#4 Twitter, Divides, and Software

   I've had a twitter since the beginning of high school, but I've never been a big tweeter. When I found out I had to tweet for this class, I was a little worried because I didn't know if I'd be able to think of anything to actually tweet. I've been trying to tweet at least twice a week like we are supposed to, but sometimes I just don't know what to tweet. I've interacted with a couple of people from class by favoriting and retweeting them. Twitter may be helpful when I'm a teacher, as a way of communicating with my students and letting them communicate with each other.

   Digital divide created an actual divide between students. A digital divide is a gap that appears between students who can afford to use technology and student who can not. Some causes of digital divides are that technology is just so expensive. You would think it would be getting cheaper but it's still hard for some families to prepared their students. In my future classroom I hope to be able to bring the divide together. I never want one of my students to feel like they aren't being given the same opportunities as other students.

   Since I plan to teach Elementary School, my student are going to be using simpler technology. I feel like my student will be using tutorial software to introduce new material and possibly even using powerpoint and word, if I have old enough students. I really don't believe my students will be using graphic design software or draw programs. Elementary school students would probably be using adventure and educational games. I remember doing games like that when I was in elementary school, and I feel like it's a vital part of learning.

   The E course was pretty cool. I felt like it was easy to read and listen too. Some of the questions confused me but I don't think it has to do with the set-up of the E course. I really liked the whole idea of an E course, it was a fun way of learning information.