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Today, I want to talk about the earliest form of technology I used in education- Microsoft Word. Microsoft Word is an application that helps its user to create and edit documents. This is also the form of technology I have used the most in my education. I have found it to be an easy thing to navigate and use for many different tasks such as taking notes, creating a project and writing an essay. Even though I have recently used similar applications, like Google Docs, I will continue to use Microsoft Word for probably the rest of my life. As a future teacher, I can also see this to be a useful tool to help my students develop writing skills while still using technology.
In school, it has also been required of me to be careful of what I would use in Microsoft Word in relation to plagiarism. Plagiarism is the misuse of work by means of not giving the source its credit. In order to not plagiarize, one must know of copyrights. When something is copyrighted, it means that you must attribute credit to the source when you personally use it. This is important in education as a student and as a teacher. As a teacher, you must teach and encourage your students to create their own work while correctly crediting sources that are not their own. You must also insure that you do the same when you use any materials for instruction. I would specifically insure that these practises would be used in my classroom by teaching my students early on the importance of being honest when it comes to your work.
Teaching students honesty goes along with discussing academic honesty and dishonesty in the classroom. Academic dishonesty is especially trivial in high school and college but, teaching students about it at a young age can set them up for success. An activity an elementary school teacher could do with their students is to sort through different examples of academic dishonesty and have them explain why it is not ok. Another more serious issue with technology in the classroom is student privacy. Minors and young adults are especially susceptible to have their personal lives exposed via the internet. A good way to combat this is to have students set up all of their online accounts with privacy settings. Therefore, they are used to doing this before they make more accounts outside of school.
Hi Savanna! I think your activity to prevent plagiarism is a great one. Sometimes plagiarism occurs on accident because students do not know what it is or how to prevent it. Being able to identify it at a young age would be very helpful for when they are older and using other sources as references. Great Post!
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