What's New

What's New in the 1997 Edition

(called the Portfolio Resource Guidebook)
(Completed Summer 1997)

First of all, the HTML (World Wide Web) format is new. Even though most of the Centers do not at this time have the kind of internet access that would enable them to take advantage of this, the hope is that it will make the Guidebook that much more accessible to the first-year students in Southampton, who all have a computer lab to work with, and who probably need it the most. The printed version will continue, of course, and will be a modified printout of the web pages, rather than an MSWord document, as previously.

The web format will also make links to outside resources easier (i.e.-- there are other web pages devoted to stuff like alternative and experiential education, procrastination, etc.).

The web format will also make feedback easier, with an automated HTML form and .cgi file.

The web format might also be good PR, assuming that it is linked to the Friends World front page, which prospectives and random browsers will be viewing.

There has been about a 35% increase in length since 1995.

23 new sections have been added:

LEARNING PLAN: GOALS STATEMENT (A.2.a)
LEARNING PLAN: LEARNING OBJECTIVES (A.2.b)
LEARNING PLAN: PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS (A.2.c)
LEARNING PLAN: METHODOLOGY (A.2.d)
LEARNING PLAN: RESOURCES (A.2.e)
LEARNING PLAN: TIMETABLE (A.2.f)
LEARNING PLAN: CREDIT BREAKDOWN/LEARNING PLAN SUMMARY (A.2.g)
LEARNING PLAN: EVALUATION CRITERIA (A.2.h)
SELF-EVALUATION/INTEGRATIVE ESSAY (A.3)
PURPOSE OF FRIENDS WORLD: SOCIAL CHANGE/RADICALISM (B.2.a)
LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH (D.8)
INDEXES (G.8)
CULTURAL SENSITIVITY/AWARENESS (H.5)
PROJECT PRESENTATIONS (I.2)
LANGUAGE LEARNING (I.5)
AREA STUDIES (I.6)
LIFE EXPERIENCE PORTFOLIOS (I.7)
COMMUNITY MEETINGS: FACILITATING A MEETING (J.2.a)
COMMUNITY MEETINGS: TAKING MINUTES FOR A MEETING (J.2.b)
STUDENT COORDINATORS (J.3)
STUDENT EXECUTIVE (J.4)
COMMUNITY SERVICE (J.5)
OTHER KINDS OF INVOLVEMENT (J.6)
Index to the Portolio Resource Guidebook

And two new categories:

Some reorganization of topics: The old FW Issues category (used to be H) has been scattered; some of it went into the BASICS OF A PORTFOLIO section (A) at the beginning, and the rest was split up between OTHER PORTFOLIO TOPICS (I)and a new FW ISSUES section (J). Also the Learning Plan and Community Meeting sections have been broken down into several subtopics.

Major changes were made to:

All known typos and errors were fixed. (And there were a lot!)

1995 edition

(called the Portfolio Resource Guide and Workbook)
(Completed Summer 1996)

The whole thing is new! Workshops were held weekly at the European Center in Fall 1995, and the notes from those workshops were combined with pieces from the Student Handbook, the 1991 Journal Writing Workshop Handbook of Inspiration, and many other tricks and pithy bits of wisdom collected by the editor over the years from alums, staff, faculty, students, and many old Journals and Portfolios and Handbooks and Center Newsletters and other sources.

The idea of a sustainable, self-perpetuating format (3-ring binder with input) also started here.

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