Your Digital Stuff

You create a lot of digital stuff as a teacher: lesson plans, lectures, screencasts, activities, handouts, tutorials, videos, and more. How do you a) store all of this and b) how do you share it (if you want to) with the rest of the world?

Many of us hide our digital stuff on PLATO or myWestfield behind a user name and password. But what happens if you leave or get fired? Or if you apply for another job and want to show-off your work?  Consider your web presence as a tool for academic networking, self-promotion, and a way to remain active in your discipline (cf. Wilson and Starkweather, 2014).

Students are faced with similar issues: their digital work is scattered across USB drives, hidden in dozens of PLATO course shells, and now inside a proprietary e Portfolio assessment system.

Here are some alternatives:

1. Upload everything to www.westfield.ma.edu.
2. Upload everything to free commercial websites (example).
3. Upload everything to an Open Education Resource (OER) (example).
4. Upload everything to your own website (example) using, for example, Reclaim Hosting and then use DWNLD to convert the website into a smartphone app (for $15 per month).

Or, maybe Westfield State can provide a solution?

Consider the A Domain of One's Own project at the University of Mary Washington or Internet2 approach of creating collaborative clouds.