MIDTERM ASSIGNMENT Part 1

PROJECT: DIGITAL MEDIA ASSIGNMENT

E-Portfolio:
DUE: Dec 3
Points: 15 % of total grade.
Technology is allowing students to express themselves in ways never imagined. One way to get students to think about the learning process is to have them create portfolios, which not only lets them exhibit their understanding of deep content for others to see, but also encourages them to reflect on their own progress and growth over time.^[1]
Digital portfolios are gaining ground. They can be edited continuously, and they are easier than ever to create and maintain. Google Sites can get students started with building electronic portfolios. It’s free to anyone with a Google account, and the built-in tools make it easy for students to use content directly from their Google Drive with just a click of a button.
Today, many students are using multimedia such as Facebook, Twitter, and texting—all informal settings. The electronic portfolio, on the other hand, is a more formal setting where students must apply both their knowledge of how the web works and the message they want to convey. E-portfolios promote critical thinking and support the development of technology literacy skills. Students can reflect on their work, which makes the experience of creating the e-portfolio meaningful. A student’s e-portfolio may be shared with a prospective employer or used to record the achievement of program or course specific learning outcomes.^[2]
Collecting and sharing work within an E-Portfolio can provide a powerful way to reflect on academic and career goals.
Benefits of an E-Portfolio

• Collect and save projects, presentations, resumes, artwork in one place.
• Share examples of your work with professors, classmates, or potential employers.
• Demonstrate the knowledge, skills and attributes gained within and beyond the classroom.
• Master valuable technology skills.
• Create a valuable bridging tool for your career job.

 
Instructions:

• Each student will set up an electronic portfolio which is a collection of a students’ work that can advance learning by providing a way for them to organize, archive, and display work.
• Watch the video to learn how to properly set up your E-portfolio using Google Sites.
  • The New Google Sites Tutorial 2020

• Note: This is an academic assignment, the content of the e-portfolio must be appropriate, meaningful, and relevant.

 
EVALUATION
Here is how your e-portfolio will be assessed or evaluated
 
Things you MUST have:

1. Does it have a professional resume?
2. Does it have a cover letter (assuming a job that you’d like to apply soon)
3. Does it have your best project (writing project or any other) that you’ve ever done?

Things RECOMMENDED:

4. Any artworks
5. Designs (logo etc.)
6. Photography (selected)
7. Your other talents that you have and would like to present here in any form.

 
Evaluation will be based on

• Appropriateness
• Meaningfulness
• Relevance for the jobs or career prospects
• Coherent (sth. that makes good sense or communicates)
• Organization and aesthetics
• Grammar and punctuation

 
 
 
^[1] Jones, C. (2016, July 05). How To Make an Electronic Profile for Students Using Google Sites. Retrieved from edtechmagazine.com: https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/author/christine-jones
 
^[2] Strivens, Janet (February 2007). “A survey of e-pdp and e-portfolio practice in UK Higher Education”. Higher Education Academy. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

2 pages for question 1
Q.1 – In the Nineteenth Century, Andrew Jackson claimed that his soldiers were “advancing civilization” and that “their violence was an instrument of progress.” He insisted that he wanted to be “just” and “humane”; however, he justified Indian removal by explaining that because “efforts to civilize Indians had failed” he had to protect them from the “mercenary influence of white men.” He also stated that if “these children” refused to accept his advice, they would be responsible for the consequences.
For this question, consider the following:  How have American Indians been imagined in the master narrative? What does this master narrative ignore? What does the master narrative justify in the treatment of the American Indians, past and present?
2 pages for question 2

2. 2. – Sociologists view race as a social construction. Discuss in terms of what you have learned about the history of racial classifications used in the US Census. Use specific examples to explain how race is an inherently unstable classification system.

4 pages total
Course Textbook Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America (REV), 1st Edition By: Takaki,Ronald
ISBN: 978-0-316-02236-1