Blog Post 5

 

Twitter has been around since 2006 but I did not start using it until 2010. I first I was skeptical in creating one because I never knew what I would tweet about or if I would ever gain followers. When I eventually did create one, I mainly used it to communicate with friends or other people who frequented the website. Twitter is a useful app that would allow for better networking amongst my colleagues and a way for my future students to communicate outside of school.

The digital divide is a divide where students either have access to technology and the internet and those who do not have access to it. The digital divide affects student’s success because it gives students who have access to technology an advantage in the learning process, which would make it a less viable learning environment for other students. Causes of the digital divide can differ but usually a lack of funding to schools or the child's parent can't afford to supply electronics. As a teacher, there will be times when i have to keep in mind the fact that not all students will have access to the same resources.

Some academic tool that I might implement in my future classroom is Khan Academy and BrainPOP.  Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and learning dashboards for students to learn at a pace beneficial to them while BrainPOP gives students a nice escape from conventional learning methods in order to learn new material in a fun and interesting way. I would be inclined to use these two resources because they are free and offer multiple ways to access their material.