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The annual ePortfolio Showcase highlights students who have created ePortfolios for academic, professional, and/or personal use. The showcase aims to demonstrate the many ways our students are stretching definitions and creating full pictures of their learning.
This year, in addition to accepting ePortfolio nominations from faculty, students will be able to submit their own ePortfolios to the showcase. Students who are selected as one of the “Featured Student ePortfolios” will be highlighted on the ePortfolio Showcase website, receive a badge to display on their own ePortfolio, and receive an Amazon gift card.
What is an ePortfolio?
Electronic Portfolios (ePortfolios) offer a dynamic, online space to represent your professional “self” on the Web. In higher education and in the business world, ePortfolios are a way to showcase your skills, achievements, and experiences. Whether you want to share your work with friends, family, professors, colleagues, potential employers, or graduate school admissions committees — ePortfolios provide innovative ways to market yourself while taking ownership over your own work.
The online ePortfolio platform CUNY SPS has chosen is Digication. Designed specifically to showcase academic work, Digication’s easy-to-use tools allow you to create thought-provoking and visually stimulating ePortfolios that will enhance your courses and deepen your learning experience. Once you have an SPS account with Digication, you can create as many ePortfolios as you like. You will always have access to your ePortfolios, before, during and after the semester; even after you graduate.
Watch the brief “Intro to ePortfolios @ SPS” video below to learn more about this digital tool and how it can be used.
New to ePortfolio?
If you don’t have an ePortfolio account, but are interested in creating an ePortfolio to submit in our annual showcase please send an email to the ePortfolio team at ePortfolios@sps.cuny.edu. (Please be sure to include your name, SPS email address, and the degree program you are enrolled in.) The ePortfolio team will email your account information along with some basic instructions to get you started.
We’re also pleased to offer an ePortfolio Information Session on April 10, 2013 from 12:30pm – 2:00pm, where students can learn more about ePortfolios and how they can be used for both academic and career development. This webinar will explain the nature and uses of ePortfolios and will give you the tools you need to start building your own ePortfolio in time to participate in our annual ePortfolio Student Showcase.
Info Session: ePortfolios for Academic & Career Development
When: Wednesday, April 10, 2013; 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Where: Online
Register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/244073554
Already Have an ePortfolio?
If you have created an ePortfolio as part of a course requirement you should already have a Digication ePortfolio account. You’re welcome to attend the ePortfolio Information Session on April 10, 2013 from 12:30pm – 2:00pm, and/or review the many resources available to students on the ePortfolio Resource Website. To learn more about new third-party apps that can be included in your ePortfolio, click here.
ePortfolio advisors are also available to assist with conceptualization, troubleshooting, and third-party applications. You can request Live Help with an ePortfolio advisor during the scheduled virtual office hours, or send an email anytime to ePortfolios@sps.cuny.edu.
Submit Your ePortfolio!
We invite you to submit your ePortfolio to the CUNY School of Professional Studies ePortfolio Student Showcase for an opportunity to be selected as one of the “Featured Student ePortfolios” on the ePortfolio Showcase website and receive a $100 Amazon gift card.
Selections are made based on:
- Design layout
- Organization of materials
- Best use of multimedia
- Demonstration of reflective learning
- Overall representation of academic skills, coursework, and extracurricular activities
To nominate yourself, please complete this form by May 24, 2013. Please help us recognize your great work with ePortfolio!
Do you know any immigrants? Maybe a relative, a friend, a co worker, and the man you buy your coffee and bagel from in the morning on the way to school or work? Of course you do! Immigration is one of the most pressing contemporary issues in the United States. The foreign-born now represent about 13 percent of the population. Together with their American-born children, this group constitutes a quarter of the United States — more than 65 million people. But did you know how difficult immigration law is to navigate without the assistance of a qualified, licensed, and accredited lawyers or representatives to assist and advocate for immigrants? It is extremely difficult. Immigration law is complex and changes constantly based on politics, economics, population, etc. CUNY Citizenship Now and CUNY School of Professional Studies are well aware of the challenges the immigrant population in the United States face every day and they diligently work to educate and serve the immigrant community and their advocates.
CUNY Citizenship Now provides free, high quality, and confidential citizenship and immigration law services to help immigrants on their path to U.S. citizenship in nine centers located throughout New York City. Services include confidential one-on-one consultations with immigration attorneys and paralegals, as well as citizenship and family immigration application assistance. Additionally, for help with citizenship applications on weekends, an individual can come to one of the Citizenship Now! events where the individual can be helped free of charge. These events are generally held on Saturdays. To volunteer at weekend events, join the NYC/CUNY Citizenship Now! Corps.
The CUNY School of Professional Studies Immigration Law Studies Certificate Program allows students to learn about the complex and ever-changing field of immigration law and regulation. These innovative courses offer a unique opportunity for those working with immigrants and their employers and families to understand law and regulations governing immigration and citizenship, learn how to comply with rapidly evolving immigration policies, learn how to file petitions and applications, witness immigration court proceedings first hand, work with top CUNY faculty and legal experts, and gain expertise to advanced professionally.
As if the work done by the two CUNY programs were not enough, both programs support a monthly webinar series titled “Selected Issues on Citizenship and Immigration Law” a monthly series of FREE webinars designed to provide up-to-date information on various vital immigration law topics to practitioners and community advocates. The webinar is presented by prominent experts in the field and managed and moderated by a leading expert in the immigration field, me! Designed to educate the public regarding vital immigration law topics, the webinar series is an important program. Did I mention the webinar was FREE?
The upcoming webinar, titled “Winning a Marriage Case” will discuss how the husbands and wives of both U.S. citizens and permanent residents may qualify for an immigrant visa. This webinar will cover the rules for qualifying for an immigrant visa based on marriage and how to prepare a couple for a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services interview regarding the bona fides (the genuineness) of the marriage. Participants in the webinar will get acquainted with the rules for qualifying for permanent residence based on marriage, learn about the preparation of an I-130 family petition in a marriage case, and supporting documents, and hear tips on how to prepare a couple for a successful marriage interview. The webinar will be held on Thursday, January 20, 2010 from 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. For more information and to register, go to: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/778136411. Upcoming topics include Adjustment of Status and Immigrant Eligibility for Public Benefits. Did I mention it was Free?
Patricia Wonder is an Instructor at CUNY School of Professional Studies, and a Partner at Johnson Wonder PLLC. She manages and moderates the monthly webinar series titled “Selected Issues on Citizenship and Immigration Law” for CUNY Citizenship Now! She has been working in the immigration field for more than fourteen years. She is passionate about advocating for immigrant rights and she loves valuable advice that is free.
