About us – the all important class page

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

• connections,
• communication,
• collaboration and
• 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.)

• What country, state and city you are from?
• Rural/city type school
• The class year level (if school permissions allow)
• The size of the class, stats regarding school etc
• A photo of the classroom (with/without students)
• Special interests eg podcasting, digital storytelling, moviemaking, connecting and communicating with others.
• Blogging history
• Any global projects participating in
• A contact email for teacher
• A short movie or other multimedia presentation on class activites, outcomes, the school, classroom