The Twitter account I made for this class is my second account. However, I prefer this account because I follow a lot more beneficial pages. On my other account I follow meme accounts, celebrities, and less professional accounts. I have customized this account so that I see educational articles about technology, and cutting edge educational theories and studies. I have really enjoyed being able to open up my phone and get useful information and learn something new every time. Twitter will absolutely help me in my future career because the news pages that I follow stay up to date and post new articles every day.
The digital divide is the inequality of internet access based on socioeconomic status. The overwhelming majority of affluent families have internet access in their home as well as access on their phones. However, families of lower SES tend to have less access. This is detrimental to a student's success. For example, if a student without a computer has to do research or make a PowerPoint for class, that student must stay after school to use the school's computers or commute to a public library. If that student has to take the bus then it is more difficult to stay late. This is a huge roadblock because now the poorer student has to put in twice the effort to do the same work as a more affluent student. Other causes of the divide could be living in a rural area where internet providers do not reach because the demand is too low. In my classroom I will continue to assign projects that need to be done on the computer but just be open and flexible with students who do not have them. This could mean an alternate assignment or being more lenient on grading if the student only has 20 minutes to work on it during their lunch hour.
Over the course of my career I will use student software more and more as the need and access to technology progresses. I will probably use Microsoft Word most just because that is how I will write newsletters, tests/assignments, and make a syllabus. I also hope to incorporate EdModo or another site that allows all the students to communicate in a "social media"-esque format. It will allow students to communicate without exchanging more private information like Facebook profiles. I will be teaching high school students so most of them will have access to the internet either at home or on a smart phone. It is important for a teacher to be fluent in technological software and also important to teach students a wide span of internet resources.
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