As
I reflect on Thing 2, it reminds me just how important my web presence
is to those that I work with and who may some day hire me. I have blogs
for teaching math, chemistry, or computers, for school guidance
counseling, and for personal creativity. Each of these is connected with
the same email address and my real name so if someone searched for me
online, I could be found. I use my web presence to connect with people
that need the resources and ideas I have to share. My most active
educational web presence is digalgebra2.blogspot.com where I share
videos and resources for my Algebra 2 and digcounseling.blogspot.com
where I share information and resources for school guidance counseling.
An
advantage of having a web presence is the ability to point people to a
specific resource that I have found so I don’t have to repeat myself as
often. It also provides an excellent communication tool in conjunction
with the emailing and texting to students and parents that I do.
A
disadvantage is that I have to keep pertinent information posted to the
blogs otherwise it becomes less useful to the students and parents that
I work with. Another disadvantage is the initial time it has taken me
to create these web presences. Organizing information in a pleasing way
and in a logical manner takes thought and time. Another disadvantage is
that I have to really consider how the written words in my blog and the
spoken words in my videos are perceived by others. I don’t want to have
something posted that I will later regret.
I
wouldn’t give up my web presence for anything, but I do consider what I
post carefully before it goes live for the world to see.
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