emma’s little corner

 The standard that I chose to focus on was standard SS.912.S.1.8, which covers identifying, evaluating, and correctly using technology to interpret and understand information about cultural life in world cultures, both now and before. This standard entails the idea that students must be able to sort through historical information via its validity using technological tools and skills. Students would have to, for example, know how to find historical documents in appropriate sites that are reputable, and be able to distinguish biased analysis and presentation. Students would be taught how to appropriately source information that they found and describe it without plagiarizing another scholar's interpretation. I think I would be capable of implementing this standard into my classroom, because I myself have worked on this skill for so long throughout my various historical studies and classes. Educating students on bias and filters is something that can be tricky at first, but with repet...

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 I think that the way in which I could encounter copyright issues could be, as a history teacher, when I'm pulling text from a textbook or a book written by a historian. I would have to be very careful about how much I photocopy to use in demonstrations and examples for my students, so that I would not violate the terms of Fair Use. I was a little familiar with copyright and the Fair Use guidelines before reading, but I didn't know that there were both official and unofficial ways of copyrighting something. As a creative writer who posted online, I understood enough to put a copyright symbol on my essays, as well as designating the work as my own original piece. It's very liberating that this form of copywriting your work is respected, and could even be more legally fortified with the Creative Commons license. Decreased productivity is one of the most common and present Technology Implementation Issues I've encountered, both as a student and as an aspiring educator. Soc...

Word is something I’ve become very familiar with throughout my education. It’s been the primary writing tool used throughout my K-12 years, mostly for essays and papers that I’ve been assigned to write. I use it for creative writing as well, developing various narratives. I find it to be easy to learn, and I’m continuing to learn the program. The Word Shortcuts were very helpful, and I’ve already been using them during lectures. Speaking of lectures, it was only this semester of college that I began using word to take notes. Previously I’ve been very hands-on and physical with writing my notes, but I’ve found word to be extremely useful in fast paced lecture settings. The Standard for Educators that was most meaningful to me was 2.5.a, Designer and Accommodate Learner Differences. The reason why I found it so meaningful was because education and students are becoming more diverse in ways of thinking as we become more open to exploration of learning disabilities. I believe that it is so...

  Overall, I’m mostly excited to learn practical online skills through this class, though i’m also looking forward to learning about the application of technology to teaching. Because I never had a computer at home growing up, I lacked many of the skills that my peers gained through practice. It took a few years with school-issued chrome-books to figure out how to work word and powerpoint, though my typing skills never got better. Since then, I haven’t had the time nor the motivation to learn these skills or how to navigate through various online sites. So, I’m very grateful and excited to be learning and exercising those skills in this class.   As for prior experience, I’ve worked as a formal TA in my senior year with freshmen studying honors world history. I worked with powerpoint and a little bit of canva to create powerpoint and interactive class assignments. As for being a student, I worked with Word and Powerpoint in Office 365, as well as canva for presenting....