One of my favourite things about May is the messages that we often receive from graduating students.
Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of receiving a handwritten and hand-deliverednote from Alicia Neptune, a graduating Communications student. Last Spring, Alicia was in my Electronic Literature course. She then went on to serve as one of our portfolio peer mentors this past academic year supporting fellow Capilano students with the building out and organization of their portfolio sites. She was lively and passionate advocate for the value of student portfolios, and I look forward to following her future projects.
The reflections she shared with me were wonderfully affirming and, in turn, she has reminded me of the importance of slowing down and reflecting on my own year. As Alicia sets out on her post-Capilano journey excited to explore what it might be to harness ePortfolios, reflection, and digital technologies for storytelling and educational journeys, I too am excited to actively consider how I might harness my own interests in these areas to shape my career going forward.
I think this morning’s CTE Teaching & Learning Symposium presentation on “StoryMachines” with my colleagues from across campus, including my co-presenters (Tania Alekson, Sean Ashley, Christina Lee Kim Koon, Sylvia Kind, Kathleen Kummen, and Judy Snaydon), might be the perfect leaping off point for my own May reflections.
Thank you, Alicia, for the inspiration.