A Song of Faith and Devotion

  As a resource, I did not find myself having any particularly strong feelings about Diigo as a platform. It seemed like just another academic sharing site that could be useful for in class communication. This being said, it was pretty barebones. As a teacher, it is unlikely I would ever find myself using this resource. If given the opportunity, I would probably opt in for something much more creative, for both the well-being of the class and myself.  In regards to the question surrounding the blogging itself, I don't mind blogging, but I don't really feel like that's what this is. These blogs are directed by questions and even have minimum and maximum requirements. To treat this as anything other than an assignment would be a bit silly, and I do not think it represents the spirit of true blogging. I cannot share my feelings on topics I wish to discuss, and even if I did, I would likely relate it back to the questions being asked in the first place like I do now. As a discu...

  Admittedly, I have not been using Twitter as long as some others in this class. As a platform, I only started using it at the beginning of my senior year of high school, so approximately the past two and a half years. However, I have not used the platform for much educationally, and I have only really used it to absorb entertainment related information. Mainly articles and memes. I have friends who use the platform that I am connected with. This being said, I doubt Twitter will have much future impact educationally or otherwise.  The digital divide is frankly, a scary concept. To think that the unequal access to technology can and will cause disparity in the workforce; I shudder at the thought. But I believe a distinction needs to be made between national and international digital divide. After all, a student in a poorer area of the United States will likely still have much more technological opportunity than that of students in war-torn Sudan. Funding for education based te...

  In my newsletter, I posed myself as a fourth grade social studies teacher, and I will continue with that line of reasoning here. One of the most interesting standards that I noticed surrounded identification of simulation ideas, such as imaginary and / or computer generated environments. As a social studies teacher, this is incredibly important: if not for simulated ideas, teaching history would be an impossible feat. As such, I believe these benchmarks absolutely would and should be implemented.  The resources provided on CPALMs for a social studies teacher primarily focus around lesson plans, and any one of these relating to the topic in class would absolutely help. It could serve as a guideline for me (the teacher) and help to centralize the subjects of the class for the students. As a resource, it could prove invaluable in saving time. Resultantly, I cannot now imagine a lesson plan in which I would not use it.  Being able to search the web efficiently allows you to...