Blog Post #4

Personally, Twitter has never been a social media I use frequently. I have had a personal account for a few years, but I got it long after everyone else my age did. I would use it in high school to get updates on sports. Our local newspaper would post their articles on twitter, so I enjoyed reading about how my school's teams did the night before in sports. In addition to the article after the fact, the news reporters would attend the game and live-tweet updates throughout the games. If I teach in a high school setting, this would be helpful so I can relate with the students and briefly discuss their events with them before starting class.

I think the digital divide continues to affect students more and more each day. Classrooms have continued to increase the amount of technology use in and outside of classrooms, thus creating it even more difficult for students with limited technology access. Some classes don't even have a physical textbook anymore so students have to own a computer to view it online. A lot of the time this issue is because of money issues within families, and I am sure I will have students in the future with various socioeconomic statuses. I will try my best to be aware of these differences to make sure that all the students have the materials they need despite their access to computers or the internet at home.

I think the main software I want my students to use is Microsoft Word. The software is extremely useful in both educational and professional settings. It can provide them with lifelong skills like writing an email, or skills needed in school to design project reports. Another software I think I would want to implement is the online thesaurus. It is something that helped me a lot through school, and can help improves students' writing immensely. There are so many softwares available for students and I would expect my students to use those resources as needed.