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November 25, 2006

Oops.... looks like I am still learning about this whole e-portfolio thing! Appparently nobody could read any of my files because they were all set to private... sorry guys!
I guess I'll keep learning as I continue to use my e-portfolio... hope you can enjot it now!
Sorry Ellen

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November 12, 2006

FINISHING UP

I'm just doing finishing touches now. I've learnt quite a lot from this expereience to be honest I didnt think i was going to get much out of this subject but I really have. I've learnt that because this is public site anyone can look at your information, what an eportfolio is is a way people can look at you and get an impression from you just by looking onto a page. It is important that you are careful what you put onto the net because people can place judgement on you and vis versa.

I've also learnt not to use myspace mechanisms to try and make your eportfolio stand out. It did slow me down but at the same time it gave me an opportunity to start a fresh on my eportfolio because at first I didnt really take it seriously but then when it came down to doing it all over again i put more thought into what i was going to put into it and what i was going to leave out of it.

I decided to scrap a few ideas such as "want to contact me", "Ambitions and career goals" and a few others because it wouldnt have been beneficial and the information wouldnt be of much interest or resourceful to employers because at present I'm not sure what my career goals are and I'm not 100% sure with my ambitions. Instead I added a photo gallery, because i love photo's. My room is FILLED will photo's of my friends and myself.

I realised I hadnt updated my resume in quite some time when I found it. Eportfolio gave me the opportunity to do that, which will definitely save time in the future.

As things change and evolve in my life I will be adding to my eportfolio, keeping it up to date with all the events and happenings of my life. This opportunity has taught me so much and I am taking away alot of useful facts for the future.

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November 09, 2006

make it public or private

As i was looking at my class mates eportfolios I realised that some of the files were unaccessible, I started to think what it could be... then i remembered the section 'access restriction'. I figured out that some people must have put their files on private therefore people couldnt see there eportfolios. I sent a message to lucy one of my uni friends and I informed her that i was unable to access her files. Then we thought maybe if we add each other as friends then we would be able to access each others files therefore ellen would be able to access our files and really thats all that counts right now, seeing as it is an assessment.
So we tried. It didnt work... I started to freak out, Lucy couldnt look at any of my files it was saying that i had 0 files when in actual fact I had 6. You can edit your blogs and your profile but there isnt a way you can change your files to public access, I think that should be looked at by the people that set up this program, because now that means I have to go and re do everything i have done. Its just wasting time. So now I'm sitting here re doing everything... Very annoying!

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November 08, 2006

getting intouch with my PC

As i have been adding content to my files, I have been working on my PC because i'm under the impression that my lap top does not have compatible software. Its slightly annoying. IT KEEPS ON FREEZING ON MEEEEEE!!!!! very irritating.
I've discarded some of my files ie. Clubbing because I dont believe it is relevant.
I'm gettin slightly confused with how to add on links to sites... and i'm not to sure about this copy right business... but i will get through this...

I've decided to add more photo's than I had planned.. considering a photo can say a thousand words...

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November 06, 2006

Final touch ups done!

Well im pretty much finished now.
I double checked everything and made sure that all the files were posted up correctly in the folders that i made.
Well that is it, and now it is time to submit.
Ellen if you are reading this, i just want to say thankyou for all your help throughout this semester.
I've enjoyed your teachings and your very friendly and caring personality.
I would like to wish you all the best in life!
Take care and god bless!
Bryan

Posted by bryz | 0 comment(s)

FINISHED!!

Ok blog, i am officially finished my eportfolio and it is ready for marking... and just in time too!

It is very different from the original information architecture drawing, which Ellen actually said would happen, this is fine as it allowed me to change and adapt to what i wanted to be reflected about myself.

In evaluation, i would have loved to have more colour in my eportfolio, html put a stop to that. Leaving them as word documents were just safer and i would rather it be safe and boring than better but may not work.

I also have included two powerpoint presentations which fingers crossed will also work!

