Capstone Portfolio Journey Journal - Module Three Reflections:
"We do not learn from experience...we learn from reflecting on experience."
- John Dewey (1859-1952)
"We do not learn from experience...we learn from reflecting on experience."
- John Dewey (1859-1952)
Sunday, January 31st, 2021:
With Module Two in the rearview mirror, but not totally forgotten, it was on to Module Three where we now have the opportunity to create our digital handshake, or digital greeting if you will, where visitors to my site will first land when coming to www.travispbonfigli.com. The feedback I received was invaluable to continuing to create a minimalist design and the recommendation from Catherine S., regarding the use of social media buttons instead of listing a series of links in the menu area, was spot on! I definitely helped to clean up the menu area significantly while adding a pretty cool look to the footer area of my home page.
Where I could not make up my mind, and as you can see from looking at the menu above, was whether to keep the 'My Weebly Tutorial' menu item listed or to squeeze it under another menu heading as a sub-menu. I really don't want that to get lost in the shuffle, so I decided to leave it up there along the top. I want to make sure that any visitors who might be thinking about using Weebly, but don't know how to accomplish certain things they see I have incorporated, can get help.
All three reviewers of my portfolio who shared their feedback all commented on the resumé section (which I had specifically pointed out as an area of concern) indicating that they liked the idea of keeping all three careers on their own individual dropdown as opposed to combining them. I could not have agreed more with Catherine S., Brittany P., and Michelle T.! It would have simply been too overwhelming to try to corral all of my experience into a single document.
Here are my brainstorming and random thoughts from the start of Module Three until today. Again, I try to capture key ideas, actions, thoughts, and design decisions while I make my way through each module:
With Module Two in the rearview mirror, but not totally forgotten, it was on to Module Three where we now have the opportunity to create our digital handshake, or digital greeting if you will, where visitors to my site will first land when coming to www.travispbonfigli.com. The feedback I received was invaluable to continuing to create a minimalist design and the recommendation from Catherine S., regarding the use of social media buttons instead of listing a series of links in the menu area, was spot on! I definitely helped to clean up the menu area significantly while adding a pretty cool look to the footer area of my home page.
Where I could not make up my mind, and as you can see from looking at the menu above, was whether to keep the 'My Weebly Tutorial' menu item listed or to squeeze it under another menu heading as a sub-menu. I really don't want that to get lost in the shuffle, so I decided to leave it up there along the top. I want to make sure that any visitors who might be thinking about using Weebly, but don't know how to accomplish certain things they see I have incorporated, can get help.
All three reviewers of my portfolio who shared their feedback all commented on the resumé section (which I had specifically pointed out as an area of concern) indicating that they liked the idea of keeping all three careers on their own individual dropdown as opposed to combining them. I could not have agreed more with Catherine S., Brittany P., and Michelle T.! It would have simply been too overwhelming to try to corral all of my experience into a single document.
Here are my brainstorming and random thoughts from the start of Module Three until today. Again, I try to capture key ideas, actions, thoughts, and design decisions while I make my way through each module:
As you can see above, Module Three also introduced the idea of 'flair' to be added to our Capstone Portfolio projects. I wasn't sure what specifically this would mean, so I checked it out on the Capstone Portfolio course website. I was more than thrilled to learn that a number of the three (3) required pieces of flair could be a number of item I already have like a LinkedIn profile, a displaying of my digital certification badges, or a personal journey page inside my portfolio. I have already incorporated a number of these either through menu choices or through the Weebly social media buttons.
Here is my Module Three FlipGrid video review:
Here is my Module Three FlipGrid video review:
I was also pretty stoked that all of the work I had put in during Module Two and really having my home page set up and ready to go allowed me to post my FlipGrid video review first for the week! This meant that I was in the 'bonus' group where I get a pass on leaving feedback to others for this week. Here's to hoping that momentum can be maintained as I continue this transformative learning journey.
I now depart the Module Three waypoint and start my journey to the waypoint of Module Four!
Cheers,
Travis
I now depart the Module Three waypoint and start my journey to the waypoint of Module Four!
Cheers,
Travis
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