As Sue Waters, editor of “The Edublogger” has asked for feedback on what educators think should be visible on an “About Me” page, I decided to write a post about it and ask my students to comment back on the post (when they return to school).
It is a reminder to me that I tidy up my own class page as well. Students love visitors and an authentic audience. When I look at the stats for my personal blog, the “about me” page is the third most ‘hit’ page/post. Hence, it is a widely looked at section of a blog and critical for potential
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connections,
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communication,
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collaboration and
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encouraging return visitors.
Suggested content of the “about me/us page” (bearing in mind school, district or country privacy restrictions and that our audience is intended for a global one.)
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What country, state and city you are from?
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Rural/city type school
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The class year level (if school permissions allow)
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The size of the class, stats regarding school etc
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A photo of the classroom (with/without students)
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Special interests eg podcasting, digital storytelling, moviemaking, connecting and communicating with others.
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Blogging history
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Any global projects participating in
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A contact email for teacher
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A short movie or other multimedia presentation on class activites, outcomes, the school, classroom
Murcha,
You are so right! The “About Me” is my second largest number of hit page. I think I will have to tidy up some.
Thanks
Bill