The portfolio will be due the final day of class. You may want to begin working on it early and you can submit it any time. Here are the instructions. First, a bit about the goals of the portfolio. The portfolio serves two main purposes: 1.) to drive continued revision of your projects, and 2.) to promote reflection on what you have learned as a writer and thinker in the class. To demonstrate your strengths in these areas, you'll need to compose reflections about all of the materials that you submit. And you will write a cover letter that reflects on the entire body of your work and on your progression as a thinker and writer for the class.

For the portfolio letter, you should know that portfolios work well at demonstrating learning, growth, effort, and excellence in the final products of your work. Your letter, then, can serve to educate your reader about the materials you have collected in terms of these kinds of criteria. Finally, since the portfolio serves as a hub that leads to a collection of other materials, you will want to ensure that the materials that you link to are cleaned up and contain all the necesseary elements for each assignment--lists of sources, short descriptions, links to all revisions, etc. To submit your portfolio, follow these steps. First, you may want to look at some of the portfolios from other students:

http://teachmix.com/dayblend/portfolios

http://www.teachmix.com/itsfiction/?q=taxonomy/term/3

As part of the writing process of your portfolio, you will need to revise your earlier work. Here is a breakdown of what you can submit:

• Revise and resubmit your soundtrack.
• Continue working on your PIT Journal Web essay.
• Revise and resubmit your print essay.
• Revise and resubmit the prezi pages for your in-class presentation.
• Find the postings or comments to the blog that you have made for every week and link to them--use the Track option under My Account and note that these can also include comments that you have made about the work of others.

Once you have revised the projects and collected the blog postings, you are ready to work on the portfolio. Go to the create content option and select portfolio. You can then compose reflections in the posting while creating links to your materials. In the message, make links to your major assignments; you will want to create a significant write up. Write about what you learned related to the subject of the project. Think about what you learned related to writing and literature. What did you learn personally from the project? Think about how this item fits with the larger message you want to get across in your portfolio. Add any other thoughts on the project. Also discuss any revisions you have made and why you made them.

Next, make links to your blog postings, and then write a few sentences reflecting on these postings. Finally write the cover letter reflecting on the portfolio that you are submitting. What would you like to say about the entire body of work that you are submitting? What thoughts do you have about writing so far this semester. What goals might you have for the rest of the semester? What else can you say about your work? What can you say about the learning processes you have experienced? Think about the goals for the portfolio--demonstrating effort, learning, growth, and excellence. Also think about what can be said about your work in terms of the concerns of our course. When you have collected and reflected on everything, submit the posting--you will want to submit it as you work several times to save your thoughts.