You’re a skeptic. What can a bunch of goofy Facebookers and MySpacers offer me for job opportunities? Social media has evolved into a lot more than a place to stuff your photos or taking a quiz to find out what kind of sandwich you are.
The answer to the above question: YES you can! And here’s [...]

May 13th, 2009 by Kat

Start with a bang! Capture your readers’ attention right away! The home page of your eFolio is equivalent to a cover letter for your resume. Consider it an invitation. Give them a reason to look through the rest of your eFolio. Create a subheading below your name and include a brief [...]

May 5th, 2009 by Emily

Many faculty have approached me interested in learning more about using eFolio in the assessment of student learning in their courses. eFolios lend themselves well to authentic assessment as a means to encourage students to think about their learning in a broader context. The development of an electronic portfolio enables students to [...]

April 22nd, 2009 by Sheri

It seems that everyone is looking for a job these days and that means a lot of competition for you.  Every click on the internet shows another article with six ways to get your resume to the top of the interview pile and eighty-four blunders that put your resume underneath the pile.  We’re all looking [...]

March 5th, 2009 by Emily

As eFolio expands in the realm of workforce development, collaborating with Minnesota WorkForce Centers and their partner, The Northeast Minnesota Office of Job Training, seems the essential place to start.  While this relationship is just getting off the ground, our eFolio team has already scheduled staff and client training sessions with the Virginia, Hibbing and [...]

March 5th, 2009 by Emily

Our eFolio staff recently offered a showcase scholarship for True North Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math/Science students.  More than thirty high school students from the area attended sixteen hours of classroom training to complete their personal eFolios and presented to their peers to complete the scholarship requirements.  The showcase group represents Virginia, Eveleth-Gilbert, Hibbing, [...]

March 2nd, 2009 by Emily

 
 
Electronic portfolios have been utilized in colleges and universities for quite some time, but their use is quickly growing in the K-12 world.  So what does a 10 year-old have to include in an electronic portfolio, you may ask?  The answer is plenty!  Assignments, artifacts, and reflections can serve as evidence of a student’s progress [...]

February 25th, 2009 by Sheri

Doesn’t it seem like the days zip by? Email after email, interruptions and distractions creep into our days continuously. It remains a challenge to stay on top of what’s happening in our professional fields. We have become masters at multi-tasking only getting little bits of information on the fly. Most likely, because of this abundance [...]

February 10th, 2009 by Kat