Description. What is your web presence like? Are you only visible on Facebook, or do you have a professional online presence? If you are going on the job market (or planning early for that distant day), the answer to these questions could set you apart from other applicants. This workshop will discuss why you should consider developing an online portfolio or posting an online cv, what documents or information should be included, and how even the busy or technologically-challenged can build an online presence starting today. Acknowledging the varying levels of experience or need with building online content, this workshop will be presented in two parts: 1) 2-3pm - Discussion of online portfolios, materials to include, presentation of examples, and sharing of participants' insights  2) 3-4pm: Step-by-step guidance in building a basic Wordpress blog to support professional materials online. This will provide an opportunity for those who are particularly uncomfortable embarking on this process alone (as well as those who just need a structured setting and time to make sure this process gets done!) to begin building their portfolio with the guidance and support of workshop facilitators.

Learning Outcomes. As a result of this session, participants will: 

1. Understand the value of online portfolios for teh job search

2. Know about how to develop an online portfolio

3. Have an actual page on which to build a portfolio.

Presenter(s). Laura Matravers is a fourth-year PhD candidate in Rhetoric and Composition at UofL. For the last seven years, she has taught college composition and professional writing courses at UofL, the University of Tennessee, and technical and community colleges. Her current research focuses on the professional practices of two-year college writing teachers, exploring what kinds of scholarship are valued in different types of institutional settings; her other research interests include digital composing processes, and the professional development of new teachers and scholars.               

Michelle Day is a PhD student in Rhetoric and Composition. She has taught composition and professional writing courses at UofL since 2013. Though her primary research interests are in trauma, writing, and pedagogy, she has long pursued academic and practical experience in digital and social media.

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