MbShea@PWP@English@UMCP

Google Meet link 

Two presentations to look at this morning:

1. This google slide set about the research article.
2. Discussion about using UMCP Portfolium, today, for placing your two memos in the space, with reflection notes.

According to UMD Career Center Director Kelley Bishop, this short sentence may be the hardest interview question that you will face during your job search or graduate school application--and one that made be even more difficult to address in the current environment where most hiring and admissions are taking place virtually. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, professional hiring, development, and other practices had been moving more and more to the online environment. Correspondingly, this unit and this particular assignment prepare you to effectively meet the new virtual professional standards and practices. 

 From PWP/Writing Program guidelines:

One widely established virtual professional practice is the creation and ongoing curation of an electronic portfolio, or ePortfolio, which professionals use to display artifacts that  demonstrate their knowledge, skills, experience, and qualifications. These collections help prospective employees (including you!) develop and share a fuller picture of yourself with employers and colleagues—more than can be typically conveyed via a traditional resume, CV, cover letter, or personal statement.

You will use Portfolium software--now integrated into ELMS--to create your ePortfolios. You will have the option to keep your portfolio private, or if you choose, to share it with future employers and others. You will even have access to your Portfolium accounts after you graduate, allowing you to continue to revise and reshape your portfolio throughout your professional career.

Learning Objectives: As you work through the process of a planning, composing, and delivering your ePortfolio, you will develop your abilities to do the following:

• Identify and articulate skills, abilities, knowledge developed through academics, extracurriculars, work;
• Analyze and select representative artifacts that display those skills and knowledge;
• Articulate a unified, persuasive vision of yourself within your academic life and entering into your professional and civic life;
• Produce an ePortfolio as a rhetorical genre for professional development, career planning, and job seeking; and
• Display critical self-awareness and ability to analyze experiences and learning through reflective writing.