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Before being introduced to the concept of “write yourself into being”, I had not thought much about my professional online persona. My personal online persona is typical at best. I have a facebook account that is set to private and that is as far as it goes. Unlike my peers, I have not been drawn to the many online outlets for personal expression that the Internet provides. It was not until recently that I joined the twitter craze. I would not classify my twitter account as personal; it is a professional outlet. When searching my name on the Internet very few links appear. I have a video that was posted to the CED website about my personal reading history. This was done for a class and was set to private. I have the option of logging on to the site and making the video public. By doing this I would be able to show the world and my students my journey through literacy. This video displays my rough start and may serve as inspiration to those who are struggling like I did. I also currently have a glogster account, which houses my research on motivation in students. This glogster page has also been set to private. By making this page public I can display the research I did in the educational field and my increasing knowledge of technology. Opening these two private portions will be a great start to putting myself online professionally. There is however several other aspects I would like to explore to expand my online persona. Blogging has always had an alluring appeal to me. I may want to research several venues for blogging and create a strictly educational based blog. Another option I am considering is to create more glogsters. After last semester I became very familiar with the site and I believe I could use it to house several different topics. I have thought about creating a glogster to use as a virtual classroom; somewhere my students can access my materials outside of school. Expanding my twitter usage would also aid my online persona. There are many other outlets I have yet to explore and I am excited about trying these out in a professional manner. The Internet is continuously expanding and I believe that as a modern day educator I should be constantly looking for new tools that will help me grow professionally.

Language_Today Twitter Posts - by Alexandra Goforth

School Life Map- Personal Timeline

Alexandra Goforth's Online Identity Presentation

First-Person Inquiry Application-AG - My surname and given name research followed by a proposal of a class activity on name Inquiry