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PortfoliosPortfolios

What is a Portfolio?What is a Portfolio?

An organized collection of evidence that An organized collection of evidence that showsshows your accomplishments both in and out of school,your accomplishments both in and out of school, contains samples of your work that exhibit and reveal contains samples of your work that exhibit and reveal

the quality and variety of your learning, your the quality and variety of your learning, your accomplishments, your skills, and your experiences.accomplishments, your skills, and your experiences.

Document your journey through the career Document your journey through the career development process. A student’s portfolio development process. A student’s portfolio should contain information pertaining to self-should contain information pertaining to self-assessment, showcase exemplary student assessment, showcase exemplary student products or projects, and reveal student personal products or projects, and reveal student personal reflections. According to Wonacott (2001).reflections. According to Wonacott (2001).

What are ECPs?What are ECPs?

Electronic Career Portfolios are a way in Electronic Career Portfolios are a way in which students can explore, document which students can explore, document and store their career aspirations, and store their career aspirations, strengths, interests, and strengths, interests, and accomplishments.accomplishments.

They are no different than the Career They are no different than the Career Portfolios of the past, except that you Portfolios of the past, except that you are putting all the information onto the are putting all the information onto the computer to store and organize. computer to store and organize.

Why bother?Why bother?

Tool in which students can learn, discover and Tool in which students can learn, discover and document their growthdocument their growth

Focuses students and allows them to think about Focuses students and allows them to think about their futuretheir future

Gives the students a place to organize and keep Gives the students a place to organize and keep all their accomplishments and career related all their accomplishments and career related information; great for referring to for scholarship information; great for referring to for scholarship applications, career research projects needed for applications, career research projects needed for certain post-secondary programs, job certain post-secondary programs, job applications, creating résumés, etc.applications, creating résumés, etc.

Students are able to invite others to view their Students are able to invite others to view their ECPs - employers, potential post-secondary ECPs - employers, potential post-secondary institutions, etc.institutions, etc.

Using Career CruisingUsing Career Cruising

All schools in the division have their own passwords.All schools in the division have their own passwords. If you don’t know yours, see your teacher or career counsellorIf you don’t know yours, see your teacher or career counsellor

Once you have logged in at www.careercruising.com, Once you have logged in at www.careercruising.com, the first thing the students or teacher should do is to the first thing the students or teacher should do is to create a portfolio: everything you do on this website create a portfolio: everything you do on this website can be saved to your portfolio (your portfolio can be saved to your portfolio (your portfolio username and password can be used on the main username and password can be used on the main page for future log ins)page for future log ins)

Each teacher can monitor the progress of their Each teacher can monitor the progress of their students through Career Cruising CAMS students through Career Cruising CAMS www.careercruising.com/school www.careercruising.com/school

Career Cruising Lesson Career Cruising Lesson PlansPlans

Career Cruising also has lesson plans for Career Cruising also has lesson plans for teachers to use. teachers to use.

If you log on to www.careercruising.com ; on If you log on to www.careercruising.com ; on the top items, the farthest to the left is an “I”.the top items, the farthest to the left is an “I”.

Looks like thisLooks like this

You will get to a teachers page; click on You will get to a teachers page; click on “Classroom Activities and Resource Projects”“Classroom Activities and Resource Projects”

You will get all the Career Cruising lesson You will get all the Career Cruising lesson plans and portfolio activities.plans and portfolio activities.

QUESTIONS?QUESTIONS?