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Portfolio 1 (Updated with Details)

If you have been keeping up with your blogging, this should only take you a few minutes to compile. If you've fallen behind, this assignment is a chance for you to catch up.

Generally, you should include all your entries, if only to demonstrate that you blogged each time I asked you to. But some people blog more than they strictly have to, so I don't formally require everyone to include every blog entry they wrote. (You might, for instance, post an agenda item before the due date, but then post a longer, more thoughtful entry after the class discussion. I'd rather you put the more thoughtful essay in your portfolio.)

1) Create a new entry on your weblog, with a title that emphasizes what you feel you have accomplished so far this term. Write a brief introduction that introduces the class and your portfolio to a reader who doesn't know the purpose of the assignment or what the class is supposed to cover.

2) Use material you have posted on your blog to support your statement about what you learned. You may give a simple bulleted list, or you may write a paragraph that includes key words that link to specific pages on your site.

When including a blog entry, write some significant words, such as the title of the entry or the reason you are including it in your blog, and turn those significant words into a link. (Please don't use neutral words like "click here" or "my homework" or "foreshadowing in 'A Good Man Is Hard to Find'" for the links... make your words communicate the insight contained in your blog entry: "Emily Dickinson is a sick cookie.")

Sort and organize your entries into the following broad categories.  (I definitely do NOT want just the URLs of every entry you have posted.)

2A) Coverage: Link to one or several entries that include a direct quote from the assigned reading, that identify the source of the quote, and that links back to the course web page devoted to that reading. (Example: Maddie's   "Bittersweet Victory")

2B) Timeliness: Link to one or several entries that you posted on time (such as agenda items posted 24 hours before the class discussion, or reflection papers posted before the class meeting... something you posted during a classroom exercise would be a weak contribution here).

2C) Interaction: Include one or several entries that demonstrate your ability to interact with peers. Your entry might link to something a classmate posted, or your entry might have attracted comments from peers. If someone leaves a comment, you should reply to the comment in order to try to keep the conversation going.

2D) Depth: Include one or several links to entry on your blog that shows your ability to write in depth.

2E) Discussion: Include one or several links to a page on a classmate's blog where you left a significant comment that was part of a fruitful discussion. (Would "Good job!" or "LOL" count as significant comments? Probably not.)

3) Submit your portfolio by posting a link to it on this page. (Again, if the trackback doesn't work, you can always post a comment that includes the URL of your page.)

Here are some sample portfolios from other classes: Tiffany Gilbert, Chris Ulicne


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Dr. Jerz,

Are you going to post the requirements for the portfolio?

Thank you.

Sorry, I forgot to mention in class that I was delaying this until Wednesday.

In short, I'll ask you to write a richly-linked essay about what you've learned so far, with links that call attention to the best blogs you've written so far.

We'll talk more about that on Monday. As long as you've kept up with your blogging, there won't be a whole lot for you to do with this assignment.

Kevin Hinton said:

Should the readings that are due today be including in the portfolio?

Kevin Hinton said:

Should the readings that are due today be included in the portfolio?

Yes, but note I've moved the due date to Wednesday.

Daniella Choynowski said:

is this the standard formot, for those of us who've already done portfolios?

Yes... I'll update this now and post the guidelines. If you've done a blog portfolio for me before, this will be nothing new. If it is new, then as long as you've been blogging with some reasonable seriousness, you shouldn't have trouble finding something to put into each category.

Disappearing foot prints across the sands of time don't necessarily hold true for the internet.

My first portfolio!

Alex Hull said:

British accents? The meaning of life? It's all in here, if only for awhile.
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AlexandriaHull/2008/09/slowly_but_surely_learning_abo.html

Megan Seigh said:

Here we go with my first portfolio...this should be interesting!
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/MeganSeigh/2008/09/lets_take_a_good_look_shall_we.html

Jessie Krehlik said:

My first portfolio ever! This calls for celebration!!!

Jed Fetterman said:

I should feel happy, but I just feel tired inside.
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JedidiahFetterman/2008/09/understanding.html

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