For my E-Portfolio, I have decided to use Wix as my design platform for this project. I like having options and templates to start from and branching out and customizing my website after that. It will provide me with a strong starting place. I did not like WordPress because it gave me too much freedom and not enough structure. I would feel too much stress about starting to build my website from square one, and needing to maintain and create all the parts of it. On the other side, Weebly, I feel, did not give me enough freedom as it does not have that many options to choose from. Also, I have used Weebly in the past (granted it was years ago) and did not like how few the options were and how bland the choices were. Because of this, I believe that Wix is the perfect platform for me.
I think that my audience for my portfolio would be incoming first-year students. I would like to show just how much growth and development you go through throughout your first year at PSU Schreyer. I want to show them some of the projects and assignments they will be working on (because that is something I would have been interested to see) and how cool it is to have a bunch of your work that you can then show off and be proud of!
Some of the artifacts I would consider adding to my portfolio is my final LJS project (something my group and I worked very, VERY hard on), my Ted Talk, honestly maybe a link or something (let me know what you think) to my Disney Blog because it is something I am very proud of, my documentary, my management final Yarnell Fire presentation, my issue brief (both of them), maybe one of my favorite Geoscience labs, and I’m not sure what else. I want my artifacts to be really wide spread over all the classes I have taken and all I have done. I also want to include my schedules for the past two semesters because I think that would be a cute momento too.
Like I said, if I were an incoming freshman, I would have been very interested time see what types of projects I would have the opportunity to work on (and to see what “college assignments” were like). I believe by showing a wide variety of things I have worked on, I will achieve this goal. I also think it would be a good summary for myself to look back on.
I think this is great; oftentimes incoming freshman have no idea what the workload for college may look like, especially students entering the honors college, so by showcasing your work to them, they may be better prepared for the workload in college. Also, I think this will be a great place to look back on all the hard work you put into freshman year!
I really like this idea and how you’re focusing your audience on the incoming Schreyer Honors class of 2024. It’s a great choice because it can be daunting to come to college without having any knowledge of what to expect, so by giving them examples of the work you’ve done this past year, they have a better idea of what their upcoming year will look like. If you want my take about structure for your blog, I would suggest having a separate tab just for RCL because every student in Schreyer or trying to enter Schreyer will have to take it and it would be a good idea to have that easily available for everyone to see.
I think you have this planned out well and the idea is good! Since you specifically mentioned Schreyer, I think it might be good to include a “Why Schreyer” section where you talk about your favorite parts of being in the honors college to give students who might be applying or deciding between schools more information on Schreyer.
I love your idea to showcase Schreyer and speaking on your experience and all the cool things you did this year. You could even share this with the Honors College to share with incoming students and even perspective students. Your tabs could he freshman year related such as Schreyer, Academics, Extracurriculars, and Advice.