HOW ELECTRONIC/DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS COMPARE AND DIFFER FROM PHYSICAL (NON_DIGITAL) PORTFOLIOS

One thing that I noticed that is the same between the two platforms are they both could provide the same information. The difference is that a digital portfolio allows the viewer to choose what they would like to view in the order they want to view, where the physical portfolio is already aligned in a way where the physical documents are placed in a specific order for the viewer to view. Once you physical portfolio is printed, any changes must require access to the medium used to create it and a printer to print the revised work. A digital portfolio, requires access to the online medium used to create the portfolio but these changes will revise themselves once you clicked edit and publish. There is no need to print anything out and bound to a folder. Digital portfolios allow the designer to add music and videos that physical portfolios would only have links to those medias. And you would still need to copy and paste or correctly type those links into the web address search box to see/hear the media.

Some affordances, for the tool would be have a computer, internet access, imafge saved to desktop or storage devices, knowledge of medium being used. I personally would s=choose the digital format because I like that technology goes everywhere with you even if you forget it at home. Meaning, if I left my physical portfolio at home on the day i need to present, I would be in serious trouble. I then would need to goleave to fight traffic and time to go back home and then come back to the site of the presentation or if I had saved on a USB flash drive, then would need to go print out and bound into a folder. But if I used the digital format, even if i left my cell phone/computer/tablet at home I could still have access to my information by logging onto a computer at the location.

And another thing I realized was with a digital portfolio you can make insant revisions. Funny I found this out by rereading what I had posted and started to see my own mistakes and misspelling.

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