Monday, October 10, 2005
Task 2: Framework and Focus
WebQuest 4:
(based on our teacher's portfolio)
Describe briefly the metaphor used for this digital portfolio
The metaphor used is that of a human body divided into 4 parts:
The head - the thinking section, under which are all the artefact reflections, educational philosophy and other such 'thinking' documents
The torso - the being section, devoted to her personal life, her family, hobbies and interests
The hands - the 'reaching out' section, which is about collaboration with others and personal contributions to the field of education
The legs - the 'making tracks' section, is about her journey, her achievements and past experiences and her footprints in the sands of ... er... education.
How effective is the metaphor? Did you understand it immediately?
I think the metaphor is extremely clever, but very weak as a portfolio metaphor. The different section headings were clearly set out and were appropriate to the content. But it would have been more interesting if the 'body' metaphor had been developed more. I didnt even know that the human body was being used as a metaphor until I visited the 'About this Portfoli' page.
I suggest using pictures of the various body parts as icons for the different sections, rather than having a head for the thinking section and a landscape for the making tracks section (individually appropriate, but no conection between the two). Perhaps there could be a full-body silhouette on the title page, with each body section hyperlinked to the corrsponding portfolio section.
If you were to choose a metaphor as the framework for your portfolio what could it be? Read the information found on this website to help you with ideas.
After reading the recommended website, liked the follwing ideas:
toothbrush, but not enough room to develop the idea
butler, but implies dependency on digifolio
laboratory, but way too scientific
I had previously had the idea of having my workstation as my metaphor. I have developed this idea somewhat, and hope to use it for my isdweblog.
WebQuest 4:
(based on our teacher's portfolio)
Describe briefly the metaphor used for this digital portfolio
The metaphor used is that of a human body divided into 4 parts:
The head - the thinking section, under which are all the artefact reflections, educational philosophy and other such 'thinking' documents
The torso - the being section, devoted to her personal life, her family, hobbies and interests
The hands - the 'reaching out' section, which is about collaboration with others and personal contributions to the field of education
The legs - the 'making tracks' section, is about her journey, her achievements and past experiences and her footprints in the sands of ... er... education.
How effective is the metaphor? Did you understand it immediately?
I think the metaphor is extremely clever, but very weak as a portfolio metaphor. The different section headings were clearly set out and were appropriate to the content. But it would have been more interesting if the 'body' metaphor had been developed more. I didnt even know that the human body was being used as a metaphor until I visited the 'About this Portfoli' page.
I suggest using pictures of the various body parts as icons for the different sections, rather than having a head for the thinking section and a landscape for the making tracks section (individually appropriate, but no conection between the two). Perhaps there could be a full-body silhouette on the title page, with each body section hyperlinked to the corrsponding portfolio section.
If you were to choose a metaphor as the framework for your portfolio what could it be? Read the information found on this website to help you with ideas.
After reading the recommended website, liked the follwing ideas:
toothbrush, but not enough room to develop the idea
butler, but implies dependency on digifolio
laboratory, but way too scientific
I had previously had the idea of having my workstation as my metaphor. I have developed this idea somewhat, and hope to use it for my isdweblog.
# posted by Shabab @ 8:56 AM 
