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
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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 yourwork that can be used
to plan your career,
apply for a job or to collegeor 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)
•Personal Characteristics
•Experience
•Accomplishments
•Knowledge
•SkillsSource: The Career Portfolio Workbook byFrank Satterthwaite and Gary D’Orsi
PLUS your Career Information!
Artifacts
Photos
Video
Audio
DocumentsWebsites
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
Sample Wetpaint Site—also demonstrates how video can be embedded into a Wiki.