How do we entice students to build and maintain their portfolios (posted on websites, blogs and Google Drive or Microsoft's One Drive)?

Suggested Letter to students:

Conditions to be met to get your website linked to the school’s “list of student portfolios”

If a student includes the following items, a link to the student’s website will be

The link to “how to create a digital portfolio” will help encourage other students at other schools to copy our school’s initiative.  

The link to the student’s website will be turned off by the school if any of the following items are detected

-- inappropriate images

-- inappropriate language (hate speech, bullying or anything that might bring a negative reputation to the school)

See the contents of websites set up by students at High Tech High:  tinyURL.com/HTHdps.  You’ll get the idea.

Examples of inappropriate images are  

A silhouette of a man slapping a woman.  

A student smoking a cigarette or other items

It is recommended that students remove any image that might impact their futures negatively.

Ask:

“Would I want my grandmother to see this photo?”

“Someday, will I lose a job opportunity because someone saw me in this photo?”

This portfolio project is an opportunity for you to practice being an adult.   There are consequences to any action.  Exercise your freedom of expression on social media accounts that are NOT linked to your website.  

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Well, the wording is there, but not the impact.

Here's a simpler version with more "pow"

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Suggested Letter to students (simpler version):

Here’s how to get more hits on your website

If you include the following items, we will post a link to your website (you’ll get more hits):

The link to “how to create a digital portfolio” will help encourage other students at other schools to copy our school’s initiative.  

The link to your website will be turned off by our school if any of the following items are detected

-- hateful images

-- inappropriate language (hate speech, bullying or anything that might bring a negative reputation to the school)

Go to websites set up by students at High Tech High:  tinyURL.com/HTHdps.  You’ll get the idea.

Examples of inappropriate images are  

A silhouette of a man slapping a woman.  

A student smoking a cigarette or other items

You remove any image that might impact your future negatively.

Ask:

“Would I want my grandmother to see this photo?”

“Someday, will I lose a job opportunity because someone saw me in this photo?”

Exercise your freedom of expression on social media accounts that are NOT linked to your website.