This eportfolio process has taught me a fair bit about computers (even if they dont works sometimes) and i aim to keep it updated so i can use it in the future.

At most times it was a fun process and maybe i am now tempted to set up a my space page. hmmm.

The only thing i am slightly worried about is the fact that it is all public now and i have included rather personal information. I am considering after it is marked to go back and change the files from public to private or logged in users, i appreciate that.

I think that is it, hope you enjoy looking at my eportfolio.


Amanda

Posted by amandan | 1 comment(s)

Final revision...

After uploading all files to the ePortfolio site, I tried to browse through all of them and see whether they are easily navigated and well-presented. I ended up deleting all files and modifying quite a few content from all of them, including the font size, and redundant links, etc.

Few days ago, I decided to use HTML format for these descriptive files. They do look much better presented than MS Word format. However, this is a bit of learning curve for me as I haven't touched HTML page designing and coding for very long time. I had ever done some web designing using MS Frontpage application before, but I forgot most of them after all these years. Thanks again to Jess for suggesting CoffeeCup HTML Editor program! This program's interface is very user-friendly and it provides some templates with existing stylesheet formatting. I just picked one of them and inserted my own content in it. In order to make it easier navigated and presented, I also learned how to insert hyperlinks to either link back to ePortfolio site or link to my Flickr page. For anyone who is newbie to HTML, highly recommend to use this program.

Keywords: CoffeeCup HTML Editor, Flickr, font size, Frontpage, hyperlink, stylesheet

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The little things that you discover

Ellen was right when she told me that i should try shortening some of the file names. After doing that, my pictures thumbnail came up and now you can see them. The file name was probably too long that's why it couldn't fit the thumbnail picture?

Another discovery that i made the other day and forgot to blog about was that i can change files into pdf using my scanner program. Well, only the documents that i scan of course. I scanned all my certificates and was able to change them to pdf format. yay!

I got rid of a few folders in my information architecture. I didn't have much to put in there i realised so there was no point of it being there for now. Not that i don't have any plans to write up for my 'plans' folder, its just that there isn't a whole list for each section as i had imagined up in my contents inventory. Maybe as time goes by, i will have more plans for myself. At the moment, just trying to make it through my degree.

Thats my little discovery for the day. I already submitted this assignment in but thought that i'd blog about what i figured out today. lol

Huong

edit: i wasn't sure if i was allowed to post up lyrics but i remember hearing Ellen tell someone that they weren't allowed to post up songs unless its their own or they've gotten permission to but they can post up music lyrics. If you can't, can someone e-mail me and i'll take the lyrics off my e-portfolio. I referenced properly though and did provide a link to its' original source. *sighs

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Still working more...

Just a note to say i am almost finished (yay!). I just have a few more things i would like to add.

Have only had one problem over the weekend. I have no idea how to make a html file work! I did it all properly (the exact way we were taught) and loaded it successfully however it wouldnt work, i could have just left it however i didnt want to risk it so i have changed them ALL back to word documents. Im a bit disappointed because html files look so much nicer than boring word documents. However i have quite a few other artefacts so i think thatll make it ok.

Posted by amandan | 0 comment(s)

Learning development through creating my e-portfolio...

Constructing my own e-portfolio has really offered me insights on my past learning experience. I was constantly engaged to contemplate the progress of my learning experiences since childhood through to adulthood. Then it takes me to a level where I had to express these learning experiences in written form for the purpose of representing myself to the public. Being able to represent myself to the public is a learning event itself; therefore I strongly believe that creating an e-portfolio is quite a worthwhile learning experience for me in the long run.

Building this e-portfolio requires collecting a range of artefacts to be maintained for future reference. These artefacts make up my e-portfolio and it was not until I had this subject I found out what artefacts were. The collection of artefacts was not an easy process because I've become aware that they must relate to the purpose of my e-portfolio.

