Blog Journal #5

     I am probably the only one out of my friends who does not have a personal Twitter account. To me, I find it confusing and unless. So, I have really only been interacting with posts surrounding our EME class as I have no interest in using it for personal reasons. I have found it beneficial when interacting with EME related posts. Twitter could be helpful in my future career if I become a Principal. I could make a twitter account for the school and post important updates for the parents and students.

    The digital divide can affect students in many ways. In fact, I see it in my job. I tutor through an online company using Zoom. This requires students to have their own electronic devices in order to receive tutoring. Two of my students have computers, and two students have to use a phone. The students who have to use their phone are limited by many things, including the size of the screen which impacts their ability to see me, the quality as the phone quality is more blurry, and the volume as computer volume is better. This makes students unable able to receive the best tutoring possible and therefore is hindering at their success in school. Some causes of the digital divide are low literacy and income levels, geographical restrictions, lack of motivation to use technology, lack of physical access to technology, and digital illiteracy. This could affect me as a future teacher because as the world continues to go more digital, homework assignments are becoming digital as well. If a student does not have access to wifi outside of school, they will not be able to complete their homework assignments. I want to try to create as many non digital homework assignments as possible for my students.

    This was my first time using the pages feature in Canvas. Honestly, I neither disliked or liked it. I thought it was confusing at first, but once I got the hang of it it was not hard at all. I wish Canvas was more organized and made things easier to find as it took me awhile to figure out where our project was actually located. I could use the pages feature in canvas in my future K-12 teaching by assigning groups through Canvas and posting all of my students grades and work on Canvas as well.