The purposes of this ePortfolio is three-fold. First, I am assessing the validity of such a tool for education. There are numerous other social networking and portfolio tools available such as Facebook, Plaxo, LinkedIn, and even the more social tools such as Friendster and MySpace. Social networking is one of the main reasons why many individuals create their profiles and portfolios. In an academic/career context, there are benefits to creating a portfolio. For example, for potential employers a ePortfolio can serve as a demonstration of competence in particular subject or skill area. For the academic/course context for the ePortfolio can serve as place for students to post their progression of work throughout a course for faculty and peer review. The second purpose for this ePortfolio is to model the ways in which projects, publications, and professional profiles can be depicted. I have explored the possibilities available with each option in the ePortfolio interface: Contact information, Pictures/video, My Colors, Quicklinks, Resume, Showcase, Certifications, Publications, and the Blog.  I have selected to use those features that best suit my needs. This is a practice I follow with all technologies; to not use the features just because they exist, but to use them because they have afforded me the opportunity to do something meaningful that I could not do without the technology. Finally, the third purpose of this ePortfolio is to assess the effectiveness of using ePortfolios in an academic context. I see the ePortfolio as a way to feature the important projects that emerge from academic coursework and professional experience. My focus is not how students necessarily use ePortfolios when they leave the academic setting, but how they use ePortfolios while they are here at NYU.