AngelSusana EME2040

  https://home.edweb.net/ a free online social network that lets educators connect with colleagues, collaborate on goals and projects, form their own professional learning communities, mentor one another, and practice using a slew of new technologies. Specific initiatives within the network include a  game-based learning forum  that will bring teachers together with game developers to explore best practices and further the discussion -- and the field.

 Distance-learning can feel drastically different than in person learning. There are many reasons people do distance-learning such as it can be more flexible or it’s the easiest option in terms of finances. During COVID-19 everyone had to deal with distance-learning due to the risk of the spread. I was in my second year of college when I had to transition and at first it was difficult. I am not the most text savvy person, even for being born in the early 2000s. I remember when we were transitioning from in person to online it was my first class of the day the school was reassuring us that we were in class and not going online. By the time I got to my second class they were all sending us home. Next thing I know we had a week off so that the professors could figure out how to configure there in person to online teaching.  I also enjoyed the more in person learning because it felt more real. Now I’m doing remote learning again for my final semester at FSU. It does feel different...

 When working on assignment three, which was to create a web design, I’d like to think I gained a few new skills. I learned how to create a website which would be important, not only for a teaching field, but in any field you decide to choose as a career path. I hadn’t realize the types of options I had, such as a portfolio or blog. I enjoyed how creative I could be with this assignment while also doing what was required, but also putting my own touches to it. What I didn’t realize was how tedious this task was. I had everything planned out, but trying to figure everything out took me more time than I expected. Although it was difficult at times, I never let it discourage me. I knew that if I did this, even if I messed up at times, I was here to learn. And really, that’s all that matters.  My initial thoughts on using Diigo is still the same, that it doesn’t seem like it would be a tool that I would personally use or take full advantage of.  I know that I personally haven...

 A schools website would have a page dedicated to the overall school and specific teacher but sometimes it requires that the teacher maintain a class page on the schools website. For the requirement on blog seven, I had chosen my own elementary school to look at their website and evaluate. The schools name is Panther Run Elementary and it is a K-5 school in the Broward County district. Looking through their website it shows just about everything you need to know. Where there is access to quick links that are commonly used such as payments, school calendar, and contact information. There is also a drop-down menu that shows more links, one of the links being information for students and parents specifically, and has just about everything a student and a parent would need in order to get the answers they needed. On the main page they also have school news and upcoming events. Because I have background information and experience on this school, I know that the website has changed very ...

 My initial thoughts on using Diigo is that it doesn’t seem like it would be a tool that I would personally use or take full advantage of. Diigo is a  social bookmarking and annotation tool that  allows individuals and groups of people to highlight content and add comments to websites . Any annotated items can then be uploaded and organized in an outlining document. It seems like a great tool to use but I have my own way of keeping things organized that I feel this just takes up space.  My experience with blogging is quite the opposite from the other resource we are currently using. I enjoy some of the writing questions we are discussing and I feel that I am able to freely express my thoughts and opinions on the topics. A lot of what we have been learning within this class is also being integrated within our blogs as well. One thing I do enjoy is that we are able to explore and share our knowledge as well as being able to read other students blogs to see their unders...

 As someone who grew up with Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, I have never been interested in being too involved with social media. I will admit Instagram is the only form of social media that I partake in as it is a great way to keep in touch with others, and make new connections. I never found Twitter to be interesting nor beneficial, especially for my specific field of work. Out of all social media outlets, Twitter seems to be the least professional outlet to use for business. When I think of Twitter, I mainly think of it as a digital diary, where people share their thoughts, feelings, and ideas on. Although Instagram and Facebook can be used as the same thing I believe they are more curated in the business aspect of digital media and marketing.  The digital divide is the unequal access to digital technology, such as smart, phones, laptops, and the Internet. In today’s day and age the use of technology in classrooms are ever more present. However, with the digital divide no...