in the future • Limiting in structure/organization

  11. Other Notes • Synthesizes and evaluates learning from a variety of experiences • Artifacts – evidence of the outcome • Reflect on social and personal responsibility • Give specific questions • What about confidentiality • Consequences of unethical behavior • Hyperlink writing to other items in the portfolio • Allow pedagogy to drive the technology. • Other software/resources to use: • Google (template available) • Weebly • Wix • Concentrate on the outcome and not the technology.

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