Frequently Asked Questions about ePortfolios

The question that I chose to respond to from Dr. Helen Barrett's "Frequently Asked Questions about ePortfolios" is the question that asks, "What do I put into an electronic portfolio?" First off, I have never even heard the word 'ePortfolio' in my entire life and I'm still trying to get a general idea of what it is. However, I'm most intrigued by what I'm actually going to be putting into my ePortfolio. I have made portfolios for school in the past, but they were all done in person with paper and envelopes, while ePortfolios are done all online (a LOT better, in my eyes). In the portfolios that I made for classes years ago, they generally consisted of work that I had done throughout the school year that I considered to be my best. The way that Dr. Barrett describes ePortfolios, is that the owner of the ePortfolio should really decide what to put inside the portfolio.

But I get a general sense that ePortfolios are basically the same as regular, paper portfolios except that with ePortfolios there are no papers but instead online writing (such as blogs!). The part that seems like the best benefit to ePortfolios is that it allows me to also include pictures and videos that I would not be able to include in an actual paper portfolio. I think such media can help greatly, especially in cases where words may not be enough to describe a certain aspect of someone's character. Nowadays, the internet gives so many different options that other sources would not be able to give and I'd be happy to use them all to my advantage.