Friday, February 15, 2013

Using About.me for student self-introductions

I've been away, mostly vacationing, but also working with the Electronic Village Online, which has been experimenting with some new venues, such as Edmodo and About.me. Hope to have more time to report later, but here is my personal About.me/ page:


Oddly, when I tried to embed it here, the script does not show the snazzy overlay with my picture. You'll have to visit the page at http://about.me/ehansonsmi/ to see it. However, it is kind of a handy way to do a short biography. The "3-2-1" snippet about me is an idea suggested by the EVO Coordinating Team to introduce ourselves quickly. Might be a good way to do introductions in a class. The student chooses the background and icon, and writes the text.