That's a Wrap! #Gen2243

Explore Your Digital Portfolio

This semester I took “Explore Your Digital Portfolio" and gained a lot of information about exploring and creating a digital portfolio. Professor Calderwood helped me realize how important it is to brand yourself on the internet. I have learned how to grow my PLN. A PLN stands for Personal Learning Network and it uses social media and technology to communicate and create with others anywhere at any time. People from all over make requests and share resources. Each individual involved becomes a potential source of information. Through the semester, I've been developing my Personal Learning Network which has helped me find professionals from all over in the art education and graphic design fields. I have also been sharing certain tweets that I find interesting and also have to do with art and/or education. I've been posting my blog on my Twitter to share what I have been doing in class. Last week in class we had to present a Web Portfolio that we made ourselves. Creating a web portfolio is no joke and not such an easy task, but being a graphic designer I needed one anyway so I was happy to do it. Having a web portfolio gives you the opportunity to show off certain things that you normally couldn't with just a normal resume. My portfolio not only has my resume, but it also has all of my artwork which is important for people in the art field. It's a pain to carry around a big book of your artwork and also a resume, so having a web portfolio is a really helpful thing. #Gen2243 helped me expand my PLN with blogging and Twitter. It has been quite clear that technology and social media are here to stay and is now a massive aspect of how many make a name for themselves. I definitely think that everything that I learned in “Explore Your Digital Portfolio" will come in handy in the future and hopefully get me a great job!