Lesson 2 --Think, Elxpore, and Explain

Think
I am not still very sure about the necessity of e-portfolio. It is because e-portfolio is supposed to be used as showing the works that I have done for the application of jobs of university entrance. However, at least in Japanese society, it is a very rare case if the employees or universities check these online sites like blogs. It is because, first, the Japan has a tradition of showing your personal history by paper, which is called Rirekisho. Second, even if the employees or universities check your e-portfolio, it takes form of “blog,” therefore, the people who see e-portfolio would think that it is just personal, not official, site. The majority of Japanese people think “blog” as some kind of journal that is very personal. These are reasons why I am still in doubt of the necessity of e-portfolio using it in Japan.

Explore
I already said about the disadvantage of e-portfolio in “Think” section, so I would talk about the advantage. The best thing about e-portfolio, I think, is that it can show all of your works in details. The traditional resume had the limitation of what to show, but as it is online blog, e-portfolio can hold everything that you have done.

Explain
I would fully agree that the use of Internet and computers are going be the most important media, or tool, in the near future. You will definitely need to have skills of handling computers and Internets easily.