Joshua Kessner - EME2040

  When I initially started using Diigo, I was a bit confused as to how to navigate and what the real purpose of the site was. However, as I continue to use it, I learned that it was used to share online resources and be able to keep them all in the same place. I like using Diigo because there are many online tutorials out there that can help me navigate the site when I get confused and that eliminates confusion. One thing I don’t like about Diigo is the fact that it can be confusing the first time you use it if you have no prior knowledge. I know when I first logged into the site I personally had no idea how to use it.  I personally really enjoy the blogging assignments each week. I really like how easy the site is to navigate, and how it makes it really easy to post and share my blogs, as well as look at my classmates and read their responses. I feel that I have learned more about the topics each week through these types of assignments because I am able to write about them in...

      My experiences with Twitter, or X, is not that much. I personally don't use Twitter that much, I instead spend more time on other apps, such as News (on Apple) or Tik Tok. Although I know that I shouldn't listen to Tik Tok for my news, I find myself on it way more than Twitter. I, however, do use Instagram a lot, I think it is a great resource to post and keep everyone updated with how your life and stuff like that! However, although I don't use Twitter much now, it is very important for my Personal Learning Network. When I become a teacher, I will be using Twitter to stay up-to-date with the school district, fellow teachers, and maybe even politics. Although I don't like using social media apps to get my news, it is a helpful tool, but I have to make sure that everything I am viewing is non-biased and strictly factual.      The digital divide is used to describe the gap between people who have/don't have access to the internet. The digital divide can...

 For this I chose grade K-2. One of the standards that are described are "Communication and collaboration". This can include anything from communicating with classmates and teachers through online platforms, in a varitey of learning games, or even doing homework with fellow students online. Some other things that this topic can include would be identifying useful resources available to them while searching the internet. This can be in the form of a digital calculator, or math learning games! I do feel prepared to implement this into my classroom in the future. I believe this because I am really good with computers, and believe that if I have to learn something relating to technology, that it will come easy to me and my students will really enjoy the online learning. They will enjoy it because along with online learning, comes more fun opportunities and ways to make the kids enthusiastic about material.  CPALMS Educator Toolkit is a great resource available to teachers with ma...

 Copyright is so important in todays day and age, we have to be aware to give credit and make sure that we give proper credit to the original authors. I would deal with these concepts by creating my own materials, and if I had to take ideas from someone else, I would make sure to give them proper credit, because it is their idea. I learned that public domain can be used however they want, this can happen after a certain amount of time, or certain government items. These are all set in place to ensure the proper use and proper credit is given to authors because they have worked so hard in creating these items.  For this section, I will choose academic dishonesty. One thing that I will be doing in my classroom will be implementing more physical writing assignments rather than online assignmnets. I feel as though with new implementations of ChatGPT, it is so much easier to copy and not actually do the work. If we move back to more physical writing on pen-and-paper, it would take ...