Title: Portfolio
Course: EN_Career planning > Section: 3. Job applications_2UC +x

A portfolio is a purposeful, reflection-based tool for collecting the works of a learner during a fixed period of time in order to reflect upon the development of the learner.

In this chapter you will get to know different types of portfolois and learn how to structure a portfolio.

WEB PLATFORMS FOR MAKING AN E-PORTFOLIO

 Some web platforms are recommendable for making a portfolio:

Weebly: http://weebly.com/
Explication: How to use weebly

- in Estonian: http://voimalused.weebly.com/
- in English: https://www.websitebuilderinsider.com/how-do-you-create-a-portfolio-on-weebly/

Google Sites: http://sites.google.com/
Wix: http://www.wix.com/

STRUCTURE OF A PORTFOLIO
Different types of portfolio:

- Work portfolio – a collection of all work. Work portfolio may contain material about the whole work process (starting from first notes to a final essay, etc).
- Development portfolio – for required work. Demonstrates the progress of a learner and development over a longer period of time.
- Best-of portfolio – a collection of selected work. Best-of portfolio contains the best works that demonstrate the achievement of goals, accompanied by arguments by the learner, why these works were selected, and a self-evaluation.
- Thematic portfolio – contains works on a specific theme.

Making a portfolio and assembling the works to form one whole. Portfolio is a basis for self-evaluation, i.e for thinking, analysing etc. Portfolio brings out the strengths of a learner, development and success, and motivates the learner for further efforts.
Each portfolio is different in the sense that there is no one correct model for it.

E-portfolio contains: introduction, the goal of making the portfolio, principles of choosing and presenting work, in case of group work the distribution of work, about the author.
List of contents:

- Short introduction, goal, structure.
- Criteria of choosing works, methods of analysis of work.
- Categorized work – homework, notes, written papers, essays, collected additonal material, articles, self-analyses, case analyses, charts, tables, photos, drawings etc.
- Afterword – summary about the contents as well as about making the portfolio. What was the experience (skills and knowledge) of making the portfolio? How would I evaluate my work?

Task: MAKING AN E-PORTFOLIO/DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO
Start to make a development portfolio about your training experience, so far. Focus on the introduction and the works that you will present on it.

Making an e-portfolio in Google sites:
https://sites.google.com/new
https://support.google.com/sites/answer/6372878?hl=en&ref_topic=7184580