Overall, creating my own e-portfolio for this subject has encouraged me to reflect on my learning and represent myself publicly. It has also gained me more knowledge about e-portfolios as well as inspirations on learning in life.{{file:}}

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Finally...

Finally, i finished my e-portfolio. I feel so relaxed because I only have one exam to go, then my holiday is coming very very soon. ^_^ I have achieved a lot experience through this subject, from knowing nothing about e-portfolio to being able to create my own one. While doing it, I had an understanding of copyright, tags and how to upload the files in a right way. Even though my one doesn't look professional, I'm still happy with it, because I know I worked hard and it's my product.

Also, my ability of my problem solving skill has been developed a lot. At first, I didn't know how to use mac system, now, I can use it well and also if I enconter any problem, I will try to fix it out by myself. If it doesn't work, then will ask anyone els help. I like studying new things and it becomes more and more interesting once you are on the right track.


I have got valuable experience by doing this assignment and I am satisfied with it. I hope I will be given more such technical lesson in the future~~~

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November 05, 2006

Technology and I Do Not Get Along!

Last night was the worst night of my life...Not really, but it was an annoying and stressful night. As I said in my other post, I had nearly completed my e-portfolio-just had to do a few touch ups! Well I finished it and decided to view it as an outsider, only to realize that I couldn't view any of the files! I figured it must have been because I had the files set on "Logged-on users" and I wasn’t logged on. So I changed the access setting to 'public'. Excited by the fact that I had "resolved" the problem, I once again viewed my e-portfolio as a guest and what did I see?............... NOTHING! The files still weren't showing! By now I was stressing as the e-portfolio was due the next day (Today) and although I had completed it, no one, including Ellen, would be able to see it!

Frantically I began messaging my friends hoping that they would be able to save me! Luckily, 'EK' had experienced the exact same problem and knew how to fix it. What I had to do was actually begin my e-portfolio from the beginning, but this time set my 'home page' folder as public. At the moment, although my files were public, the main file was private, and in order to make it public, you had to start from scratch. Argh!

I found the process of recreating my e-portfolio extremely tedious, and my situation wasn't eased by my computer, which for some reason kept shutting down completely! After about 4 hours, I had finally recreated the e-portfolio, and this time everything was on public. (That’s what I thought anyway). Tired and exhausted, I decided to go to bed and start again fresh in the morning!

Good morning.... for about half an hour. To reassure myself that my e-portfolio was actually working, I decided to once again log in as a guest and view my e-portfolio as an outsider. Everything seemed fine until I realized that a whole folder was missing-the photo gallery- the section that due to my slow and stupid computer took the longest to complete- was missing. Life couldn't get any worse!

Oops I did it again...idiot! I made the exact same mistake that I had made the previous night! The original 'photo gallery' folder was set on private. So once again I began the tedious task of deleting and uploading photos, ensuring that I set everything on public. This time I did it right! Everything was fine!

So now my e-portfolio is complete and I can send an email to Ellen to tell her that I am F.I.N.I.S.H.E.D! However, although I found yesterday and today's task of recreating the e-portfolio a bit frustrating, positive things actually emerged from it. The first being that for some sections of the e-portfolio, I restructured the architecture, which was good, as some folders were useless and confusing!

Secondly, while having a break from creating the e-portfolio (had to release the stress somehow) I found some artefacts that I could include in the e-portfolio, such as photos, and I also changed many of my artefacts to be HTML. based. This allows the files to be accessed easier, which is good!

Last night I also came to two conclusions. First, I wish I could change the layout of the e-portfolio, as at the moment, it seems a little boring. And secondly, I think that after I receive my mark for the e-portfolio, I may change the access of some my files to private until my e-portfolio is completed, and since I am planning to continue updating my e-portfolio, this will probably be after I graduate, or just before! The reason for this is mainly to deal with privacy and confidentiality issues.

