Sofie's EME2040 Blog

 My EME Twitter account is the first social media account I have used for professional networking. The Twitter Chat I participated in was about inclusivity in the classroom, and most of the people interacting with it were educators or education majors. I enjoyed contributing my opinions to this discussion and reading other people’s responses. In my future career as a writer, Twitter could be a huge asset for me in terms of networking and promoting my work. The digital divide creates inequality between students who do and don’t have access to high-quality technology at home. Many students, especially those who are low-income or live in rural areas, do not have home access to high-speed internet or high-quality computer programs. Since technology is such an important part of education nowadays, digital divide means many students have unfair educational disadvantages compared to their peers. Teachers should try to remedy this by offering alternatives to digital projects for students...

 ELA technology standards cover the use of technology to communicate across a variety of academic subjects. One of the Grade 5 technology standards is the ability to include visual and audio elements in digital presentations to strengthen how key ideas are expressed. I believe that, based on my current skill set and experience level, I am equipped to implement this standard. I know how to create pictures, video, and audio recordings, and I know how to implement them to enhance ideas in a variety of formats. I chose a 5 th grade theatre lesson plan, since I am interested in teaching the performing arts to young children. The lesson plan is entitled, “Sold: Acting for the Commercial.” It involves separating students into groups and having each group write and act in a commercial, then voting as a class on which commercial is best. I would love to use this lesson plan in an acting class because it involves multiple elements of performing arts (writing, acting, directing), and it ha...

  Copyright secures the legal right of a creator to own their work, so that it cannot be reproduced by unapproved parties. Fair Use is a legal doctrine that allows excerpts of copyrighted material to be used in very specific contexts. One of these contexts is in the classroom, for educational, nonprofit purposes, as long as the regulations on how much of the work can be reproduced are followed. As a teacher, I would only use property in the classroom that I have the legal right to use, and I would be open with my students about this, so they could understand how copyright and fair use work as well. Academic dishonesty is a huge hurdle with online learning, since technology can make it much easier for students to plagiarize works or cheat on tests. There is technology which detects plagiarism in written works, and tests or quizzes can be remotely proctored to prevent cheating. Cyberbullying is also on the rise with the implementation of technology in the classroom. As a teacher, I...

 I have been using MS word for as long as I could type. Every written assignment I’ve ever done has been on MS word, including this one right now. I have experience using it to create posters, as I have thorough knowledge of how to use WordArt and other design/layout functions. I feel very comfortable using it, and prefer it over other word processing software. I think the most meaningful ISTE standard for educators is that of Collaborator. Being a collaborator in the classroom means being willing to work with your colleagues and your students to overcome obstacles and improve as a teacher. One of the most important things children learn in school is how to work with others, and as an educator, you need to model that skill with your own behavior. Collaborating with students, parents, and colleagues can help you meet each student’s needs on an individual basis. A digital native is someone who has used technology from a very young age and is therefore fluent in it, in the same wa...

 My name is Sofie and I am a freshman at Florida State University. I am majoring in English and minoring in film studies, and I would like to be a writer and/or an English professor. I enjoy writing poetry, plays, and essays. My biggest inspirations as a writer are Susan Sontag, Tony Kushner, Ocean Vuong, Frank O’Hara, and Mary Oliver. I am very drawn to the idea of teaching literature and writing because the English teachers I’ve had in the past have had a major positive impact on my self-esteem as an artist, and I would like to do that for others. I do not have very much experience using technology in an educational setting. I have taken some dual enrollment classes online through the University of New Orleans. These classes took place on Moodle, which is a pretty straightforward website like Canvas, and I was able to navigate it easily. This is my first year using Zoom, but I think I’m getting the hang of it. Most of my personal learning network is made up of people I’ve fou...