Apr
2021
e-portfolio ideas
I decided to go with Weebly for my e-portfolio. I was choosing between Wix and Weebly, but I ultimately chose Weebly because I liked a particular theme the best. The site also seemed to be a bit easier to edit and design my portfolio, and Wix felt a bit complicated to navigate and I didn’t like the layouts of some of the themes as much. Honestly, I am having a bit of trouble coming up with ideas for my project. I definitely want the portfolio to be geared towards a future employment opportunity or internship as the audience. I suppose the purpose would then be to showcase some of the different works I’ve done which would give the said employer an idea of who I am, what I’m interested in, my writing style, etc. At the moment, I’m not sure what job/internship I’m striving for exactly, but as a journalism major I would love to work for a travel, lifestyle, political magazine, possibly writing articles about different places, current events, etc, so I was thinking of using my This I Believe script, probably a couple of passion blogs both from this semester and the fall, civic issues blog, maybe my paradigm shift paper. I will obviously use a few other artifacts, but those ideas have yet to come to me. For tabs, I will have an “about me”, maybe something travel-related, politics/current events, or something, “interests”. I am essentially just explaining what I have to offer academically and interests-wise.
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Arthur Laban
April 22, 2021 at 5:20 pm (4 years ago)I think that making the website about you is enough to get future employers interested! I like that you are using a different site from most and i seems that you really did a lot of research on which one worked best for you.
Maryn McConkey
April 22, 2021 at 6:48 pm (4 years ago)I also don’t have a specific job or internship in mind which is why I might take my portfolio in a less academic direction, but it seems as though you have a strong foundation for creating a career-oriented website. The possible artifacts you listed will all do a great job promoting you as a student and possible employee so it looks like you are headed in a good direction.
mjm8703
April 22, 2021 at 7:55 pm (4 years ago)That’s good that you explored all of the websites already, Weebly seems like a good option. This sounds like a great direction to take, this will be a good resource to help you build a resume in the future. Just make sure to add a bit of a personal side to the project.