Well that is all for me. I would like to finish off by saying that I have enjoyed the process of creating my e-portfolio. It has allowed me to explore who I am, and to digitally represent my achievements and myself! I also enjoy reading other people's e-portfolios as it allows you to better know the people you go to uni with! Now the only thing I must do is update the e-portfolio when applicable! Oh, and do one final check up, and this time, there better be no mistakes or I will go crazy!

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Final Statement

I have finished! Overall, this process has been rather challenging in
parts but also very enjoyable. As i have mentioned before in this blog,
I have never created anything like this and so there was alot to learn.
As I began this assessment I wasn't sure of what the outcome would be.
However I am proud of my efforts with this assessment.

Copyright has been quite a large issue for me when looking at different
artefacts I wanted to put on this eportfolio. For example, as I am a huge
music fan, I wanted to put copies of past tickets on the eportfolio.
However after contacting ticketek to inquire about privacy issues, they
encouraged me that although it isnt "illegal", they would strongly
advise against it, as the pictures could be interpreted as ones that are
being sold, which of course is illegal. So that idea went out the window
quickly! I was rather disapointed that i couldn't put these tickets on
the eportfolio as further artefacts, but its better to be safe than sorry!

When we were gathered in groups in our final class, discussing what we
had learnt over this semester, I came to the realisation that I really
have learnt alot. About apple mac computers (!) as well as myself. Talking
about various issues allows you to reflect and take a look at your life and
what you have accomplished. An eportfolio is just like a window that allows
other to see certain aspects of your life, that they would no tusually see.
Which i find to be so beneficial, especially when these people are potential
employers.

This experience has been very enjoyable and I promise to constantly update
this eportfolio as I continue my educational Journey!

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Last Minute Changes....

As I was looking over my eportfolio today I decided to delete a couple
of folders. I know it is due today and this is a rather large change
but I felt that folders such as About Me, were summed up in my eportfolio
profile as well as topics such as interests and my family and friends.
I say this because, these issues make up who i am, therefore I found
the about me page too much. I also deleted Future Goals. I understand
that this assessment is based around our academia but I really do
not know what i will be doing in the future, and to be honest I don't
know what i want. As ideas form and further work is completed, I will
put it on here, however, at the present time, I feel it is uneccessary.

I have also decided not to put a sample of my work on to the eportfolio.
At first I thought this was a good idea, however to me, this work is
private. If a potential employer contacts me (via this site or the
email address supplied), I am happy to send them work.

Posted by jesspiper | 0 comment(s)

My learning experience in the subject e-portfolio.

Through undertaking the subject e-portfolio, I have had the ability to create an e-portfolio that documents and records my learning both at UTS and in other areas of interest to me. The focus of this subject was around the making of this e-portfolio to be a digital story or documentation of my learning journey.

I have categorised the learning I experienced in this subject, into two categories: Firstly, I learnt practical computer skills which involved familiarising myself with e-portfolio and weblog software, and secondly I learnt theoretical facts about weblogs, e-portfolios, copywrite laws, and credibility.

In my e-portfolio I have been able to not only document my academic progress at uni, but also my artistic progression in other interest areas, including: art, dance and music. Through creating an e-portfolio I am now able to keep record of my progress and each time I visit my e-portfolio I will be able to reflect on where I have come from, what I have achieved, as well as being able to update documentation of current achievements.

Therefore my e-portfolio will be a way of communicating and relaying current and previous information about my learning progress, to audiences beyond my own network. People all around the world will be able to access my information, which could even be a way of publicising myself for future employment prospects.

Keywords: e-portfolio, learning experience.

Posted by smarttams | 0 comment(s)

troubleshooting

I just realised that building a file by word document and then converting it to web page format underlies a major problem. The image I uploaded onto word document won't load once it is placed on the Internet. So the buttons I created as .jpg files for my 'Home' I had to change them to WordArt before adding hyperlinks to them. This same problem occurs again with my photos page and I learned to overcome this by signing up to another website for the storage of photos and linked it to my e-Portfolio. Now they can be accessed and viewed and finally I had a sigh of relief!{{file:}}

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Guess im not talented at these kind of things

Being the curious person that i am, i took to exploring some of my class mates' e-portfolios just to get a feel of what im doing right or wrong. Some people's e-portfolios look really "hectic". For example, Georgina and Jess did all this html and coding stuff with their e-portfolio layout. I didn't even think of getting a crash course in that because being me, it will take me at least awhile to learn. I'm not too quick with this computer stuff. Georgina taught me how to change the layout setting for this e-portfolio site. The layout at the moment looks better than before right?

