Blog 5

My early experiences using twitter before this class has been strictly for entertainment purposes. I never really interacted with anyone on this app; followers and likes were not a big deal to me. I was there just to look at news and funny videos. But since starting this class, I have started interacting with people way more than on my personal account. Twitter, when used for educational purposes, helps to create a community in which people can come together and talk about their profession and things they have learned that they want to teach others. This is definitely a tool I will be using in the future when I have a classroom of my own. It will help me be able to learn new things from people who have been teaching longer than I have. 


The digital divide is a term that is very relevant in education today and will continue to be once I become a full time teacher. This term refers to the disparity amongst students who have access to technology and students who either do not as much or do not at all. The main cause of this divide is family economic status. Not all families can afford to supply their children with the newest technology. I never had a macbook or an iPad growing up. So I was not as used to maneuvering Apple products as much as some of my friends who had access to it. As an educator, I am going to have to take that into consideration once I have students of my own and have work to assign. Some students cannot print things out because they do not have a printer at home. Some students cannot use their phones outside of their houses because their families cannot afford a data plan, so I cannot expect them to use certain apps while at school. It is something I will have to keep in mind and be patient with the students who may not be as knowledgeable about technology. 



Academic softwares are very important for classrooms, especially in the future. Two tools that can be used are Microsoft Office or any other document software and graphic software like Adobe. These two are very useful for projects and assignments as well as once the students graduate. They will most likely be expected to know how to use softwares like these and I want to be able to prepare them for that. 

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