When I began my ePortfolio journey in early June, I was unsure where to begin. I am fortunate to be part of groups of students that support each other as they share their own ePortfolios.
Once I took the time to review my peers' portfolios I absolutely loved how their passions and personalities came alive through their pages and posts. I decided I needed to redo my own as I was too worried about the contents being just right instead of letting my passions inspire what my pages should look like.
I came across this video that helped me understand the importance of personalizing the page to fit my purpose:
Overall, it is very helpful to share experiences with other students during our class meetings or group meetings and even more when some students are at a different pace than I am. I get to preview what is to come as I continue the program.
Blogging still does not come as naturally to me and it takes me some time to think through my topic but I also know it is a process as I am also exploring and learning more about ePortfolios and blogs. I read a short post titled 5 Reasons Why Our Students Are Writing Blogs and Creating ePortfolios and this helped put things into perspective as well.
I am definitely enjoying learning from my peers as well as opening myself up for feedback in return. It will all help me become a better learner on my journey through this program.
Sources:
NISD1:WORLD Why ePortfolios? YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUp2dK2DHZo&ab_channel=NISD1%3AWorld
https://plpnetwork.com/author/jenny-luca. “5 Reasons Why Our Students Are Writing Blogs and Creating EPortfolios.” Powerful Learning Practice, 26 Aug. 2011, plpnetwork.com/2011/08/26/5-reasons-why-our-students-are-writing-blogs-and-creating-eportfolios/. Accessed 30 June 2023.