Exploring Your Digital Portfolio with Erin

When you are watching a presentation, what jumps out at you first? Is it the busy slides with too much writing? Is it the tacky transitions or the presenter's lack of knowledge about the subject? When giving a presentation, it is extremely important to create your visual aids and perfect your knowledge and speech in order for your audience to stay engaged in the information at hand. One of the best ways to ensure that your presentations are the best they can be is to use some of the newest and most improved presentation tools (other than the base version of PowerPoint). While the base version of PowerPoint (and even the similar Google Slides ) has been the standard and accepted, many of the features are available on new sites are helpful in making presentations today better than they ever have been before.  Office Mix (PowerPoint but improved)?: While the base and older versions of PowerPoint are not the best in the market nowadays, Microsoft is working to improve the baseline pro

Have you ever posted something online that was insensitive or not your own information without thinking and realized later, "Wow. I really should not have posted/included that?". Have you ever scrolled on social media for far too long without realizing it and have wasted hours that could have otherwise been productive and wondered "How did I get so addicted to scrolling?". Both of these scenarios are more common in people than one might think and while sometimes seemingly harmless, can have large negative impacts on your own life and the lives of others. With social media and the internet growing more and more intertwined into the daily activities of our lives, how we use the tools provided to us is key to keeping the internet a safe and productive place. Not only is it important to give credit to those who create content and research certain topics, but it is important for us to use social media responsibly (including how much time we spend on social media and know

Over the past decade, Social Media has become a huge phenomenon around the world. Apps such as Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and more offer up a place for anyone and everyone to create, share, and find new content on a wide variety of different subjects instantly and with ease. Some have even made a career out of social media, with influencers and Youtubers becoming some of the most followed users on these platforms. With its widespread usage and many valuable functions, social media has also recently grown to be an extremely powerful force in the traditional professional world as well. With its ability to spread advertisements to a large population and multiple demographics for free and instantaneously, gain new clientele, and provide users with the opportunity to connect with those in their field easily, social media has become the avenue of choice for many when it comes to growing their professional learning networks and careers. Though it has been used in