I gave up on trying to figure out all the html coding stuff with some of my documents. I am just going to stick to using word document as outlined in my contents inventory. I guess i can always change things around in the future. I have to keep reminding myself that everything on this e-portfolio can be changed and that i can keep building upon it.

I enjoyed uploading all my certificates because once again, i had to drag myself around the house looking for them. Thats right, i'm lazy and none of my certificates are framed. It brought such memories looking at certificates such as the one i got in year 7 or the one i got when from the Westmead Children's Hospital. That i have to say has to be the most memorable one. Oh how i love doing this e-portfolio and having to look through all the artefacts that did have some impact upon my life or learning experience. *tear. lol

I might be removing some artefacts that were mentioned in my contents inventory. Some i just can't get hold of due to copyright issues and i can't think of a way to work around it. Others, it will take too long to create. However, i do have some artefacts up that haven't been mentioned in the contents inventory. Thats something new i guess. Hopefully people will take to my e-portfolio and won't find it 'boring' or anything. I have personally enjoyed doing this e-portfolio and learning how to overcome the complications. If it wasn't for this e-portfolio, i may never have learnt some things such as how to convert word to pdf, html coding, using mac computers, etc. All in all, it has been a good experience thus far.

Huong

Posted by ev0ke | 0 comment(s)

Updated!

ok. I have recently updated things I need to do with my e-portfolio and I think it looks really good (so far). I think the audience will get to know me that much better and know my passion for this 'particular something.' I figured that there are some things that I will keep private and some that can only be accessed by logged in users. I modified my resume so that there was no address and stuff. I'm thinking why would they need it? Are they going to come to my house and offer me a job? NO! So a number would do just fine.

I also had to xxx some reference numbers because I got a call from one of my managers a few weeks ago saying some crazy person called her and said the word "job" and "eddie." I was like WTF!

I think that I shouldn't put too much personal information about me because this is an "E"-portfolio which means that anybody in the world can have access to this, even stalkers. I know one thing for sure is that I have learnt a lot of new things about creating this e-portfolio and about myself (I think).

Well it's all updated so now I play the waiting game.

I hope that who ever reads this enjoys this as much as I enjoy creating it.

I also like to emphasise that an e-portfolio is like a rock. It might look dull and worthless on the outside, but if you try look hard enough, you might see things that you would have never imagined of all the things it went through in its lifetime. Do you get what I mean? I don't... but it sounds cool.

ANYWAYS ENJOY!

- Eddie -

Posted by esugito | 0 comment(s)

fine touches at the last minute

After browsing thru some of my classmates' ePortfolios, I had a much better idea on how to make mine look more interesting and well-structured. I decided to use HTML files for all the descriptive pages to make the site navigation easier (thanks to Jess ;) ).

I uploaded a lot of photos to my Flickr site and ended up paying to get a more full-featured account in order to meet my requirements. On the html pages I uploaded to my e-Portfolio site, I then included links to my photo sets on Flickr site as well as other related links.

There are a lot of work involved in building a well-presented e-Portfolio. Since this is my first time, I learned how to use the tools and interface while I was putting bits and pieces onto this site.

This whole process has brought me so much joy by sharing my life/work/travel experiences to my friends and even sharing my photos to everyone else in the world. I believe I will definitely continue building my e-Portfolio and organising my photos via Flickr site.

