Blog Post #4

I will come right out and say it, Twitter has never been a friend. It's layout is confusing and not intuitive and I have never been sure exactly what is happening. I find myself not wanting to go on Twitter at all fore anything, I do not feel it could positively help in my networking, if I wanted to do that I would log onto Linkedin. Hashtags and groups seem like too much effort, it is not streamlined and is bloated with features I really could care less about. I have attempted to use Twitter in the past but ran into the same problems. I honestly wish we did not have to use it for the course, I find it more troublesome then actually doing homework, and i keep forgetting to log on and send out tweets. I feel like I am missing a key aspect to the site, but it has not clicked for me in the slightest.

The digital divide is becoming more crucial to student success. More and more we as a society are logging on to some form of technology to communicate with each other and to do work, and those who readily have access go without wanting, but those of lower socioeconomic level have more struggles to go through just to gain access. Technology has become so prevalent that it is expected for everyone to have some form of it, and when it comes to the classroom, I find that over the years I have been utilizing technology more and more to the point where i have become extremely reliant on its benefits that I could not go back. There are still students out there who suffer poor academics simply because of the lack of access to things like a computer or the internet. The digital divide needs to be reduced on all levels for equal opportunity.

As a teacher I expect to be using Microsoft office more than anything. I need PowerPoint for presentations, I need word to create assignments and tests/quizzes, and I need excel to stay organized with all my students. Microsoft Office has always been my main software for work purposes and I do not see that changing. I have grown accustomed to it and would find it hard to change. The grade level I would be aiming for with this software is universal. Any class or grade level I go into, I would need Office to be able to get anything done. As far as software I would use the least? Hard to say. There is plenty of software I already do not utilize. I will have to think harder on it