For my web portfolio I chose to use weebly.com. The sight is both professionally looking and EXTREMELY frustrating. It takes a lot of trial and error and a ton of patience. It seems that the steps change, and things dissapear and reappear for no reason.
Besides all of that, it is a nice free site for constructing web portfolios. I think it sets a high bar visually for web portfolios. I found it to be a great place to sort my notes and ideas, but I am at a point where I am wondering if I should start a second. Having one more as an online resume, and another for more specific classroom activities. In a way I see a need for both, but at the same time I think there is value in sharing your plans for the classroom as well. I will work on this in the weeks to come.
I can see students building something of this nature for themselves in relation to school work and personal achievements. Time will definitely be an issue in the classroom, and I think it is the type of thing that would also be developed during free time and at home/ library, etc. as well. It is my hope, that by sharing my portfolio and great examples of others, that students would choose to portray themselves to the world in a manner that is professional and classy. I think that the lack of building these in schools, can create some of the negative and inappropriate portrayals on sites like myspace.com and facebook.com that are literally ruining peoples lives.
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