1. 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

2. What’s a Portfolio ?

3. 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 .

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

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

6. Builds confidence in what you can do

7. To help you remember what you’ve done

8. To help you decide where to go next

9. Gets you attention!

10. Why should it be online ?

11. It won’t get lost or thrown away by accident

12. You can easily recombine information To tell different stories

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

14. Available anytime, anywhere

15. You’ll blow people away with your technology skills

16. What Goes into a Portfolio ?

17. The Working Portfolio

18. Presentation Portfolio

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

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

22. PLUS your Career Information !

23. Artifacts Photos Video Audio Documents Websites Blogs Presentations

24. I don’t know how to PROGRAM !

25. wiki

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

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

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

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

31. Now it’s your turn !