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Originally I thought this reflection would be about the instructional design cycle that
I used to create this website, what software applications I used, what the timeline looked
like. But during the process of creating my ePortfolio, I realized that I was learning less
about theory and html and more about me. I needed to make decisions on which artifacts to
present. Why did I pick some and not others? Some decisions were easy while others were
not. Why did I select the photos I did to share with my audience?
I began to see relationships between my course work, professional work, and personal life
while organizing the information. What traits I possess that make me successful in one area,
also help in another. The biggest revelation for me was the need to include reflections as a
major link in my ePortfolio. Let me tell you, I’ve never been a writer. So it came as quite a
surprise that I wanted to add my reflections and share them with you. Could it be because
just recently I took my very first class on reflective practice and found it to be so
different, so challenging, and so exciting? Could it be that as the number of years we spend
on this Earth increase, so does our retrospection?
Hmmmm… so many questions. Much reflection. Still don’t have all the answers. But that’s okay
because I’ll start again in the morning.
I don’t think students take the time, are given the resources, or are encouraged by faculty
to reflect on what they’ve seen, heard, touched, sensed, or read during the day. I hope that
will change. It has become important to me, which is why I created my own
professional blog. No,
this is not a personal diary. I plan to use it for reflecting on subjects of importance to me
within my fields of interest.
As for the diary, I’ll keep that locked up at home!
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