Blog Journal 4


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 assignments or projects are to be completed and due online.  As a teacher, I would have to be mindful of who does and who does not have access to technology and assign homework and such accordingly.

Two academic software mediums that I would use in my future classroom are Microsoft Office (a tool used for papers and projects) and Blackboard Learn (software used to make things accessible to students).  I would use Microsoft Word and PowerPoint as ways for students to present projects or do homework.  However, if a student does not have access to computers, I would obviously make the assignments inclusive to them so that they would not need to have a computer.  I would use Blackboard Learn to allow the students to engage in activities together virtually and to allow them to access homework in the form of videos or something like that.  

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