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Creating An Intentional Web Presence: Strategies For Every Educational Technology Professional, Patrick R. Lowenthal, Joanna C. Dunlap, Patricia Stitson

Educational Technology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Recently, educators are pushing for students, specifically graduates, to be digitally literate in order to successfully read, write, contribute, and ultimately compete in the global market place. Educational technology professionals, as a unique type of learning professional, need to be not only digitally literate to lead and assist teachers and students toward this goal, but also model the digital fluency expected of an educational technology leader. Part of this digital fluency involves effectively managing one’s web presence. In this article, we argue that educational technology professionals need to practice what they preach by attending to their own web presence. We …