Why Wordpress?

Creativity

Over 1,400 website designs (themes) 

Transferrable Skills

Students develop website management skills as they build their ePortfolio from scratch

Well-Supported

Open-source system with plenty of 3rd party plugins 

Example: Add a PayPal shopping with installation of a plugin

Artifact Organization

Very flexible organization of artifacts and other content lends websites to multiple uses, such as setting up areas for a professional portfolio and graduate school applications