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      Something I actually like about distance learning is that it gives me more time to explore my college campus. I can join a class Zoom call from anywhere I want, and that's a great freedom to have. One thing that sucks is the loss of immersion- the entire time I'm in an online class, I'm painfully aware of how easy it would be to leave the computer running while I do something else with my time. The best thing to do for distance learners is to keep schedule and keep the class as similar to in-person as possible.     OER refers to resources created for educational purposes that are free for anyone to use. The link below leads to an article discussing the best way to assess the skills of students who are using OERs. It also aims to encourage learning through those sources. They are helpful to both students and educators alike, and should be advertised more.  https://educationaltechnologyjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41239-019-0133-6     Before the two PowerP

      Before this blog, I'd never used Twitter. It was never something I really cared to do. However, since creating an account, I've found an incredible selection of resources for teachers like myself. Accounts like @edutopia and @TeachPrimary post helpful information almost on the daily. I'll be sure to refer to them in the future if I need ideas for my classroom.     The digital divide has had the unfortunate effect of leaving students without easy access to technology behind. What used to be a normal amount of electronics and internet in the home is now considered outdated, and those students whose households haven't caught up are having more trouble meeting minimum education standards than others. Some prominent factors that can cause this are a familial lack of technological/digital fluency and poverty. As a teacher, it is my job to educate my students in the most accessible way possible. The kids are in class to learn, so we should let them.     I would like to i

      Eisenhower High School's teacher pages contain plenty of information for the actual courses and for future reference. For example, Ms. Scribner's page includes a set of links to websites on careers in forensics and STEM. She is actively preparing her students for higher education, even as they are learning in their current high school classes. All assignments are explained, and links are provided for the necessary resources.      https://ehs.goddardusd.com/page/50490_3        Diigo would be a fantastic resource to use with older students, most likely in high school. The options of annotating and bookmarking are already helpful, but the "topics" could serve as a discussion post kind of deal. This, along with slack, would be great for communication and resource-sharing with colleagues. All assignments with online components should have some sort of alternative version for students without access to the internet at home.       I was honestly not a fan of working on

      I'm not going to lie, my initial experience with Diigo has been confusion. I'm not exactly awesome with computers, and it was a little overwhelming with all the information the site displays. After some "practice", I've grown to understand it a little bit more. Fortunately, it does solve the problem I have with using almost exclusively online resources: they are very difficult to effectively annotate. Without Diigo, I would likely have to resort to taking corresponding notes on paper or in a different tab, which can be hard to link back to the source material.     Before this blog, I had pretty much no experience with blogging. I realized that I'm not very good at typing without trying to sound super mature and sophisticated. I've been trying harder this journal to match my typing voice with my speaking voice, but it's not perfect. So far, I've also learned that keeping up with your own blog is harder than expected.      One Web 2.0 tool I ma

      The 5th grade LAFS.5.RI.3.7 standard asks students to quickly derive answers to questions or problems from several print or digital sources. I feel prepared to implement this standard because, as a college student, this is part of my regular assignments.  All writing assignments require me to synthesize my essays using information found from multiple sources. I know how to research, and could likely learn to teach it.     The 5th grade science resource "Banana Bonanza" from the CPALMS Educator Toolkit gives students practice in development of a scientific proposal and understanding of climate and weather. They perform this activity by playing the role of consultants at Organic Inc, a fruit company who needs to find a new farm location. Students tend to be more likely to want to learn if they can apply the information to real life. By using real climate information and a legitimate business example, they can learn how to use what they have learned in class in real life.

          I first used MS Word in fourth grade for my science class. All assignments were submitted either through Word or PowerPoint to build our computer literacy. However, I didn't use it outside of class until high school, where I was given access to my Office 365 account. I prefer to use it over any other word processing software because I am much more familiar with it.      The Learner Standard, especially 1c, means the most to me out of all the ISTE Standards for Educators. Standard 1c requires educators to keep up with research for advancements in student learning. This is incredibly important for K-12 educators because not evolving with the times can hinder the learning  of their students. If a student doesn't learn everything they need to one year, that can cause a domino effect for their learning in subsequent years and cause them to be continually behind students whose teachers taught them correctly.     I can agree with the term "digital native" as a desc