My E-Portfolio

What is included in an E-Portfolio

One way to organize for EAE/DSA:

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1. Cover Page
2. My Profile - about yourself
3. Course-related experiences e.g.
1. ApLM
2. Creative works
3. Competitions & awards
4. Research & course taken
4. CCA
5. SILVIA
6. ALP
7. Personal Projects
8. Achievements & Certificates e.g. Edusave, school awards

Why create an E-Portfolio?

• Strengthen your understanding of yourself - values, interests, personality, strengths & skills
• Showcase your achievements, projects and skills.
• Learn to build a personal brand to connect with others and secure opportunities such as EAE/DSA or internships.

1. My Profile

NAME

ACHIEVEMENTS

ABOUT ME

VIA STRENGTHS

MY SKILLS

Email contact

Your aspiration and how you want to contribute to the world

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Something unique about you, your talents or your hobbies

CCA - Position and achievements

Other awards & projects, e.g. Edusave, SILVIA etc

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Photo

Positive traits or qualities about you

VIA character strengths list

Skills that you have developed, e.g. working with people, managing self

2. My Experiences

My VIA Project - Project Oceania

Example

What was Project Oceania

○ Project Oceania was a VIA (Values In Action)

project that was created to spread awareness about pollution in the ocean.

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What we did in Project Oceania

○ My group and I completed a working website, social media account as well as slides for a presentation.

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What I learnt from this project

○ I learnt how to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines while completing the website and slides.

○ I also developed my communication and collaboration skills through working in the team for this project.

Adapted from graduated YHSS student’s e-portfolio, with permissions obtained from the student.

<Name of the Experience>

e.g . CCA, ALP, ApLM, Learning Journey, Competition, SILVIA, online course etc

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○ What was it about

Describe the project or experience in 1 or 2 sentences

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○ My role

Describe your role in this experience and what did you do.

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○ My learnings

1. Describe what you learnt, skills/competencies you developed and how did you learnt them.

E.g. Skills and emerging 21st century competencies (critical, adaptive and inventive thinking, communication, collaboration and information skills, civic, global and cross-cultural literacy)

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• What challenges did you overcome?
• How did this experience shape you?
• Consider how to apply what you have learned and what it means for future decisions and actions.

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Photos or certificates or snapshots of what you learnt

Pls refer to Yuhua Sec | Flickr for school photos.

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Tips

General Tips

• No fixed format.
• Be creative. Add photos or pictures.
• Make it interesting and easy to understand.

3 steps - CRR

1. Collect the evidence – photos, certificates.
2. Reflect on your experiences - learnings, highlights & achievements.
3. Record them down.

Tips to Organize your E-portfolio

Tips - Reflecting on your experiences

Tips - Reflection questions

• What were some of the most interesting discoveries I made through this activity or experience?
• What did I learn through it? About myself? About others?
• What challenges did I face?
• What skills did I develop or gain?
• What would I do differently?

Tips for creating your story �Writing Tips

• Use active voice ‘I…’
• Include specific examples.
• Spell out in full, instead of using abbreviations.
• Focus on personal growth.
• Highlight skills that you learned.
• Explain significance of the achievements or awards, e.g. inter-school, national etc.