Keywords: Flickr photo, HTML page

Posted by vickychu | 0 comment(s)

Finally Finished

As i started getting used to setting this up, everything decided to go downhill when my computer crashed. My computer held all my photos that were to be added to my Hair Folder on this website. As you realise that folder isn't there anymore, that's not because i could not retrieve the photos.. It is because i found that the night of my year 12 formal, was one of the most memorable nights of my life. That was the night where it was the last time i spent time with friends ive known for 13 years.
It was much more important to put up those photos than taking pictures of gorgeous hairstyles and showing my passion for hair.

I tried many different websites to put my photos on, these included My Space, Photo Digital and Wikispaces. I found all of these different loading sites very difficult to use. So instead, i played around with my photos (which were originally bitmap), and taught myself how to compress the photos to a JPEG format which put them into a much smaller scale. This made it much easier to load all my photos onto an easy-navigate website, and was also much quicker.

Looking through this website, i have found that i have learnt so much. This includes, using a mac computer (i've never used one of those in my life!), learning all the technicalities of powerpoint, paint, and word documents. But most importantly, how many services are available to load and set up your own website with help navigations, viewing other spaces and e-portfolios. Seeing this makes you set a goal to complete your own and look at it, and be proud of it.

I find it much easier to use programs on a PC and also a Mac (can you believe it? i actually know how to use it now!) The future job that i am aiming for in my life, will definately need the use of computers and i have found this subject quite useful and going more in-depth with computers, and helping me figure it out myself. It was quite frustrating doing this.. but now i love knowing and teaching others how to use them.

From setting up my e-portfolio i have found that, what i am putting on this website, i am showing this person who i am, and what i am all about. This e-portfolio is a webstie of what is important to me, the memories that i keep close, and what i want to aspire and goals i want to reach in my life.

Another thing that really got me interested was when my lecturer for e-portfolio mentioned copyright. First of all i am thinking to myself.. what's the big deal? Then Ellen started to talk more about it and hopped us onto this webstie about different kinds of copyright, that's when i was interested. I read all about it and realised that if i stole someone elses photos, i could get into alot of trouble. I learnt not only was there the copyright law, but there was also the patent law.

I know that everything that i have learnt in creating this e-portfolio will definately be useful to me in my future.

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Aims and Aspirations

I posted a blog 2 days ago at University whilst i was in class, however for some unknown reason it's not showing up......so here i go again. This semester has been very useful and invaluable at getting to know the different digital tools available to portray oneself to future employees. The whole concept of a 'digital portfolio' appeals to me very much and i plan to further develop and update this online-portfolio into the future. If you are reading this blog then it means you have purposely found me. Please have a look around my site here. You will find many of my achievements within each folder and also a small gallery of photos, so as to put a 'face to a name'. This semester has been both though-provoking and stimulating to myself and my fellow students. I now know how to use an Apple macintosh computer.....don't laugh!! They are very very different from Windows, normal, standard, state-of-the-art computers!! If anything, i am proud of myself for accomplishing the skill of using a Mac. What are my aims and future goals!? Well, number one is to successfully finish my degree. Not setting myself any time limit however into finishing. Number two would be to improve my German language skills. People tell me that I am fluent, however i know that i am not. For that reason i would really like to increase my level of grammar and vocabulary and hopefully work in Foreign Affairs or for a huge international organisation one day. We'll see waht the future entails.......:)

Keywords: accomplishment., aims, aspirations, foreign affairs

Posted by laura | 0 comment(s)

Interesting . .

I've just recently learnt from Georgina that you can change the format and displays of this whole thing.
Georgina knew allot about programing and web-design so she managed to change the colours and made her own customized background for the whole site.
Very impressive, but i have yet to learn how to do that, but i've changed mine already by going through some settings on this site, so it was pretty interesting.
Well im nearly done, with posting up all my artefacts and files to complete my e-portfolio.
So im just going to do some final touch ups and check everything.
My learning experience throughout this subject has been very enjoyable and i hope i can continue something like this in the future.
BrYz . .

