EME2040 blog (emmy's version)

Within my experience thus far using Diigo, I'm not really sure that I like it very much. It reminds me a lot of the old forums that were on the internet around the mid 2000's, so I don't really know how much I would personally use it as an academic resource. That being said, I definitely think it's pretty easy to use, and though I haven't really worked through all of the features yet, I definitely plan to. I think that the idea of being able to share things with the community is a nice tool for education. However, for as much as I don't love Diigo, I do love blogging. Blogging has been a really fun tool for me to use thus far, because it feels far more like I'm just speaking my mind more than anything else. I think that there's definitely merit in using a blog, because it keeps your thoughts chronologically-ordered, but also helps you put everything you do in one place. That way, you won't have to worry about losing track of assignments, submission...

  Title: Internet troll sending mean comment to picture on an imaginary social media website with smartphone Author: Tero Vesalainen Source: Flickr License: iStock License: Standard

      When I first started using Twitter, it was actually quite a while ago. When I was younger, I was super chronically online and into things like celebrities, so I started using Twitter in middle school. I can definitely say that it was confusing, and with such a big platform, there is genuinely every kind of person present, which is both a good and bad thing. Twitter, however, has incredibly interesting appeal to how it can be used educationally, as well as in the future. As a platform, Twitter is incredibly fast-paced, which definitely makes it easy to get information out. The short-form type of posting that it supports is both good and bad, as it makes it simple for quick information to arrive in short bursts. However, because of this, you cannot communicate the full picture to every individual that reads it, which often makes it easy to have conflicting information or knowledge on something.      The digital divide is a large issue within American cu...

      The Florida Computer Science Standards are an important factor for education with technology within a K-12 system. These standards help facilitate and standardize the expectations for learning and connecting with material for each grade level, which helps determine which students need more help, which need less, and which are right on track. One in particular is the standard SC.912.CS-PC.3.3, in the high school grade level. This benchmark talks about conducting research through technology services, thus gaining access to newspapers, articles, and many other useful tools for research. It's incredibly important to get these skills in high school, as they are incredibly useful later in life. Throughout one's collegiate career, research is incredibly common; due to this, it helps a lot to get some experience before so that a student is well-acquainted.      The CPALMS Educator Toolkit is another incredibly useful resource for teachers to utilize in c...