EME 2040 Blog

Prior to this class, I had never used Twitter.  So far I have seen a lot from the education accounts as well as tweets about special education which I have found interesting.  Twitter could be helpful in my future career as a teacher because it would allow me to connect to other special education teachers, and I could interact with them to get ideas or converse over a certain issue or topic. In addition, Twitter will be a good way to get information as to what is going on in the academic community regarding special education or mainstream education. The digital divide I have found is often caused by financial issues.  Those who have money have no problem getting wifi for their home or purchasing computers for their children.  However, those who are struggling financially do not always have the funds to pay for wifi or buy their children personal computers.  This definitely affects a student's success in school because in my experience, most homework assignmen...

I think that one ELA standard that I will be able to successfully and easily be able to teach to my students is to use digital tools to produce and publish writing and to work on activities together.  This will allow my students to collaborate and think/work together.  I think that by using a smart board (something I am already familiar with) I will be able to do this effectively.  One ELA standard that I think I may struggle with is creating audio recordings or stories or poems and adding pictures or drawings.  This is because I do not have a lot of experience with the kind of technology that allows you to do this, as I have never really needed to use it before.  One resource or tool from the CPALMS toolkit that I think would be helpful is the lesson plan resource for teachers.  Especially as a new teacher, I think it would definitely be helpful to see example lesson plans or to have an aide in creating them.  This is not to say that I would complet...

As a student, I have a lot of experience using Microsoft Word.  I have used it since sixth grade for papers and homework assignments.  Nearly all of my homework and papers were due online to Turnitin, so I had to use Word to get them done.  I also had to take a computer class in middle school showing me how to navigate Microsoft applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.  Microsoft Word was not really used by my teachers all that much; they mainly used PowerPoint for lectures and lessons. I have never really had any experience with copyright issues as a student, as I am not trying to sell other's work.  They main thing that teachers have been making us aware of is plagiarism.  For my personal instructional materials, I feel like I would learn a lot from other teachers on how to implement my material in a way that is not copyrighting the books.  As for outside readings or sources that I want my kids to read, I would provide a bibli...

I think that what influences students and teachers to use technology in the classroom is the mere fact that it is convenient.  It is a known fact that technology has made it much easier to contact and keep up with our friends and family, so it is not a stretch to say that it has made strides in education as well.  From a teacher's perspective, creating a powerpoint or having students submit a quiz online makes their jobs much easier while also still teaching effectively.  Powerpoints take away the need to physically write every note on a whiteboard, and tactics such as administering quizzes to students online lightens the teacher's workload by automatically grading the test, rather than the teacher having to grade it by hand.  Similarly, when students are able to type a paper and submit it online, it saves time as they do not have to write the entire paper by hand. One ISTE student standard that I think I have a strength in is the one of the digital citizen.  ...