This week, Tara came in to class to teach us about ePortfolios. I’ve had some experience with ePortfolio, mainly because my freshman writing class required me to do so. Tara started off by asking if we had any professional digital footprints. One person had a start up company, others set up a personal website. Then it dawned on me that the only digital footprint I had was my social media websites! Though it may be a hassle to remember to write journals every week, I think this assignment benefits us interns in the long run. Most people, like me, probably only have Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages pop up when their name is searched on google. I could take this opportunity to advance my digital footprint earlier in life and impress my potential future employers. Returning to the class, Tara showed us how to set up a new ePortfolio. She reminded us to keep our information private, disable comments, and set privacy settings to our preferences (i.e. allow public viewing).

This week I’ll try something different. Instead of having each journal entry starting off with the class and expanding to my shadowing hours, I’ll reflect on my week starting Sunday and ending Saturday. So stay tuned to see what my shadowing hours were like for the week of 2/14!

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