For this challenge, I decided to use About.Me. Find the link to my new About.me page below. I chose this platform after I saw some samples of how streamlined it can be. Until recently, I maintained a Weebly website for my classes at school, which contained some of my professional contact information as well as a bio. Weebly is a fully customizable website-builder, and because I needed that website for several courses and for some of my professional initiatives, it was great for that. With About.me, however, It contains links on a single page containing a brief biography section and a photo. The fact that it exists to provide my professional information and interests makes it more appropriate as a tool with which to connect to other professionals. As this was one of my goals with this challenge, I invited viewers to contact me at my professional email address and to link to my professional YouTube and Instagram profiles to view my interests. I feel that if a person seeking a professional conversation with me, perhaps another science teacher, he or she would find it valuable to see which YouTube channels I subscribe to or what kinds of Instagram photos I post related to my career. I don't yet have a professional Twitter account, but as soon as I get one I will link it to my About.me page.
As I have been exchanging ideas with my Wilkes colleagues over the past 6 weeks, I am reminded of the importance of having these discussions for my development as a professional educator. I also believe that this is one area of my professional life that is lacking. Perhaps I can use my new About.me page as a way to fill this void in my professional life.
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