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Portfolio Thinking

The You Show by the Insignificant Numbers
11 Mar 2015

The You Show by the Insignificant Numbers

by cogdog | posted in: From All Blogs, From TRU Participants, Syndicated | 0

The working title for this post has been “What Might Be Working when It Looks Like Nothing is Working.” I plan to throw out some numbers that are insignificant not by their values, but because they really do not tell […]

Explaining, Portfolio Thinking, Syndicate This, wordpress, You Show
The You Show by the Insignificant Numbers
11 Mar 2015

The You Show by the Insignificant Numbers

by cogdog | posted in: From All Blogs, From TRU Participants, Syndicated | 0

The working title for this post has been “What Might Be Working when It Looks Like Nothing is Working.” I plan to throw out some numbers that are insignificant not by their values, but because they really do not tell […]

Explaining, Portfolio Thinking, Syndicate This, wordpress, You Show
A Tool List For Gail
9 Mar 2015

A Tool List For Gail

by cogdog | posted in: From All Blogs, From TRU Participants, Highlight Reel, Syndicated | 0

I had thought of this (and then forgot) the last time I taught DS106. It seemed like a good idea to ask students as they worked through the process to keep on their site a running collection of the tools […]

Portfolio Thinking, Stuff Reflected, Syndicate This, Tips and Howtos
A Tool List For Gail
9 Mar 2015

A Tool List For Gail

by cogdog | posted in: From All Blogs, From TRU Participants, Syndicated | 0

I had thought of this (and then forgot) the last time I taught DS106. It seemed like a good idea to ask students as they worked through the process to keep on their site a running collection of the tools […]

Portfolio Thinking, Stuff Reflected, Syndicate This, Tips and Howtos
Reshaping This Thing
9 Mar 2015

Reshaping This Thing

by cogdog | posted in: From All Blogs, From TRU Participants, Syndicated | 0

Coming into my last week here at TRU I am hoping to get my portfolio site into shape to represent the four months here of my fellowship. I am very pleased with the capabilities of this Moesia Lite theme (a […]

categories, menus, moesia, organizing, Portfolio Thinking, Syndicate This, theme, wordpress
Shaping the Blogfolio
30 Jan 2015

Shaping the Blogfolio

by cogdog | posted in: From All Blogs, From TRU Participants, Syndicated | 0

Although I have never worked with clay, I am reaching for the pottery metaphor here. This site, this series of reflections, these bits which may assemble as a portfolio, I […]

Portfolio Building, Portfolio Thinking
Theme Settling
23 Jan 2015

Theme Settling

by cogdog | posted in: From All Blogs, From TRU Participants, Highlight Reel, Syndicated | 0

I’m starting to settle into this Moesia Theme (you can see it in action on the Mickey test blog, this is one I set up to allow switching of themes). […]

design, Portfolio Building, Portfolio Thinking, Reflections, theme, wordpress
And Thus, Dog Food Shall Be Eaten
23 Jan 2015

And Thus, Dog Food Shall Be Eaten

by cogdog | posted in: From All Blogs, From TRU Participants, Syndicated | 0

Sure it’s cliché. And I have a dog house full of metaphors. But it seems a tad hypocritical to be asking participants in the You Show to be creating portfolios […]

Portfolio Thinking, Reflections, syndication
Portolio Skeleton
14 Jan 2015

Portolio Skeleton

by cogdog | posted in: From All Blogs, From TRU Participants, Syndicated | 0

What is the framework for the portfolio site I hope to build here? That is one of the prompts we have (actually I wrote) for the activities in Unit 1. […]

portfolio, Portfolio Thinking, portfoliostructure
A Portfolio Elevator Tweet
14 Jan 2015

A Portfolio Elevator Tweet

by cogdog | posted in: From All Blogs, From TRU Participants, Syndicated | 0

In lieu of an elevator pitch, and upcoming You Show Daily challenge is to generate a description of your portfolio or communication site in the number of characters you can […]

pondering, portfolio, Portfolio Thinking, Reflections, The Dailies

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Announcements

  • The You Show Episode 7: Bonus Extra (We’ll Entertain You) November 26, 2015
  • You Blog Me, You Really Really Blog Me March 11, 2015
  • The Making of You Show Episode 6 March 3, 2015
  • The You Show Episode 6: Beyond the Blog February 23, 2015
  • The Making of You Show Episode 5 February 20, 2015

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