Lauren Sommers Blog

           The Exploring Your Digital Portfolio course has taught me the importance of creating a good digital footprint and using new platforms to gain knowledge.  Through our use of websites such as Blogger and LinkedIn, we have already started establishing a professional portfolio online.  After exploring many different tools, websites, and apps, I have had access to a wider variety of options to help me throughout the rest of college and into my professional career.  Having knowledge of so many different tools has made me aware of better and easier ways to conduct work.  Another highlight from this semester was the knowledge I have gained through The Connected Educator text.  Reading multiple different chapters from the textbook has taught me the importance of using connections on social media and other sites to both teach and learn.  By communicating with people who have similar interests, it can expose an individual to much more knowledge.  Having connections with people around t

 

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      Google is a good representation a well- structured website that has become very successful.  Google not only provides a reputable search engine but has created other platforms such as Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, Forms and Meets.  It allows users to create an account that automatically saves all work and keeps everything organized.  Google favors quality content over well-established links and pages.  Google is good for users as it provides them with reliable and relevant results, it is also preferred by new bloggers and site owners because it gives them opportunity to build valuable links.        Yahoo is a good example of a poor website structure, because it has less platforms and extensions than other sites such as Google.  Yahoo still prefers old and well- established websites, which has been proven to be not as effective.  Over the years it has been reported that Yahoo has had website breaches that effect millions of account owners within the site.  They also have unreliable