An Introduction to Online Portfolios Why You Should Have One, What to Include, and How to Get Yours Online Presented by Michele Martin Delaware County Regional Career Education Partnership

What’s a Portfolio ?

It’s a collection of your work that can be used to plan your career , apply for a job or to college or to document what you’ve learned .

I’m in high school. Why do I need a Portfolio anyway?

To make the link between what you can do and what the organization wants from you.

Builds confidence in what you can do

To help you remember what you’ve done

To help you decide where to go next

Gets you attention!

Why should it be online ?

It won’t get lost or thrown away by accident

You can easily recombine information To tell different stories

It won’t clutter up someone’s desk and you won’t forget it somewhere.

Available anytime, anywhere

You’ll blow people away with your technology skills

What Goes into a Portfolio ?

The Working Portfolio

Presentation Portfolio

Includes Best samples of your work that support the purpose of the portfolio

To show what you’re good at? To get a specific job ? To apply to college ? To demonstrate learning ?

P.E.A.K.S. (Plus) P ersonal Characteristics E xperience A ccomplishments K nowledge S kills Source: The Career Portfolio Workbook by Frank Satterthwaite and Gary D’Orsi

P ersonal Characteristics

E xperience

A ccomplishments

K nowledge

S kills

PLUS your Career Information !

Artifacts Photos Video Audio Documents Websites Blogs Presentations

I don’t know how to PROGRAM !

wiki

With a wiki you can . . . Create your own website to upload: Pictures Documents Video Audio Presentations

With a wiki you can . . .

Create your own website to upload:

Pictures

Documents

Video

Audio

Presentations

Sample Wetpaint Site— also demonstrates how video can be embedded into a Wiki.

Stephanie’s Portfolio-- http://freshmancomp.wetpaint.com/page/Stephanie

You can also comment on other people’s work and reflect on your own

Jordan’s Portfolio-- http://jordanquake4.wetpaint.com/

Now it’s your turn !