This week I searched my name through both Yahoo and Google. I was very surprised with the results that I found from both of these websites. I thought that my digital footprint would have been larger than what it actually is. After searching through multiple pages at both of the search engines, the only websites that I could find which were actually about me were results of sailing regattas I had previously participated in. I did however learn that there is another Andrew Schiller who is a teacher from Michigan that plays the guitar; there was a lot about him! Since, there is a lack of information on the web about me personally (at least information that can be easily searched), I don't think that there is much that anybody, including my future employers could find about me. I'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing. On one hand I don't want people to know anything about me that I wouldn't want to personally share with them, and on the other handits not good because there is no information that can help others get to know me, or any of the positive impacts that I have ever had.
I also built my own webpage this week which I hope will be a beneficial tool for me in the future, as well as this year. I plan on using the website as a way to help people learn more about me by sharing some of my interests and hobbies as well as a little biography about me. I also will use this website to help others and myself keep up to date with one another. I have already given out the website to multiple members of my family and my colleagues. The website will however be used primarily as a resource for future employers to visit and assess. If I do this website right, I think that it can be a valuable source for helping me find a job in the future. The website makes my resume and my work accessible and it provides a great overview of myself in and out of the classroom; all without sending anything through the mail or meeting them in person. It also is a way that can sperate myself from other teaching candidates. But again, this can only be done if this sight is done in the right way, which means organized and proffesional.
To assure that these are accomplished I will spend a lot of time on the webpage ensuring that it is informative, up to date, and appropriate. This means that the grammar and context on the webpage is accurate and that I convey myself as an adequate teacher candidate in any school through the webpage. I want my webpage to give a good representation of the inspiring teacher candidate that I want to be, and the positive citizen that I am in my community outside of the classroom as well. To accomplish these goals, my website will have a clear definition of my teaching philosophy, past work and experiences I have had, and a good summary of myself and my interests. This includes having an up to date and printable resume on my website, examples of the lessons and work that I have done in the past and appropriate pictures of myself and my interests. However, the most important goal that I have to accomplish my goals for this website is that it will be organized in a way that makes it easy for others to visit and navigate through my web page.
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