Dee's Bubble: EME 2040 Reflections

I believe that blogs are a great tool to use in the classroom. I have personally used classroom blogs in this class and in other classes. It gives students a different voice, a voice that is public to the world, which in a way is empowering. I enjoy reading my classmates blogs as well and viewing their media posted because I can see varying and original ideas. They also help students adopt a specific voice in the digital world and abide by the rules of the internet as a digital citizen. I think Diigo is a good tool to use for students, but not in the classroom, specifically. I think it would be a good homework assignment though. Teachers often assign students articles to read and this tool is mainly about digital annotations, which kills two birds. Students can read the article, annotate it, and the teacher could grade the assignment by adding constructive and meaningful comments. Bubbl.us is a mind- mapping tool, just like many other mind-mapping tools that allow not only,...

Following these educators has provided me with insight to things I feel like I wouldn’t have known otherwise. They post articles and knowledgeable information that relates to school and academics. I have followed Joan Young, Margaret Powers, Fran Powers, and Lyn Hilt. Twitter is an instant source of news and current events and I can use that to my benefit. The power of the hashtag could be something to build off of as well. The digital divide is the gap between the people who have access to technology. The digital divide occurs in the US, not just developing countries. When it comes to education, disparities are created when some students have access to internet at home and some don’t. Some will have skills for the future and some wont. Often times, teachers may assume that their students have access to technology at home and assign work accordingly, when that isn't always the case. Depending on the living situation of the student, which includes socioeconomic status, this can...

If I was a teacher, my ideal grade to teach would be the first grade. The standard that I would feel the most prepared teaching is "with guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers" (fldoe.org). This standard involves using technology like the SmartBoard or the Promethean boards to conduct classroom activities with students. While I was a student, I became very familiar with how they work and I know they would be a good fit for me to use with my own students.  One standard that I do not feel comfortable teaching yet is the standard that involves using different software-- "ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media"(fldoe.org). It would take me time to figure out how to work the program in its entirety. I would love to incorporate a virtual classroom in my class. Although my students would be on t...