Blog #4

I've never been a fan of Twitter, mostly due to the content that people put on there and the fact that it becomes public knowledge. When I first found out that I was going to have to regularly tweet, I expected it to be like pulling nails. I am glad to state that it has not been nearly that painful. I've enjoyed interacting with the students in the class, it was even though the #2040FSU tag that I got my idea for my ILP. I am concerned about using it as a future educator, Whilst it is a good way to keep parents up to date, it is also difficult to maintain student privacy in such a case.

The digital divide does not necessarily have to affect student success in schools. If the entire school is in a similar situation, such as a rural school, then the lack of internet and computers is established and technology related assignments are not expected. However, if there is a socio-economic divide within the school leading to some students having technology and some not, then the students without technology would definitively suffer. In either of these situations, as a teacher, I would do my best to provide accessible technology to any and all of my students without access. An example of this would be opening the computer lab for 30 minutes before and after school, as well as longer deadlines for assignments

It is my hope to teach middle and high school math, thus I will encourage my students to use tutoring and videos, such as Khan Academy, at home to enhance their lessons and help with homework. Not only that but it is my hope to make my classes interactive, instead of the traditional lecture, so I hope to include quiz games, like quizizz, and interactive lessons, like IXL. It is my hope that by including fun and interactive methods, my students will be much more willing to learn a traditionally boring subject like math. Not only that but in my lessons themselves, I imagine I will be using excel a lot to create graphics of what I am demonstrating.