Web Presence

This week in class we learned how to create a professional web presence. By using Google sites, we learned to make a website completely devoted to ourselves and our goals to help us enter the working world. Websites such as these are used to shed a positive light on your name while trying to find employment/internships, etc. Important things to include in your professional web presence are the following: a personal page, a page with some sort of resume, and a portfolio to display any work you may have done relating to your field. Employers will have the opportunity to search your name and discover positive feedback, all thanks to your professional web presence.

Like I said previously, creating a professional web presence will be so helpful as I start to look for teaching jobs and internships. I really enjoyed creating one, because I had an opportunity to personalize it so employers have a real sense of who I am. Also, by having a professional web presence, I think that an individual seems more educated and familar with educational technology. Teachers should also teach his/her students how to navigate the google sites and encourage them to create a web presence.

This YouTube clip is a presentation by Lighthouse Marketing System demonstrating what a web presence is, why you should have one, and how to create a powerful presence. Although this clip appeals more to marketing and business, it still shows how a web presence can do so much for a business/person.