Project #1 Initial Publication of Your ePortfolio

 

Please refer to Week 2 Class Schedule

Purpose

Each of you will develop an "electronic" portfolio in this course, but I want to encourage you to create a portfolio that serves your purposes and expresses what you wish it to express. My most fundamental aspiration is that the work you do in this course is "authentic" and "useful" and leads to further growth and development after the course ends.

As you consider how to design your own electronic portfolio, you might think of this more broadly as creating your "web presence"--how you want to present yourself to a wider audience on the Web. In my opinion, the Web is here to stay (even if not here, you can always take it to another web space) and if you learn to use it for your personal and professional purposes, you will be better prepared to teach the students how to use it for such purposes.

The Basic Requirements of your ePortfolio gives you an idea what specific elements are required. But beyond that, I'd like to invite you to explore some of the portfolios developed by other students. 

So: Keep in mind that their portfolios are more elaborate and extensive than you are likely to complete in this course. 

But: Keep in mind that you need to explore both in and out of class the web authoring tools to better off your technical skills and continue to add elements to your portfolio after this course ends.

Also: The portfolios below have less focus on using portfolios with K-12 students than I hope to encourage in your portfolios.

But with this introduction, have fun exploring portfolios created by your peers from our own college and from other colleges via the link below.

Resources for Project #1

You can view works by your peers from the previous EDU314 classes. Click any of the Showcase links in the Navigation Bar.

Supplemental: Food for Thought

As you explore these portfolios, you might ask yourself the following questions: 

Clarity of purpose:

  • What purposes do you think the student had in mind in designing this website?

  • Do you feel you can easily get to know the person who created the website? (From their introduction, photos, projects, etc.) 

  • Is it a "professional" or a "personal" website or both
    (and if both, how are they integrated or distinguished)?

Substance:

  • How much "stuff" does the portfolio contain? (Quantity) 

  • What is the quality of the "stuff" in the portfolio? (Quality) 

Design:

  • Is the portfolio easy to navigate?

  • How many links deep is it?

  • How would you rate the aesthetics of the design? How technically sophisticated is the portfolio? (Frames, graphics, digital photos or video, animated gifs, mailto:, etc.) 

  • Are the technical features "fluff" or appropriate? 

Basic Requirements of Project #1

You will be able to revise your webpages during the whole semester. The main thing for this first assignment Project #1 is to show that you have been successful in publishing your index.html file - your homepage to your web folder.

1) Using Nvu, creating a simple nice looking page "index.html" , which will serve as your "homepage", an opening page when someone comes to your website. This file must be named: index.html

Some people begin by putting their name and contact information and then say something like "Welcome to my website" and then say something about themselves. Feel free to add graphics, photos, change colors of backgrounds, text, etc. if you know how later in the course.

2) A layout of the components (8 projects and other optional elements you want to include) based on the syllabus should be there somewhere either in the main page/home page or in a page(s) linked to this homepage.

3) Publish the page to your Cortland web folder.

4) Inform Dr. Shi your your URL (web address).

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This page was last updated on Jan. 15, 2009
For comments or questions contact
Dr. Shufang Shi
shis@cortland.edu