Emory Parkins- My Blog

There are a total of six technology standards for 2nd grade. While I am comfortable with the basic standards of English Education the technology standards are a little less familiar. One of the technology standards that I am comfortable with are smart boards, blogs, wikis etc. I think as a teacher I would be able to effectively teach this standard because of my own experience with creating blogs, and other technology platforms and this would allow me to have good experience using these tools to help teach a class. One of the standards that I am also comfortable with in English Education is using information from illustrations or text to help detail information about settings, plot, etc. or being able to use a variety of publishing tools to produce and collaborate with peers. With that, one technology standard that I feel I could use more experience with is the storybook tool. Although it seems very user-friendly, I think that I would need to practice using this tool more to be able to...

As a student, and especially as an English major I have had to use Microsoft Word on numerous occasions. I  use MS Word for every paper that I  have to write, notes I have had to take, and for every other written text that was best formatted online. I  have seen my teachers use MS Word for typing notes for class and presenting them to the class as well as creating rubrics and other related links/documents to post on the course site. I  have had a good amount of exposure to copyright and fair use materials. Last semester I  took a class called Rhetorical Theory and Practice in which we were required to create a text that was completely original and then prove why it was not copyright and make a fair use argument for it. As a teacher I  would deal with these concepts by making sure that students know all of the details of the fair use argument and copyright. Additionally, I would assure that students knew the difference and could identify a copyright versio...

There are many different reasons that students and teachers would use technology in the classroom. In today's world there is so much information and knowledge that students can use as resources that technology is the best tool to learn. The influence of technology being so great in the classroom is due to the amount  of information that students can be exposed to at one time in addition to the various resources students  can use to learn the class material.  One ISTE standard that I find very thought provoking is #6- Creative Communicator. I think that being a creative communicator is very important for students' overall education. If one is not able to effectively communicate while expressing their ideas, creativity, and thoughts, then what's the point of learning all of that information? I also think this is important because students should be able to use a variety of tools, mediums, etc. to be able to communicate what they have learned with others.  Out of the ...