Wednesday, September 24, 2008

INVESTIGATION

Vincent's Portfolio:


Vincent's has a page for every subject in his wiki. The headings were for each subject on the left hand side of the page.He has six main headings and under each main heading he has the subjects that fit under it.He also has some personal pages like about skateboarding and his personal statement and his hobbies.In each page he has his favorite pieces of work.In about each page he has pictures that fit with the subject and he adds a sense of humor to each one to make you enjoy the page. The thing I didn't like was that he had very long essays that no kid I think would want to read. Overall the page is very organized and you can get to the page you want easily.

URL: http://vincentsportfolio.wikispaces.com/


Kids-Learn.org/paris/:


In this page the designer has five headings, The Seine River,Online Activities, Map of Paris, Flag of France,French Vocabulary Words. At the top she has a page called"Begin Your Tour" if you click on that she will show you different places in Paris. With each paragraph about the place you have a picture to see of the place she's talking about. The good thing about the page is that it's organized and neat and that it makes you want to know what it's about. What is not so good is that once you open it, it starts playing music which can distract you and it's the same music over and over again. If she had made the page colorful it would have been better since it would be appealing to the eye.

URL: http://vincentsportfolio.wikispaces.com/

Paul Fenske:



Paul Fenske's portfolio doesn't include any subjects. It includes different things such as pages about clothes and about magazines, newspapers etc. What is good about the web design is that the page is very organized in the beggining and it has a nice background. The things that I thought weren't so good was how he had alot of pages all written together and small. The organization is excellent but if the creator of the web would use main headings to group the headings he has because it is very confusing.

URL: http://paulfenske.com/




Discussing Points:

Features:

-Digital portfolios, sometimes referred to as multimedia portfolios, electronic portfolios, e-folios and web folios contain much of the content traditional portfolios include but present these materials in digital format.

-Materials, also called artefacts, are presented using a combination of multimedia technologies such as audio recordings, database, spreadsheet, video and others.

-Digital portfolios are a way of showcasing student achievement through class assignments, community service, and occupational experience.Basically, a digital portfolio means that students can save their work to a disk, a CD, or a web page.

Advantages:


-Accessibility: Portfolios in digital format can be easily and inexpensively reproduced therefore materials can be made available to a wider audience e.g., burning onto CD-ROM
Can be accessible from multiple locations and by many individuals simultaneously e.g., on the WWW

-Portability: Easier to transport than hard copy versions.


-Creativity: New non-linear formats and the integration of various media types allow students many ways to creatively express their professional knowledge and skills.

Disadvantages:

-Be aware of the possibility of plagiarism as it may be easier to use your information as it is already in a digital format and easily copied and pasted or saved onto another person’s computer.



Digital Portfolio:

http://electronicportfolios.com/hs/index.html

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