Blog Post #7

           Twitter is a very good tool to use to keep up to date on colleagues as well as news and other information. I have been able to learn a lot about different technologies used in the classroom as well as different tools and ideas that could be incorporated into the student’s academics. Twitter is a great way to acquire new ideas from colleagues as well companies pertaining to education technology. Twitter is very easy to use and navigate; therefore, no problems has arisen.

            I have not had much practice creating a website but Weebly made it relatively easy to figure out. I enjoyed the way it was set up and easy to navigate as well as edit the website. Next time I would like to figure out how to make it more intricate and have more design features. I will definitely consider using this tool for a future career when the time comes. 

            Assistive and adaptive technologies are those that assist individuals with disabilities and create effective learning opportunities for all students. They are necessary to the development of the student with disabilities. They also allow for an increased participation in the classroom setting. Assistive and adaptive technologies also help to promote independence and makes academic and cooperative inclusion possible. I have not used any of this technology but there is a program at my old high school that had a lot of tools to assist those with disabilities. 

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Blog Post #5

    For my experience using VoiceThread I had a bit of trouble navigating the site as well as adding voice recordings to my slides. I ended up figuring it out and realizing that it was not as difficult as I had previously thought it was. I think that VoiceThread could be very beneficial to use for kids who have missed a class so they can read and listen to the lesson that had been taught that day. So instead of just reading the chapter in the textbook they can follow along to the lesson plan.
   My experience blogging started off a bit difficult but I quickly got the hang of things and have very much enjoyed the blogging process. I think it is a great way to get ideas and information out to the public. As a teacher I may decide to continue to blog for the sake of keeping parents and family members involved in the classroom discussions. By continuing to blog for the sake of family members, it also gives them opportunity to share ideas on lessons they would want their children to be aware of and learn about.
   While I was in high school we used the Web 2.0 tool Edmodo. This was a way for teachers to assign homework for us to do. The tool also made it very easy for our teacher to grade our assignments. Edmodo was also used so that if the students had any questions we could easily get in contact with the professor as well as fellow classmates. https://www.edmodo.com

Blog Post #4

VoiceThread

During my early uses of the Twitter account I connected with a lot of my classmates as well as my professor. I also followed accounts that are centered towards education as well as technology in the classroom. Being connected to these accounts as well as my classmates will help me with ideas on how to incorporate technology into my classroom. The verified teaching and technology accounts will bring me up to date on any new technology that would and could be beneficial to my students.

The digital divide is a serious issue in the education department. It allows students with wealthy upbringings to have an unfair advantage in the learning process. The students who live in lower income areas are not able to have access to all of the information as those students in the wealthier areas. The digital divide will cause those in harder situations to not be able to leave those places to better themselves through knowledge. It creates a continuous cycle of the rich always being ahead while those who were born into lower income families will be stuck in the same place because they did not get the same opportunities to achieve a higher education. The digital divide could effect me as a teacher because there will be cases where I won't be able to give my students all of the information that they need, or give them the opportunity to familiarize themselves with technology that is being used in everyday life and in the business world.

Two software tools I would like to implement in my classroom are Smart Board and a projector. The Smart Board is an amazing tool used to get the entire class involved in the problem or in the information that is related to the topic being taught. Smart Board provides a fun and interactive way to teach as well as learn. The projector is also a great technological software being used today. It allows the teacher to show the students how they worked out a problem or to show them the information being discussed.