Digication Reflection

With the availability of numerous website builders and online portfolio tools, many of which are free of charge, creating an online portfolio is both quick and easy. However, through the course of my research for this assignment

The first piece of my portfolio is my resume. The original copy of my resume lacked a branding statement and did not have a summary of qualifications. I learned through the process that

In When We Fight, We Win by Greg Jobin-Leeds it says that “comparison can block compassion both for others and for ourselves.” I agree with such statement; I think that listening is a skill you learn throughout time. One can pretend to listen without really getting anything out of the conversation that one is having with that other person. In the Compassionate Listening workshop, I got to do it with Rachel Kurland and I sit and listened to her talking about the moment her friend treason her. I tried to understand her plight, why would she not cut that friendship off, I understood she loved her friend, however, I could not resist bringing my biases to our conversation. I asked myself, why is Rachel, such a good, loving, and smart person,

Reflection is a major factor in "developing self-awareness" to improve services provided to everyone around me, this is to develop my own understanding in realising the good and bad made previously. Moving forward with a better understanding, as well as rectifying the mistake whilst recognizing the good points, (Horton-Deutsch and Sherwood, 2008).

I first started this project by going to Walmart to buy the necessary supplies to create this portfolio. I bought the portfolio itself and the stickers. While I was walking through Walmart I was thinking about what I was going to include. I was thinking about the inside and the outside information part, and what I think I would like to share.

All the assignments and the pre-clinic/clinic skills grading sheet aremwith the school, so I asked myself ‘why should a student prepare this portfolio? Is it just more paperwork or is there is a goal behind

Thank you, Sharlene, for this great well written post. I think you provide us a very useful and detailed information about how to make an effective professional portfolio. I totally agree with you that we need to take our time seriously to create our professional portfolio. Creating a professional portfolio needs a lot of effort. We should try our best to show our employer or potential employer that we are serious about the opportunity they offer us.

The purpose of this assignment is to discuss the contribution of reflective practice for clinical nursing. Reflection has been defined as a way for individuals to “capture their experience, think about it, mull it over and evaluate” (Boud et al 1985: 19)

Portfolios have been used to showcase the work of artists, fashion designers, models, photographers and architects, spanning several decades (M.Williams., K.Jordan., 2007) These career portfolios have been adopted in to the nursing profession where they serve as an augmentation but not a replacement of their curriculum vitae (Lettus, 2001). They have not only transcended beyond the traditional listing of basic information such as relevant past work experiences and positions held, educational institutions attended and achievements but provide additional information that resumes would have presented (M.J. Jone., 2007). A professional portfolio is a thoughtfully prepared and organised compilation of different types of professional information and evidence that illustrate an individual’s record of continuing professional development activities, skills, experiences, knowledge, competencies, professional achievements and goals as well as their level of expertise that one has attained as a result of their experiences.’ (Andre & Heartfield, 2011)The basic components of a professional portfolio include personal details, resume and documents such as certificates graduate transcripts, licensure, (Davis, 2015) professional organisation memberships, professional awards, annual performance appraisals, dates of promotions, recommendations from current or previous supervisors or employers, peers and others (Timmins & Duffy, 2011).

Greetings and welcome to my Health Science E-Portfolio! My portfolio comprises of a number of sections that talk about me. It will describe my goals, characteristics, accomplishments, and information about the career/job that I would like to pursue. These sections are made up of twelve sections, each one requesting something different. The sections are: introduction, philosophy, goals, employability skills, job description, letters of recommendations, journal entries, academic performances/employer evaluations, awards/recognitions/memberships, soft skills evaluation form, leadership, and community or service learning.

I do not recall learning about reflective practice in my undergraduate studies. Reflective practice according to Barbour (2013), “is the cyclic process of internally examining and exploring an issue of concern, triggered by an experience, which creates and clarifies meaning in terms of self, existing knowledge, and experience; resulting in a changed conceptual perceptive and practice” (p. 7). According to Barbour (2013), reflective process has many positive outcomes to help guide the nurse to become an expert nurse that can make on the spot decisions that do not interrupt patient care. I feel that reflective practice would have been beneficial to help guide me from a student nurse to a practicing nurse with critical thinking skills.

This portfolio has show my progress in many different ways. The biggest way is my rhetorical knowledge has been increased because of the sources we have had to read especially in this last unit when we had to use the UW database. The scholarly articles and journals pushed my reading and analyzing to the limit, but it really helped me for the future. Because of my ability to analyze the sources well, it has helped me increase my writing, because I have been able to really find good credible quotes to use within my work.

As i reflect on all my English portfolio pieces I see all a lot of positives and negatives throughout it. My final portfolio consist of a Traditional Essay, Poem, How-To, Public Service Announcement (PSA), and a Visual piece all relating to the theme of my dream career of being a dentist. All of these pieces were written differently and

This semester I learned a lot about writing in English 151. It has been a roller coaster ride with these essays for me this semester. I learned step by step how to write a good essay and how to have your readers be engaged in what you’re trying to tell them. Each essay I did has taught me something valuable I can take to the next level of English. I feel as if as the semester went by I did not take my writing that seriously and that reflected in my grades I received in each essay. It made me a better student and writer and it will reflect next semester. In this essay, I will reflect on what I learned throughout this semester that you should apply in your writing when you begin English 151.

The reason I choose to do my graduation project on a photography portfolio is so that it will benefit me during my college admission in which I will be majoring in photography. I want to be able to present the work that I have completed to my professor, that way he can get a feel of what I am capable of accomplishing as well as my strengths and weaknesses as a photographer. It will also benefit me when I set out to seek employment after I graduate from college. Furthermore it will give me the chance to show my customers what I have done over the years. My portfolio would give them the opportunity to see my best work and know what to expect of me as a photographer. I have been planning to be a photographer for some time now and I always loved taking pictures. I find photography as a freedom of expression, it illustrates a mental picture to those who view my work, and it also portrays an image of what I wanted them to see in my point of view as well as a sense of my creativity.