Jacqueline Macak's Journal

At the start of this class I did not know what to really expect. I had no idea what an eportfolio was or how to work it. Not only did I learn what it was and how to use it, I learned what to post and how beneficial it is to a student's education  and life as well. I can use it for educational sharing of information or as a way to meet new people. There were not many people in the class so not a lot of conversation went on with other people this semester, but I did fidn new people on the site and different pages to help me with certain learning. At the end of the semester now I know how to share and talk with people about all types of subjects. I learn from other people and they learn from me.

Well, I graduate  in a few weeks. I cannot believe it. I am not sure that I will have access to this particular eportfolio because I will not be an ESC student anymore. If I do, I plan on looking up more pages and more friends to help with future education. Personal use may not be an option. I may use it to post interesting random things and maybe talk to fellow students, but that is what I use FB for. I hope to be able to use the page though.

I did my final learning showcase pretty easily. I did not find it hard to even pick a topic to make it about. I found my First Peoples of North America class very interesting and easy to share with others. It may not be the number 1 topic of learning for some but if you really sink your teeth into it, it can become addicting. I plan on adding more and more to it even not during this class because that class has me wanting to learn more about it. I love sharing content on here and hope to find more friends to enjoy it with me. The showcase I found to be easy to organize and tons of information just flowed out for me that it really was enjoyable to make.

This week we were told to make a page showcasing a part of our individual learning. I chose to display what I have been learning in one of my other classes this semester. I am taking a First Peoples of North America class that is about the first Native Americans and their interaction with the Europeans. I chose to use videos and parts of a book that stuck out to me from the class because I can explain them and hopefully open others' eyes to see what I am seeing in that class. The audience is for anyone who is interested in learning about Native Americans. I remember learning about them in elementary school but not much more was said about them to me besides a war here and there in American History class. I wanted to show others the interesting facts I have learned this semester that I had never thought even existed. So many stereotypes were presented and so much information was left out to make it look like the whites were the good guys when in reality there was no good or bad guy. It was a bad situation as a whole. I also provided pictures to add to the information.

Since we did not have many people in the class feedback was limited. This far through the class I have learned that feedback is crucial though. From examining other pages on Mahara I noticed feedback from people to the page owner and noticed how effective it was. I wish there was more students for more feedback but I did learn how important it is. All in all I know how important it is to learn from other students and teachers just by sharing interesting information and commenting to each other. I learn like that even on facebook. I hope to get more feedback and give more in the future.