I came up with this name back in 2005 with my cousin right before he passed away at a very young age. So i keep this name as a memorial for him.
ePortfolios are an interesting subject matter. I remember when they first rolled out back in 2008ish. The reason i remember this, because at that time, I was on the comity who came up with the idea.
Since then, i have had many different ePortfolios for SLCC. My first one was a basic wordpress blog, then I decided to roll out my OWN web server at home running Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP. We actually call this a LAMP server. I learned ALOT being my own admin. It was tough, frustrating, but fun. It lasted about 2 years, then my ISP told me i couldnt do it anymore...
Now i use google blogger, a free service. It has what i need, and since i know basic HTML, CSS and other web design attributes, i can manage this blog pretty well.
In this ePortfolio, you will find a vast amount of information. Most of it is related to my "Out of class" work, since my degree is mostly theory, i need the out of class experience in order to land a job.
I have created this blog/portfolio as a way for me to communicate to the world and other engineering students my ideas, projects and just whatever. So, feel free to look around and stay a while!
On a side note:
You will notice that alot of my posts under goals are projects. Why do you think that is? I want you to ponder that question for a moment.
Ok, now that you have thought about it for a few minutes, i will answer it for you. Most likely, you came up with the same answer as me haha.
The reason most, if not all my posts under goals are projects, is because i am a engineering student and my academic and career goals usually relate to projects. But why is this so important?????? Its important becasue i am a visual, physical learner. Building something helps a persons mind grow. I have goals to build really cool things, like a FPV 3d printed remote plane or drone, a CNC machine from mostly 3d printed parts, a 3d printer that prints more 3d printers, water filtration systems, etc.
Yes, i have the "basic" goals to pass my classes, have a good GPA, but to be honest, chasing that "A" or high gpa, is not what is going to land me a job. Sorry if that upsets anyone reading this, but i learned a VALUABLE life lesson from one of my math professors at SLCC. He once told me that if i focus my energy on getting an "A", i will get an "A", but within a few weeks, i will have forgotten most of what i have learned, but rather, if you focus on the UNDERSTANDING of WHY math works, HOW, and WHAT it does for us, you will be far more successful than the student who does otherwise.
For me, building things applies that mathematical knowledge of my 13 semesters of math i have taken, the 4 of physics, the mass amounts of hard work, energy and time spent in UNDERSTANDING my lifes passion. This is why my Goals page is filled with projects.
