Blog Journal 4
Using Twitter this semester has been interesting. I do have a personal twitter but rarely used or checked it so Twitter was practically a new interface for me. Setting up my Twitter account and using it to follow other class peers, education news pages, and retweeting/liking tweets was pretty easy. The main thing I have trouble is coming up with things to actually tweet myself. Luckily, a few of my classmates tweet frequently and can give me some inspiration. I interact with my classmates and teachers or educational pages I follow by liking or retweeting their stuff. Some of the educational pages I follow tweet some really interesting articles and resources I wouldn't normally read or see if I didn't have this twitter so I find it pretty beneficial. For the future, I would probably continue to use twitter because of the articles and news that the educational pages tweet and could use it as a source of communication with parents or students if they're older.
The digital divide is an epidemic that effects a lot more children and families than people are aware of. Because of financial issues, many people don't have access to updated computers or WiFi and also don't have transportation to public WiFi or computers. Either they don't have cars/bikes and public transportation isn't a thing or too expensive where they live. The lack of access creates a divide of skill and knowledge between students who have access and those who don't. The students who don't have access tend to suffer academically if the teacher requires online research or assignments are online. Other than academically, the divide and lack of access to technology causes them to be at a disadvantage in the future, as they are not familiar with the programs and functions of digital tools that someone who had access to technology did. As teacher/educator, I will most likely face these issues of students not having access to internet or computers and will adjust my assignments accordingly. Other than making assignments mostly on paper, I will also make communicating with parents on paper too so I can reach the most amount of parents, most effectively. Although some technology like emails and maybe using Google Classroom could make things easier, I want all students to succeed the same, so going through the step of using paper is worth it.
One academic software I would like to implement into my classroom would be the Class Dojo program that I see teachers of younger students use. Before starting my Field Observations this semester, I had never heard of that program so I don't know much about it. So far it seems like an advanced online version of moving your clothes pin from green to yellow or yellow to red, but I would like to learn more about it. It seems to provide incentive for the students to follow the rules and behave properly. Another software I like is the Remind App. My teachers used this a lot in high school and I think it is effective for communicating to everyone important information. It is an app that goes on your phone and you join the class with a code. The administrator (teacher) can then send out reminders that will show as a text or a notification if the app is downloaded. The app actually is not required to sign up for the reminder service so its good for people who have limited storage on their phones. Since I want to teach younger kinds who most likely won't have phones yet, the parents could sign up and receive reminders that maybe their children forgot to inform them of.
The digital divide is an epidemic that effects a lot more children and families than people are aware of. Because of financial issues, many people don't have access to updated computers or WiFi and also don't have transportation to public WiFi or computers. Either they don't have cars/bikes and public transportation isn't a thing or too expensive where they live. The lack of access creates a divide of skill and knowledge between students who have access and those who don't. The students who don't have access tend to suffer academically if the teacher requires online research or assignments are online. Other than academically, the divide and lack of access to technology causes them to be at a disadvantage in the future, as they are not familiar with the programs and functions of digital tools that someone who had access to technology did. As teacher/educator, I will most likely face these issues of students not having access to internet or computers and will adjust my assignments accordingly. Other than making assignments mostly on paper, I will also make communicating with parents on paper too so I can reach the most amount of parents, most effectively. Although some technology like emails and maybe using Google Classroom could make things easier, I want all students to succeed the same, so going through the step of using paper is worth it.
One academic software I would like to implement into my classroom would be the Class Dojo program that I see teachers of younger students use. Before starting my Field Observations this semester, I had never heard of that program so I don't know much about it. So far it seems like an advanced online version of moving your clothes pin from green to yellow or yellow to red, but I would like to learn more about it. It seems to provide incentive for the students to follow the rules and behave properly. Another software I like is the Remind App. My teachers used this a lot in high school and I think it is effective for communicating to everyone important information. It is an app that goes on your phone and you join the class with a code. The administrator (teacher) can then send out reminders that will show as a text or a notification if the app is downloaded. The app actually is not required to sign up for the reminder service so its good for people who have limited storage on their phones. Since I want to teach younger kinds who most likely won't have phones yet, the parents could sign up and receive reminders that maybe their children forgot to inform them of.
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