Blog Post #4
In my early experience with Twitter I had a lot of trouble figuring out how to even tweet myself, and how to get my hashtags to function. But after the quick learning curve, I found it was easy to add other people and follow people who had interesting things to say related to education. I have been following many organizations and figures who post helpful examples of how we as educators can overcome boundaries such as low SES with teaching strategies etc.
The digital divide is an unfortunate occurrence when Low SES students don't have access to many of the technologies we take for granted, like an up to date home computer, internet access, word processing knowledge or license ownership etc. As a privileged tech user, it's easy to assume that everyone has a home computer with which they look up things to help them learn, and submit assignments online. However, due to the fact that average American doesn't have $500 emergency cash, Low SES students don't have surplus money to acquire up to date technological resources. To teach around this I will actively seek out free online platforms and print them out with my resources and have students make the most of their time in the computer lab, by having clear lesson plans and websites for them to visit to maximize our limited time there.
The student software I expect to use the most is Pdf reader technology that lets me highlight and write on top of the virtual text. I will show my students how to do this from their devices so they can have a vast library of notes attached to the relevant information in the book. I will also show them how to make use of quiz-let to make appropriate test questions each other to hone ther mastery of the subject by teaching them how to ask important questions about the text.
The digital divide is an unfortunate occurrence when Low SES students don't have access to many of the technologies we take for granted, like an up to date home computer, internet access, word processing knowledge or license ownership etc. As a privileged tech user, it's easy to assume that everyone has a home computer with which they look up things to help them learn, and submit assignments online. However, due to the fact that average American doesn't have $500 emergency cash, Low SES students don't have surplus money to acquire up to date technological resources. To teach around this I will actively seek out free online platforms and print them out with my resources and have students make the most of their time in the computer lab, by having clear lesson plans and websites for them to visit to maximize our limited time there.
The student software I expect to use the most is Pdf reader technology that lets me highlight and write on top of the virtual text. I will show my students how to do this from their devices so they can have a vast library of notes attached to the relevant information in the book. I will also show them how to make use of quiz-let to make appropriate test questions each other to hone ther mastery of the subject by teaching them how to ask important questions about the text.
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