Forms of Electronic Media

There is an ever growing number of ways we can express ourselves electronically.

Current popular methods include Microblogs (e.g., Twitter), embedded media, links to documents, slideshows, and other Blogs (e.g., websites that allow easy publishing). Technically, Blogs are extremely personalized websites. That is, they can provide a more intimate view of the author or subject matter of interest.

Examples:

Blog: You are currently reading a Blog about Electronic Portfolios. Think of a Blog as a website.

Embedded video: Video windows that play when activated. Videos support portfolio content.




Embedded audio: Podcasts of supporting statements or lectures for portfolio content.

Link to a podcast.

Linked documents: Links to an online document repository with supporting text-based materials for portfolio content (e.g., Google Docs and Spreadsheets). This replaces the need for MS Office!

Link to a Google Document.

Embedded slideshows: Slideshow windows that play when activated. You also have the option of downloading the powerpoint file.



Embedded pictureshows: Picture slideshows with captions that have a varied number of presentation arrangements and options.