The school that I chose to look at class ages was Fruit Cove Middle School. I was taken to Ms. Brosofsky-Weaver’s class page. Ms. Weaver has some personal information posted on her page, like a short bio outlining her work experience within the field. Her site also includes a photo, as well as contact information should anyone need to contact her. https://teachers.stjohns.k12.fl.us/brosofsky-weaver-h/ The Digital Divide is known as the gap between people that have access to technology and those who do not. In terms of student success, students that have access to technology are at a higher advantage than those without. Socioeconomic status of families and schools affect the Digital Divide. As a classroom teacher, I may experience students that do not have Internet access at home. I need to keep this in mind in order to ensure that I am only assigning work for students to complete at home that all students have the capability and resources to complete. So fa...
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The English Language Arts, or ELA, Standards are but one subsection of the Common Core State Standards in Florida. The ELA Standards currently in place consist of the level at which language is used in a technological society and encompasses technologies and media used for communication. I chose to look at the ELA Standards currently in place for Fourth Grade, as I currently work in a fourth grade classroom. One standard that particularly sticks out to me is LAFS.4.W.2.6, which states, “With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting.” The reason this standard sticks out to me is because this is a standard practiced on a weekly basis both within my classroom and at home. Some days, during the week, learners use the website, Keyboarding Without Tears, and l...
I have had tons of prior online learning experience. Starting my freshman year of high school, I took an online health course via Florida Virtual School. I continued to take a few courses through FLVS until I graduated. Now, as a Florida State student, I have taken many online courses that have all utilized asynchronous communication between all parties. All of my classes at Florida State, regardless of delivery method, have used a learning management system. During my first few semesters at FSU, all of my courses used Blackboard. Now, all of my courses use the LMS Canvas. Open Educational Resources can best be defined as programs or sources that are available to be used by anyone. Open Educational Resources still have rights, which are the right to retain, reuse, revision, remix, and redistribution. I used the website, www.oercommons.org , in order to find a resource. The website allows you to search for resources by subject, grade level, and more. I found a resour...
I have been using Microsoft Word for many years now. I first began using Word in late middle or early high school. I have only ever really used Word when writing papers. Throughout the years, I've seen my teachers use Word in many different ways. Some examples would be when I have seen teachers create tests/ worksheets via Word and when teachers use Word to format emails and letters to send home. I do not have very much experience with copyright and fair use of materials in an educational environment. I found it very interesting that librarians can make up to three copies of a work incase the original is damaged! Thanks to the fact that I work in an elementary classroom, I was aware that you can make copies of pages or excerpts to distribute to the class if it is from the original work, but not from workbooks. I know this because a large part of my responsibility is to make copies of papers and packets for the learners. All of the pages I copy are singular, whereas learners each h...
I believe that there is a plethora of factors that influence the use of technology by both teachers and students. From a teachers’ perspective, I believe that technology use is influenced by the goal of engaging students on a level that is preferable to the students. I also believe that teachers use technology in some instances in order to add a level of fun to a lesson, such as by incorporating a game or video. I believe that students are influenced to use technology because they are extremely comfortable with technology. Students are also influenced to use technology in the classroom by the vast amount of online resources and learning tools readily available. According to the ISTE standards listed on the http://www.itse.org website, there are many standards that educators should be striving for in the classroom. One standard that I consider meaningful would be the “Learner” standard. I find this standa...