EME Blog Post 5

     I got on Twitter pretty early. I definitely consider myself a Twitter veteran. I started consistently using Twitter back in 2012 in 6th grade. Facebook used to be THE social media site, but as parents started making accounts and monitoring their children, it suddenly wasn't "cool" anymore. So of course we, as a collective, gravitated towards Twitter, which was still fairly new and unpopular at the time. Getting onto Twitter, I had no idea how to use it. I used to @ celebrities and think they were only seeing my post to them as if we were having some exclusive conversation. Years later, I have a completely different perspective of the social media platform now that I have mastered it and utilize its resources. Now I know that despite its shortcomings, it can be very useful. Aside from entertainment, Twitter can serve as a wonderful platform to receive news. You can navigate through hashtags and have discussion forums on them. You can watch and read live news. You can turn on the notifications of any account you wish to stay updated on. I recently had an experience with Twitter that showed me how wonderful it could be. With this whole COVID vaccine frenzy, it was actually impossible for me to find an appointment for my 66-year-old high risk father to get a vaccine. As a last resort, I turned on the notifications for my county's new mayor. As I was doing homework one day, I got a notification that she tweeted out that a nearby hospital was opening their vaccine portal for only 15 minutes with limited slots, and I managed to snag a spot for my dad. Twitter can be very useful in my future career if I need to be on my feet and stay consistently updated. 

    The digital divide poses a major threat to the quality of student success in schools. This divide is especially problematic in today's world where online school has become the norm. Students with access to computers with webcams and high-speed Internet are at an advantage compared to those students who do not have access to such resources. A digital divide is caused by the inaccessibility to technology. This typically exists among people of different socioeconomic groups and within urban and rural cities. As a teacher, this can adversely affect teaching strategies. It is imperative that teachers are aware of this divide and assign homework accordingly. 

    Academic softwares for students can be very resourceful and rewarding when used correctly. They may provide a more hands-on learning experience. Additionally, it provides much needed stimulation to students who are typically used to listening to teachers with a pen in hand jotting down notes. Realistically, this bores the average student. Academic softwares can skew the norm of school being boring. In my future classroom, I would like to implement the Kahoot software. Kahoot is a very effective way of learning that adds competitiveness fun to the material. I would also implement Edmodo. When I was in school, we did not have Canvas, Blackboard, or anything of the sort that I use now; therefore, there was virtually no way to keep in touch with teachers and stay updated on my tasks. Edmodo provides that and then some. It allows teachers to post videos, notes, photos, while allowing students to interact in the same way. 

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  1. Damian B ScalfFebruary 18, 2021 at 12:43 PM

    I would have to say that I am more geared towards low tech equivalents to the often used programs. My reasoning for this is largely for a love of pencil and paper, however the reasonable explanation is that these forms are largely immune to the issues of the digital divide.

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