Posted by bryz | 0 comment(s)

Copyright issues and ethics

The most important aspect of publishing my e-portfolio is the consideration of copyright issues. These deals with the ethical way I represent my work and represent others' work with acknowledgement. While copyright issues can be a hindrance to sorts of decoration, such as background music, for my e-portfolio, it can be beneficial too as it increases the protection of the materials produced by me as well as increases the credibility and authenticity of my website.

With copyright issues taken into account, I have changed the approach to include work. I tried to keep the originality of my work. For example, I'd design my own wallpaper and avoid using music or picture files that may be created by someone else. But wherever someone else's work is necessary to be included, I'd always reference and link to others' work to make sure it doesn't interfere with copyright concerns of the owners/producers.

I have also learnt to publish materials on the Internet in compliance with a set of publishing ethics:
1. Always reference and link others' work.
2. Always ask for permission before applying someone else's work.
3. Only publish facts and truth - do not mislead readers.
4. Eliminate any form of offensive language and statements.
5. Avoid using opinions and comments that will likely to cause readers to feel being discriminated against.
6. Do not use the website for personal profitable gains.
7. Publish the contents with correct spelling and grammar.{{file:}}

Posted by staceyee | 0 comment(s)

the implications of copyrights

The legal issue of copyrighting has had a major impact on the construction of my e-portfolio. As i have created the e-portfolio to be about me and my interests etc i intended to include a music playlist of songs which represented me, and these would play whenever somebody signed on. It was going to be too difficult to gain the permissions needed to play an artists song on my site due to all the legal and copyright issues i would have to deal with. This issue affected almost everyone in the class as most of us were relying on music to play a major part in our e-portfolios.

So considering i wasnt going to be able to play any music i decided to write about the types of music i liked and what part it plays in my life. At least this way my music can still be part of my e-portfolio.

Posted by ramonda | 0 comment(s)

**My eportfolio experience**

Welcome and thank you for visiting my ePortfolio. My full name is Alpha Joy Ramirez but most people call me Joy. I was born in Metro Manila Philippines but have been raised in the northern beaches of Sydney, Australia. I have been at the University of Technology Sydney for just a year now and am planning to graduate at the end of 2008 with a major in Human Resources. After I graduate, I will continue to study a related education or business degree as well as travel around the world.

Before commencing the eportfolio subject, I had completely no idea what an eportfolio was or what it consisted of. That is why, when I began creating one, I found it interesting because I was able to put assessments, documents and pictures that I was most proud of.


The first process we were introduced to in creating an eportfolio was assembling a draft plan and design of what we wanted in our eportfolio. This included researching copyright and ethical issues as well as collecting artefacts, both digital and paper form. Because I wanted my eportfolio to be based on my educational and professional career goals, I composed my artefacts based on the most considerable and appropriate forms of work. My final arrangement of my eportfolio consisted of a collection of two different assessments I had done for this year 2006, as well as word documents illustrating my class timetables, resume and eportfolio reflections.

The structure itself involved revising all my artefacts into HTML format so that it could be more easily accessible for the general public to view. This also increased computer compatibility in downloading the files from my eportfolio.

Before the beginning of this subject I was unaware about the nature of copyright and ethical issues, types of artefacts and the processes of generating web pages. Therefore, I found the whole process of making an eportfolio a great opportunity in learning various computer skills as well as portraying my educational learning journey. Furthermore, the eportfolio has allowed me to present to others my achievements so far at the University of Technology.

Not only have I gained technical proficiencies, I have also learnt how to express myself as a solemn student and a hard worker. The different parts of my eportfolio reflect how I see myself at the University as well as how I see myself now and in the future. Personally, the whole eportfolio experience has helped me expose where I would like to be in life and how I can further achieve my career goals.

On the whole I have come to the realisation that an eportfolio is imperative to ones personal and professional aspirations. I believe it is because an eportofolio facilitates and presents all the hard work, effort and learning discoveries of an individual.

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