Madison Snider

So far, I have been interacting with different educational twitter accounts. I have been favoriting and retweeting many accounts as well as posting tweets of my own. It has been beneficial because I am able to see other peoples points of view by seeing what they tweet. It will for sure benefit my future career because I know how to tweet from an educational standpoint. The digital divide affects students and their success in school because it also affects the technology literacy. When children are not able to be given modern technological resources, they will for sure be behind. For example, a child in Haiti will not have the same technological resources available as a child here in the US. It is because they are economically challenged and are not exposed to the same resources. One cause is the economical difference between for example, a child in a private school in the United States compared to a child in Africa. As a teacher, I will most likely experience this digital divide depe...

I think that computers make it so much easier for teachers to abide by the ELA technology standards because computers make our lives so much easier. Another tool that could be used is an Elmo where you would project the shared reading book so all of the students have access to the text. There are also apps that can make the standards much easier to understand. I personally am not very familiar with the ELA technology standards so it would require a lot of learning on my part. There are many technological applications mentioned in chapter 9 that can be used as tools for learning. For example, Instagram can be used for digital storytelling, a launching point for different activities, etc. There is also Pinterest which you can use to gather information and photos of interest. Personally for my range of students which would be about ages four-six (kindergartners) those apps would most likely be difficult for them to maneuver. So, instead I would introduce early learning apps to the chil...

All through elementary, middle, and highschool our teachers taught us how to use Microsoft Word. So from an early age I was already familiar with how to use it and the way it works. I personally have used MS Word to type papers, take notes, and complete homework. My previous teachers used MS Word to show us their syllabus or their notes, as well as using it to show us how to type and prepare our papers. Copywriting/plagiarizing is something that educators take very seriously. In no instance is it acceptable to plagiarize. In high school they took it very seriously and if anyone plagiarized they would earn and automatic zero as well as being punished in some other way such as out of school or in school suspension. As a teacher if I found out one of my students full on plagiarized their entire assignment or paper I would talk to them but most likely give them a zero because that is unacceptable to take the entirety of someone else's work and act as if it is your own. But, if I had...

There are many things that influence teachers to use technology in the classroom. The ability to use technology is a very useful skill that makes everyones lives easier. Teachers in particular have standards that have to be met in order for their students to reach the goals that are mapped out for them to achieve success. The teachers need to make sure that their students become productive citizens in society and to do so, they need to be able to master the skills for understanding technology.  There are many easy tools such as press, photo story, etc that teachers can use and make their lives easier. Social networking also influences not just teachers but students as well. Social networking and interactive learning keeps students and teachers on their toes and keeps them updated and informed with the newest information. Students are influenced by their different learning styles whether they realize it or not. Learning styles determine which way is best for students to learn for ex...