As I make the final changes to my digital learning portfolio
I want to thank everyone in the IT&DML program at the University of New
Haven that gave me constructive feedback throughout this process. I also want to thank my family and friends
who also looked at my portfolio with a critical eye to make it something that
reflected my learning, and me, which is a life long journey.
During one of our final classes I was able to show my
classmates and professors my rough draft of my digital portfolio. This is something that I was anxious about
but I was happy to get feedback and suggestions to make my digital portfolio
mine. There was the suggestion of adding
real pictures to each of the tiles on the homepage. I then thought I should
make the tiles and the headings on each section of my portfolio the same. Finding a way to get real pictures in the
summer is tough but I went into my classroom and found parts of the room that I
wanted to highlight. As I looked at each
of my classmate’s digital portfolios I thought off things I should add. I
wanted to highlight my digital badges but wasn’t sure if someone looking at my
portfolio would know what they were. I then
decided to add a link to share what digital badges were and then I added links
to each of badges explaining each one in detail. I also wanted to add a Creative Commons
license because I wanted to make sure that my work was copyrighted. I thought about adding music to my portfolio
but then decided it would be too much.
Thanks to the feedback from my classmates and professors I made the
changes and then was able to publish my digital portfolio and make it live.
Once my portfolio was live I was able to share it with
family and friends and have them look at it not knowing much about digital portfolios. I wanted to make sure it was easy to navigate
as well as understand. Finding typos and
grammar errors were helpful as well. I also
shared it with the incoming students to the IT&DML program, it seemed like
I had just done the same thing with the students that came before me but I was
able to confidently share with them my digital portfolio and answer any
questions they had. It was nice to be
able to tell the new students that the program is a lot of work but more than
worth it because it will help them grow as professionals and help their
students grow as learners. I thought at
that point I was done but then I wanted to share it with my classmates and
professors once again to make sure it was ready for public viewing.
As usual my classmates and professors provided a lot of
positive feedback and suggestions.
Thanks to classmate’s critical eyes they discovered a few more spelling
and grammar issues but overall minor changes.
I am still on the fence about adding all of my blog, for now it’s all
there but moving forward I plan to put a few selections so to not overwhelm the
reader. I decided to not add a link to
my Facebook account because that is my personal space not my professional space
like my Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+. I
also added links to all of the text and pictures on my homepage to make it
easier to navigate. Finally I was then
finished…
My digital portfolio is something that I plan on using and
updating during my teaching career. In a
sense it will never truly be “finished” but for now it’s live and ready for the
world to see. Thank you to everyone for your
encouragement, support, and suggestions through out this program. In a way this “finished” digital portfolio
includes each of you!
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