Going Public One More Time

Creating a webfolio has been quite enriching.  For most of my UBC courses, the papers are finished, marked and stored on a hard drive, rarely touched again.  The webfolio brought me back to the works I had developed throughout ENG 301 and as I read each piece this time, I realized there lacked a common tone.  I didn’t feel as connected to the pieces as I had when I originally created them.  For example, Unit 1 blog was the first blog I had ever written and as I reread blog posts 1 through 3, I realized my voice was missing.  I had approached the blog process as a paper based reflection until blog 3 where I moved beyond reflections of the tasks or assignments and explored my feelings about the peer review process.  This led me to refining all of my works, especially the blogs, to ensure that the work truly reflected my written voice and my personal voice.

The webfolio has shifted my thinking on creating a public presence.  Okay, I’m not ready to change my privacy settings on Facebook and I’m not sure that I’ll really be active on LinkedIn, but the web folio makes sense and inspires me.  It is a place that I can grow with as my career unfolds and act as a new type of resume.