Blog Journal #4-Twitter, the Digital Divide and Software

Hello! Welcome back to my blog! Do you have a Twitter? I didn't have an active Twitter account until this year! When I was 16, my friend made me a Twitter account but, I never used it. Overall, I've liked Twitter and the way it is formatted and helps us communicate with others. I have mostly been communicating and interacting with my classmates on Twitter. It has been beneficial to communicate with them because they help me learn more about educational technology. Twitter could be helpful in my future career by being able to communicate and learn from people in the same way but, with people in my field instead.

Another thing I'd like to talk about is the digital divide. The digital divide is the gap that exists between older generations and younger generations because of their technological abilities. This gap can especially exist in education when the teachers are of an older generation but the students are very well-versed in technology. The cause of the digital divide is simply that the older generation is not as well-versed with technology as the younger generation. This digital divide affects education by making it harder for teachers to adjust to certain technology being used in education. I may experience this very issue as a teacher. However, I would adjust my lesson plans to give myself time to adjust to these new technologies.

Even though there can be a digital divide in education, there can also be parts where technology bridges the gap in the classroom. We can do this by implementing software in the classroom. One software tool I would implement in future classroom would be iMovie. iMovie is a video creation software that could help me create engaging presentations for my students to learn during lectures. Another software tool I could implement would be VoiceThread. I really liked getting to use this tool that helps you record your voice over powerpoint presentations. It could be helpful to use when students are behind on material.