Danielle's EME2040 Blog

When I went down the list of ELA technology standards I felt pretty strong about being able to do each skill myself. There was only one thing in particular I hadn't used before which was adding footnotes and endnotes to a document in the W/WHST.8 standard. Other than that I feel that I have a lot of background knowledge about all these aspects like creating and presenting assignments on various medias and being able to search for topics and filter out helpful and unhelpful information on the internet. I think my strong suit would be SL.5 since I've gotten used to making projects and doing assignments with the help of technology in a way that provides insight and supports my claims. I definitely feel that it would be difficult to teach very nitty gritty things like in class today how we learned about very small specific things regarding Word. I'd have to brush up on things like that because it's so easy to forget how to access tools when you're not constantly using t...

In high school I used Microsoft Word for every paper, essay, or project I had to type up. My freshman year of high school I was required to take a Microsoft course that helped break down ways to use Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Which is probably why I resorted to Word over Google Docs or Pages. I also used it to take the majority of my notes in classes, and still do because I can type faster than I can write. As for my teachers I know the majority used them to type up their tests or handouts they gave to us. Some would actually link Word documents to their class pages so we could edit and submit assignments that way, much like this class.  In high school, my AP Lit teacher was also the moderator for our school's online newspaper. That being said she informed all her students about the dangers breaking copyright laws. Even when we had projects in class that required us to link videos or incorporate pictures she was a stickler for citing or using fair use appropriately. She mentio...

A major influence for the teachers to integrate technology into the classroom is the NCLB Act because they're actually obligated to ensure their student are able to use certain technologies. However, I think they're influenced by how much more efficient and easy it is to use for teaching. By taking advantage of technology, teachers are able to communicate better with students and their parents, use a variety of different programs that touch on everyone's learning style, and plan their lessons more easily. Technology also allows students and teachers alike to a mass amount of information making it easier for both sides to educate themselves beyond the classroom. As for students I think the majority of today's youth is drawn to technology and that's part of their influence to want to learn via technology. Due to multiple intelligences, students' desire to fulfill their way of learning also attracts them to technology because it offers the same information, but c...

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