Blog 4
It has been really interesting seeing what my peers have to say on Twitter. My initial thought of this Twitter assignment was that it was going to be all of my peers tweeting about things about the class, things about FSU Education, and all things educational. What I have come to find is that it is much more fun than that. It is cool to see the funny things that people tweet, and how they perceive this class and these tweeting assignments. I have been getting favorites on my tweets from my professor and my other classmates, and ironically enough, I get more notifications on my FSU EdTech Twitter than I do on my personal Twitter. This assignment has been beneficial to me because it has opened my mind to different Twitter accounts that interest me and it has showed me how to stay updated with a group of people that are working on the same topic as I am. This could be helpful in the future because many businesses are using Twitter as a way to communicate with one another and staying updated with the most recent news. Twitter is a great way to stay involved and stay informed about important topics within your field. I think in the future, it may be a possibility that teachers will keep parents informed via Twitter instead of sending home newsletters with their students. It may be a more direct communication for teachers and parents.
The digital divide affects students' success in school because school has become a vital part of education in this day in age. If students are not being taught technology in the classroom, it not only can hinder their education in present-day, but it can also affect their education for the future. If they are not well informed about technology when entering college, this could affect their chances of getting into a college and one day getting a job, just because of a lack of technology from their schools. Causes of the digital divide include socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and sometimes the location of the school geographically. Depending on if and where I end up teaching, the digital divide could affect be greatly. If I am teaching at a low socioeconomic school, there is a large possibility that I will not have the technological resources needed to teach my students digital literacy. On the other hand, if I teach at a higher socioeconomic school, I could be teaching my students digital literacy skills that students from other schools don't have, so I would make sure to emphasize to my students to remember just how lucky and fortunate they really are.
I expect to utilize the software, Khan Academy if I become an elementary teacher like I hope to. Last year, I mentored a boy in the first grade named Ja'Toddvin. He and his classmates always worked on Khan Academy when I was there, and week after week after I would watch him and help him with his quizzes and assignments on Khan Academy and each week I saw him improve. I would watch him and he would laugh and seemed to really enjoy the activities they had to do, but I could also see him learning a lot through these quizzes and activities. I like that it is an individual activity for the students to do on their own and that they incorporate cartoons and animals and fun things into learning. I plan to use Prezi the least because I feel that Prezi is a more complicated version of PowerPoint. I like that PowerPoint is quick and easy to use, and I think that Prezi makes it extremely difficult to navigate the layout. Another con is that as opposed to PowerPoint, Prezi requires the Internet. Why use the Internet when you could use PowerPoint? Prezi is too difficult for elementary students to use. Though it may be fun to watch, it is too difficult for students to figure out how to use this.
The digital divide affects students' success in school because school has become a vital part of education in this day in age. If students are not being taught technology in the classroom, it not only can hinder their education in present-day, but it can also affect their education for the future. If they are not well informed about technology when entering college, this could affect their chances of getting into a college and one day getting a job, just because of a lack of technology from their schools. Causes of the digital divide include socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and sometimes the location of the school geographically. Depending on if and where I end up teaching, the digital divide could affect be greatly. If I am teaching at a low socioeconomic school, there is a large possibility that I will not have the technological resources needed to teach my students digital literacy. On the other hand, if I teach at a higher socioeconomic school, I could be teaching my students digital literacy skills that students from other schools don't have, so I would make sure to emphasize to my students to remember just how lucky and fortunate they really are.
I expect to utilize the software, Khan Academy if I become an elementary teacher like I hope to. Last year, I mentored a boy in the first grade named Ja'Toddvin. He and his classmates always worked on Khan Academy when I was there, and week after week after I would watch him and help him with his quizzes and assignments on Khan Academy and each week I saw him improve. I would watch him and he would laugh and seemed to really enjoy the activities they had to do, but I could also see him learning a lot through these quizzes and activities. I like that it is an individual activity for the students to do on their own and that they incorporate cartoons and animals and fun things into learning. I plan to use Prezi the least because I feel that Prezi is a more complicated version of PowerPoint. I like that PowerPoint is quick and easy to use, and I think that Prezi makes it extremely difficult to navigate the layout. Another con is that as opposed to PowerPoint, Prezi requires the Internet. Why use the Internet when you could use PowerPoint? Prezi is too difficult for elementary students to use. Though it may be fun to watch, it is too difficult for students to figure out how to use this.
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