Yancey Summary

The text we had to read this week focuses on portfolios and the different aspects of them. There are either written, or print, portfolios; or electronic, or eportfolios. Yancey briefly talks about written portfolios and how they are one dimensional. They focus on the assignment and contain a sense of finality to them. Whereas an eportfolio is multidimensional and is forever changing. Eportfolios have the capability of containing multimedia samples, such as video or audio clips, pictures, or other visual effects. Yancey mentions the role of structure and process in both types of portfolios. She gives examples, from different colleges and universities, of the evolution of students' eportfolios. Most importantly she stresses the necessity to make connections, reiterate, and intertwine the personal with the public. One of the final things Yancey does is compare eportfolios to samplers. She mentions how samplers are templates, compositions, and reiterative; much like eportfolios.