Riley's Blog

      Using Diigo was challenging for me at first because I do not have much experience using online platforms besides Twitter, Instagram, and other social media sites. As I learned to navigate the site I realized that it is a useful tool that I will be able to use for future projects and jobs. One of my favorite parts about Diigo is being able to leave comments on specific parts of a work and seeing other members comments. This allows me to get insight from my peers and expand my thinking on specific topics that I do not know much about.     I have enjoyed blogging because I like to know what other people think about certain topics and I think it is a great way to connect with peers and even strangers. I have experience with blogging in the past but using this platform has shown me better ways to set up my blogs that are user friendly. One aspect I do not like about blogger in particular is that it takes a while to learn how to set up a user friendly blog ...

      I have been using twitter since 2013 and it has always been a great source of information. I use it to keep up with sports, current events, and to have a laugh. For the most part I follow my friends, comedians, newscasters, and celebrities. Twitter has been a great social media app over the years to keep up with what is going on in the world. In the future twitter can help me connect with people with professions that are in a similar field. This will give me more opportunities to learn new ideas and ways of teaching.     Depending on the school the digital divide can have a gar reaching impact on how students learn and the opportunities they are given. As technology use becomes more prevalent in schools and the work force the disparities between those with access and those without will become greater. Students with little to no access to technology will most likely fall behind because more and more aspects of life are becoming digitized...

"7 Measures of Quality in Online Learning" by giulia.forsythe is licensed under CC0 1.0

       The ELA standard encompass a broad range of standards to set up future generations for success. These standards teach students to write, speak, and be literate in a multitude of subjects. For example a standard set for 11th and 12th graders is that they should be able to determine the meaning of different words or phrases. I would be prepared to help them achieve this standard because I know how to teach them to use context clues when figuring out the meaning of words. I am also capable of teaching them about resources they can use to look up words such as dictionaries and glossaries.      One of the resources I chose from the 9-12th grade tool kit is the standards for social studies. One of the standards I would implement in my own classroom is teaching them to use timelines to identify historical data. I think this important because it will teach students what caused historical events and what these events caused after. Teaching stud...