After visiting the open lab workshop, I learned many things on why this website is very helpful to all students in a remarkable way. When you create open lab, it’s not only used for school and posting your assignments for class. This website can be used for personal reason such as for your career. When you are seeking for a job, there are times your manager or boss will Google search your name to figure out what kind of person you are. However, there’s a chance your name may or may not pop up as most frequently used on search on google. If so, you are able to control what is displayed on the internet, on what you would like other viewers to see. One thing with this website you are able to express what you would want to be shown when someone Google’s your name.
You are able create your own e-Portfolio for free. You can customize it to your own liking, which shows your creativity and represents the kind of person you are. Therefore, someone such as a manager Google’s your name something professional such as an e-Portfolio can pop up when they find you. This would show that you took the time and effort to make yourself stand out from everyone else to show you are different. Because you control what is being seen on the web, you are able to show your resume, achievements you have done in life and so much more. This also shows that you are familiar with technology which is another skill. With open lab, you are able to open up many opportunities for yourself.
In this workshop, I was able to get a better understanding of this WordPress open lab. However, I did wish to learn if there was a way to add a slideshow to text when you write a post. I never knew how many things you were able to do with this website and there are many other things that I forgot to mention, however this is what stand out to me the most when I had visited. I definitely see myself using open lab in the future to benefit myself.
