This week we discovered e-portfolios.  We were tasked with learning and experimenting with e-portfolios and will use this post to reflect on all we have learned.  An e-portfolio is essentially a collection of artifacts that express your beliefs and shares your expertise with interested parties.  It is a resume and much more.  For me, I haven't had a resume in years because I haven't been looking for a job!

I considered using LinkedIn, because I had heard it was a job networking site where you could post your resume and make connections.  This seemed like a natural fit for an e-portfolio because your contacts and potential employers are in that one spot and it would be easy to draw traffic to yourself.  I did not find the resources necessary to use LinkedIn for what we are looking for in an e-portfolio.  While it asked me for my job history, it did not allow me to add documents like I wanted to and I was a little put off by all the extra stuff it kept trying to push me in to.

I briefly considered using a wiki because I know they are easy to build but I quickly discarded the notion because wiki's are too public and too easily edited by the public at large.  I want to be the one and only creator of my e-portfolio.

I considered Google Docs but discarded it for lack of easy of navigation and confusion.  I also had concerns about sharing some information without over sharing everything I had on Goggle Docs.

My husband tells me a Wordpress blog is the way to go and I found some themes designed for portfolios but I lack the necessary expertise to get that going.  It would require a registered website and then I would have to edit and set up my Wordpress blog to look more like an e-portfolio and less like a blog.  I think for end-use, this might be worth exploring because once it is set up, it would be great and would allow me to post additional items (I am considering adding) without making them public right away.

I finally created an e-portfolio on Weebly.  I heard some classmates discussing it today and I was just going to check it out.  I picked a silly theme - this is Tech PLAY afterall and changed the images out on each page with different character screenshots from different video games I play.  I added the content I have generated so far and I think it looks pretty good.  I will have to change my theme at some point and select something more professional, but for now, it makes me laugh when I see it.  Check it out and let me know what you think!  My E-Portfolio