Sunday, August 16, 2015

Holmer: Module #1

I would like to thank everyone for this week’s assignment. I have been wanting to create an about.me sites for years, but kept putting it off. In my field of professional development and sharing one’s work, About.me has always been a goto service for educators. The site linked with my Twitter account, saving me the hassle of remembering a new login. I was able to easily update my user info and add basic facts about my work history, education, and educational attributes.

I will be honest and the functionality of the site is very limiting, only allowing basic fill-in-the-blank content and lack of embedding options, section headers, and posting features. It seems more like a simplified version of Linkedin than Twitter, which allowings interactions between followers. As a classroom tool, I see professional use, but not much student use. Comparing about.me to the other tools, Wix and Weebly, about.me is less dynamic. Again, still a great tool for it’s primary purpose, but I would lean to other services before recommending.

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  1. NMZumpanoAugust 17, 2015 at 8:50 PM

    Thanks for the feedback (see? You learned something new here lol). I go back and forth with about.me and if I should set one up or not. As you stated they are so limiting! My professional email signature contains a link to my Twitter handle and my blog but sometimes I wonder if I should have a link to an Internet starter page like about.me that contains all the other stuff.

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