Blog Post #6

 Using Diigo was a little confusing at first. The overall format of bookmarking and navigating the website took a while to get used to because its visual appearance. It looks like a website that might have been used in the 2000's which is why I wasn't accustomed to it! However, after using it, I was able to work through the website better than before.

I like the blogging assignments so far. It's nice to be able to express myself based on the prompts and I also enjoy browsing through my classmates posts as well. It's nice to see what others are thinking in the class and it can be used as a way to connect with people virtually, if someone has social anxiety. Although I do not physically interact with a lot of my classmates, I find it nice to see a small glimpse of them through these posts :)

An interesting Web 2.0 tool I might use when teaching is TikTok. I know it is very popular with adolescents, teens, adults, and even older individuals. Personally, I have seen myself learning new things on tiktok such as advice, self-care, education, hacks, study tips, etc. I have also seen tiktok accounts that are based on teaching their users education lessons such as studying for the SAT/ACT, college applications, lessons on subjects such as math or science, and much more. An account I can recall that is similar to this is user @mathlove.rre on Tiktok. This creator shows math tutorials in short clips, from all grade levels. Another positive attributte about this account is that their videos are short and to the point, many times when a student searches up a math YouTube video, the teacher takes what seems to be forever to get to what they're going to teach the audience. By using tiktok, this creator cuts that out completely and holds the attention of the user - something YouTube videos and also teachers can struggle with. The link to their account on TikTok is https://www.tiktok.com/@mathlove.rre?_t=8aACF75pqaE&_r=1

Blog Journal #5

I haven't been interacting with a lot of people, but I have been following back people that are also in EME 2040! I really like Twitter to see what current events are going on in the world. Another thing I like about Twitter is being able to connect with others on a social platform. I think Twitter will help me out in the future to make connections with others and see what my associates are up to. I also see it as a unformal social interaction, maybe it will allow me to make friends in the future.

I think the digital divide causes students who come from a poorer school district to not learn as efficiently as those who come from a school district with more resources. In return, it can result in one student being more academically advanced than another. It can also cause a less fortunate student to feel less than another who might be seen as better and cause imposter syndrome. I might experience this if I teach in a school that has less resources than the others which surround it. If this does happen to me, I know I will have to adapt my classroom strategies to try to level the playing field.

Working on Canvas was a little odd while I was doing Assignment 2. I'm not used to being in a group on Canvas and communicating with my group peers through this application. Someone from my group made a GroupMe which was helpful. I didn't like how I wasn't accustomed to using Canvas as a way to collaborate with others, I'm used to making a group on iMessage or GroupMe to communicate with others. With my future students, I will use Canvas to send announcements and also put their assignments online in case they miss a day from school. In addition to this, I think I will also invite their parents to a GroupMe so I can keep them updating on things that are going on in class.

Blog Journal #4

 The Florida Computer Science Standard I chose was Standard 1: Communication and collaboration. The benchmark code is SC.K2.CS-CC. 1.2. The goal for this standard is for students to understand how to communicate with teachers and their peers through applications such as email or text messages. I feel like I can implement this standard based on what I already know. I find it very simple to send one of my professors an email to communicate with them and I frequently text my friends as well which is why I feel confident in my abilities.

When I went to the CPALMS website, I chose the grade level kinder. From here, I went to the English Language Arts and chose the benchmark ELA.K.S.1.2. In this benchmark, there were several lesson plans about using stories to show students how to learn the separate parts of a story/book such as the illustrator, author, beginning, middle, and end. I think I could use these resources as a guide when creating my own activity for my students. For example, I could take the short story “The Bad Egg” and use it to teach my students the separate components of a book and teach them about the chronological order of the story.

I believe it’s important to know how to browse the web as an educator because there are vast resources which a teacher can use and implement into their classroom. For example, a teacher can use a website for educators to get an idea of a future lesson plan or use the help of a website to aid their students who need extra help. Out of all the internet searching skills we were introduced; I think the one I will use more frequently is being specific with what I search for. I understand that when Google interprets a word, it can see it as two completely different things. Due to this, I will be more particular with what I’m searching for. An internet skill I use sometimes is reverse image search. When I don’t know where a picture is from or what it is, I go to reverse image search and upload the photo. From there, it shows me where it is originally from if it can find it online!

Blog Journal #3

I see copyright as a way for a person to protect their property so someone else can't take credit for their work. In my eyes, fair use is being able to use something that is copyrighted as long as it passes the following standards: the purpose/character is educational, transformative, the nature of the work is factual, the amount of work is only a little, and the effect it can have when published will not harm the original creator of the copyrighted work. When dealing with these regulations, I will make sure to see what I can and cannot use in my classroom. I will also inform my students to make sure they understand the regulations as well.

An issue I see in the classroom and in myself is decreased productivity. A solution to this issue is to remind the student why their education is important and why it is crucial they try their best in all their submitted work. Another issue I've seen in the classroom is academic dishonesty. A solution to this can be to study properly to ensure the student knows the material well and to think about the effect it can have on the student if they are punished for it (academic probation).

When I was working on the newsletter assignment, I realized that making a newsletter takes a lot more work than one realizes. To improve my newsletter for the future, I will try to spend less time to make it but keep the quality of work because I feel like I spent a long time working on it. To be a more efficient teacher, I can learn how to use Word more effectively and spend less time on working on a newsletter. In my future career, I will be able to use Word to make a creative design for wherever I work. I think this will be useful because if I need to make a flyer or announcement on paper for my job, I will be able to do it!

Link to my Newsletter Assignment: https://fsu-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/bg22d_fsu_edu/ESV7KT3HjQ1BmGmwvCz_uQUBdZI3h3GgDRJFJew-mvtSsA?e=jx64qJ