Blog Journal 6

 My intial experiences using Diigo were a little bit confusing. I thought that it was very similar to other browsers that I use and didnt see many differences. I still do not use it much but I plan on trying to use it as my main browser so I can start to understand it. I like the way that it lets you annotate and save websites to look at as resources later. 

I have never really had a blog before so this is my first experience using one. I struggle with the idea of blogs since I dont like posting thoughts and feelings for everyone to see. I don't like how what I write will be up on the internet forever. However, I have learned that I do in fact enjoy that I have the ability to see all my answers and research in one place instead of all over different apps and websites. 

A Web 2.0 tool I would like to use is Quizlet. I have used quizlet a lot for myself and love all the features it has. My favorite part is quizlet live where everyone can join in on a device and have a "quiz competition" as a group. I have found this to be a great way to incorperate a game with learning to make the experience more enjoyable.

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Blog Journal 5

 So far I havent found to much on twitter. I never have really used it so it was kind of new to me. I have been looking at stuff under different hashtags such as #teacher or #specialeducation. I have seen many different useful items that I can use in my future classroom.

The digital divide can strongly affect students success. Not every student has access to the same technology as others so it can give some students a strong disadvantage. If there is homework or work that needs to be done on a computer, and a student doesnt have it, it can put the student behind. In my classroom, I hope to have a laptop cart if I need my students to do something with technology.

I think that working on assignment 2 was very insightful. I have not used math technology apps or websites since I was younger so it was interesting to see how they evolved over the years. I tried to find a math app that I used to use as a kid but I could not find it. I downloaded an app called moose math to see if it was helpful. It was cool to see the fun ways that you can teach students stuff. I think it shows that no matter what, there is always a fun way to teach if you put in the effort.

Blog Journal 4

 I picked grades 3-5 for the florida computer science standards. One of the standards for that grade level is to learn how to learn and improve working alone or with a group. I think that I feel prepared to teach this to students. There are many programs that help teach kids how to type and use computers. I can use those to help the students learn.

The grade level I picked was second grade. I was looking through all the standards and I thought they were very helpful. I could definitely use these resources in the future when I start teaching. It is a great place to make sure you are following the standards. It also has very helpful tips for how to teach these in an engaging way. I would definitely use these in the future. 

I learned a lot about internet searching in class this week. I have heard about using image search before but I never actually tried it. I never thought that it would be that easy so it really opened my eyes to it. I think that this will be really useful to me in the future. I can definitely use it to help me find details about certain things I wouldnt be able to before. 

Blog journal 3

  Copyright is a way to protect a creators individual work from being stolen or recreated. Fair use is a law that allows people to use material for certain situations with out getting in trouble. The way that I would deal with these concepts as a teacher is make sure that my students are doing their own work. I would use turnitin.com to make sure that all the work is their own and not stolen. 

Student privacy is an important thing that I would make sure to implement in my classroom. I would let my students use fake names, or use private browsers. It is important for them to have this so they dont feel like they are being monitered all the time which in turn could make them feel trapped. Another important thing I would work to fix is cyber bullying. It is vital to me that all my students feel good enough and arent scared that their classmates will bully them. I would make sure to teach the kids about bullying and how to prevent it.

When I was working on the newsletter, I learned a lot of new skills that can help me with my future career. I really liked making it and I think that I can make more for my classroom in the future. One of the things I can improve is making it my banner better. I thought it was nice but in the future I want it to be even better.

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