Creating an ePortfolio out of a Blog: Directions for Students

First Steps to Create an Eportfolio from Your Blog

Step One:

• Log in to your blog and go to your dashboard 
• Post any recent papers /update your blog with your newest learning (for example: the Literary Analysis Essay and the Research Paper from MWH and English 10)

Step Two:

• Go to the Edit page on your dashboard
• Go through your entries and label your posts correctly with Tags and Categories

What is a Tag?

• Known names
• One, two or at the most three words
• Tags can be categories
• Tags help search engines find you
• Posts = as many tags as you want
• Tags help visitors once they get to your site
• Work like interactive yellow pages for the web

What is a Category?

• Unique names
• Long wordy names
• Categories can not be tags
• Categories do not help search engines find info
• Posts=1-4 categories
• Categories help visitors find you on the web
• Reflect the Nature of Your Site

Now go to your dashboard and begin to add new Categories.  Your categories should might include School Subjects and After School Activities that you are currently involved in such as:

• English
• Modern World History
• Modern Languages
• Art
• Music (formal and informal)
• Math
• Science
• Drama
• Photography
• Community Service
• Sports
• Interests
• Travel/Week Without Walls
• Think about how you spend your free time

And then your next step: add a Category widget to your sidebar and possibly label it: Subjects/Areas of Study/etc.

Stay tuned for what to do next . . .